Palentines: I get by with a little help from my friends

So, this happened:

Palentines 2013.  It was my 3rd annual evening of sugary goodness in celebration of friendship, inspired by Leslie Knope's Galentines.  For past Palentines baked goods, look here, though this year things are on a whole other level. A few weeks ago I found a jadeite platter at an antique market, and I thought it would look nice with some pink macrons, and a theme/colour scheme was born.  (Note: "almond meal' sounds gross, and in the end I decided to not even make any macaroons).

I finally had the perfect use for the conjoined twin cookie cutter my friend Julia picked up fro me at the Mutter Museum a few years ago:

 

Owl cookies

Heart cookies:

 

 

 

A....different type of heart cookie.  My mom made me the  cookie cutter.  That's right, she MADE it.  I wish I hadn't run out of steam and had the time to properly ice the cookies...

 

Butter cake  the Miette recipe has never failed me:

 Marshmallows.  Yes, MARSHMALLOWS. Inspired by Gesine Bullock-Prado's work in Sugar Baby.

 Glitter Cookies:

 Owl cupcakes:

Cookie Dough Truffles:

 

Chocolate lollipops.  I couldn't find the light green chocolate wafers anywhere in Ottawa, and Rushika, who tragically no longer lives in the same city as me, earned the title of the Patron Saint of Palentines by picking some up at her local cake supply store and mailing them to me. Though if I got to choose, I would have picked her over the green chocolates.

 

 

 

 

Meringue hearts, which didn't quite turn out like these ones:

Mini candy buffet!  The Candy Store was the perfect resource for this.

Treat bags for the candy buffet, from My Sweet Life:

Cups, with sticker designed by Modern Zebra

Lovely, lovely, lovely banner from Unicorn Parade:

Garland by Scout and Acadia.

Pompoms by Pomtree:

And more, more, more: