Dove Love #3

Ok, the Lovey-Dovey Dove Love campaign is still plowing along. Loving the chocolate, just not all the ideas they provide. For example, last night I unwrapped a lovely milk chocolate Dove and the message said, "Florist tip: Ask them to leave the filler & baby's breath out of your bouquet of roses." Huh? I kind of like the baby's breath. Filler, yeah, I can do without. But baby's breath is delicate, balancing and easy to dry. Well, here's my own useful tip: Take some pictures of yourself. Go take a shower, fix your hair (fluff it, baby) and put on some make-up. Pull on the LBD that makes you feel just perfect or a top that says it all. I took some on a whim, just to experiment, and Spence came in while I was loading them on to the computer. His jaw dropped to the floor and he asked, "When were you going to show me these?" I really hadn't planned on it. I didn't think they were that good, I thought I looked dumb in them. Well, your man can be counted on to think you're sexy no matter what. Here's the ones I took. Like I said, I don't like myself in pictures period, but let the hubs have the final say.



Go dust off the timer switch on your camera and try it. A chin-eye level resting place for the camera is what I used. And zoom the frame in for a neater look. Choose a simple, unbusy background; the focus is on you!

Dove Love #2

Ok, I thought that this would be a good idea. I get to eat a Dove chocolate a day, all in the name of blogging fodder, and these ideas are really really super lame. Here's one:


Huh? Acknowledge Cupid? Who talks like that? Ok, so I guess I'll have to buy the 'Martha Stewart' cookie cutters that are those exact shapes. Or this is assuming I'm a regular Michelangelo at toast sculpting. If you can't tell through this thinly layered sarcasm, I'm not a fan of Martha Stewart. I love a lot of her stuff and some of her ideas, but seriously, most of it is not feasible here in the real world. But this isn't turing into a post knocking the Queen of Domesticity. It's about my idea for a Dove Love a day. Everyone probably has a heart shaped cookie cutter. Cutting it out in heart shapes, I think, is a waste of good bread. Just put the cookie cutter on buttered bread, then shake powdered sugar inside the heart shape. Complete use of ALL the bread and a heart shaped theme. Fabulous!

Dove Love

This idea came to me when I was eating (as many good ideas do) a square of Dove dark chocolate. The wrapping foil has always had a little 'lovey-dovey' (no pun intended. well, maybe) saying or idea on the inside. So, I figured I'd elaborate on that since this month is February, and post a Dove Love idea every day.

Lovey Dovey Dove Love Idea #1:


Nest a vase of flowers into a larger vase filled with candy hearts. Interesting. I also read somewhere that you can use those candy hearts as chalk on the sidewalk. I'm saving some and trying that once the piles of snow melt.