How to Decorate a Valentine’s Day Tree

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Did you know that there is more to life than Christmas trees? You can also make Valentine’s Day trees. These are merry little trees that are similar to the traditional holiday trees but instead of ornaments, you can put knicks and deor to do with love on it.

The first thing you might want to reimagine is the color of the tree. A pink or orange tree is right for this type of celebration. The more Barbie like and precious the tree is the better it will work out.

The tree can be big or small and be used as a table centerpiece. The more efficient you are about the design of it the more elegant it will look as well. Here are some idea for some themes –

• The white tree decorated with chocolate hearts wrapped in red foil.
• The white tree decorated in tiny white lights, crystals, pearls and tiny blue gift boxes.
• The red tree decorated with gold and silver hearts and a strand of pearls.
• The pink tree decorated with hearts in gold wrapped foil in different sizes.
• Any color of tree decorated entirely in Hershey’s chocolate kisses.

All trees look beautiful tied with ribbons. One very nice tree is an artificial pink tree tied with big pink and white ribbons and festooned with pink roses and orchids. Make sure you crown this tree with a beautiful big peony.

Of the arterial trees the ones made out of boas and feathers look the most ethereal and lovely.

Don’t forget you can find heart shaped lights in novelty stores to string around these trees as a garland.

Another cute idea, that is good for the environment is to recycle Valentine’s Day cards from the past and tie them to the tree.

You do not have to use a fir tree of some kind. The naked branches of a deciduous tree can look nice, especially if you paint them pink or silver. You can then hang silver beads or foil covered candies from the tree to give it some flair.

Some people make entire chocolate trees out of large molds that look like tree branches at this time of the year. White bark melted with strawberry or cinnamon accents make a love decoration that is also edible.

Not only are Valentine’s Day trees pretty they are a great way to recycle and make more use of any artificial trees you may have around.

How to Decorate A Strawberry Shortcake

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Strawberries and whipped cream taste amazing and they are the perfect confection to make for a birthday or fo0r Valentine’s Day. Believe it or not Strawberry Shortcake was a cartoon-like story book character that was owned by theWilton Cake decorating company for many years. The Wilton cake decorating company still sells a pan featuring the character’s face. It also sells cake toppers representing the character. Using cake pans or cake toppers by Wilton can save time and trouble when decorating short cakes.

Most people simply pile layers of whipped cream, ice cream, strawberries, syrup and angel or pound cake to create a beautiful strawberry cake. However you can make a very formal looking short cake by cooking up a layer cake and decorate it with fondant and strawberry.

Tiny strawberry short cakes in wrapper make great party give always as do little iced strawberry cakes. You can even make a short cake whipped cream and mousse delight in a tall wine glass and give it away to your guests at the end of a party. Strawberry shortcake in a glass is a nice take away gift.

One nice idea is to create a giant strawberry that is either flat or 3D by being artistic with cake molds. If you are very clever you can drop the cake inside a larger cake mold and fill it with Jell-O. This can give your cake a very bejeweled look.

With patience and the right decorator’s tip you can also use frosting to make a round cake look like a basket. Use fondant to create the handle and then heap the cake with strawberries. This makes it look like a basket.

Many strawberry shortcakes look just perfect layered between slices of angel cake. The idea is to heap on the berries in the middle and let it die the cake pink. If you are using a cake with a hole you can fill it with berries and cream. Make sure you pile peaks of whipped cream on top of the cake and then dot each peak with a strawberry.

Remember that when you do cut strawberries that they do look like little hearts and these look nice pressed into frosting or whipped cream around the sides of the cake.

One trend is to make a towering 3-D cake. Make a tiered cede of three rood cakes that go smaller as they go up. Ice your tiered cake in pink and decorate it with strawberries.

For a really exotic effect decorate the cake with miniature wild strawberries and then add mint leaves. This gives you the look of a Victorian Strawberry Short Cake.