Petite & Sweet

Petite & Sweet is a lifestyle brand specializing in edable experiences, entertaining and custom gifting. We pride ourselfs in INSPIRING people to celebrate as often as they can. 50 Carroll St, Toronto ON 647.748.7704 

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I Scream, You Scream

We all scream for ice cream! Today is National Ice Cream Day and to honour our favourite frozen sweet treat, we at Petite & Sweet are sharing a few ways to modify an old school favourite – vanilla ice cream.

First, we dipped traditional waffle cones in white chocolate and sprinkled shaved coconut, crushed pistachio and sprinkles on top. Delicious!

Creating these beautiful (and tasty) dipped cones was easy. You’ll need:

waffle cones, white chocolate, shaved coconut, crushed pistachios, and sprinkles

1. Bring a small pot of water to a boil on the stove. Place the chocolate in a smaller bowl and place into the boiling water. Make sure the bowl is safe for high temperatures. 2. Stir constantly until chocolate is melted, then remove the bowl from pot. Careful – it’s hot! 3. Dip the tops of the cones into the melted chocolate and sprinkle with your choice of topping. We used shaved coconut, crushed pistachios, and sprinkles, but feel free to get creative and try something different. 4. Allow the chocolate to cool and harden - this should only take a few minutes – scoop on some ice cream and enjoy!

Why not forget about the cone all together? Scavenger around your kitchen for something unique and beautiful to serve your ice cream in. Stick to a particular shape, colour, or texture, or forget about the rules and mix it up!

We love these monochromatic cups and bowls.

Next, our pièce de résistance - the ice cream. We kept things classic with vanilla ice cream and experimented using different toppings. Again, take a look around your kitchen and try out combinations of drizzles, toppings and sprinkles. Use fruit, syrups, jams, vegetables, sweets, herbs and edible flowers.

Avocado Lime Mint

We also sampled an extremely refreshing, cucumber mint variety. Perfect for a hot summer's day.

We hope your National Ice Cream Day is sweet. Whatever you do today, make sure to have at least one scoop – or maybe two :)

*Photos by Megan Wappel of Megan Wappel Designs and Petite & Sweet.

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Sophisticated Sweet Tooth

Got a sweet tooth or know someone who does?  At Petite & Sweet we have the perfect gift for all your sweet friends and family for any occasion!  Earlier this year our team at Petite & Sweet proudly introduced and launched the new Sophisticated Sweet Tooth collection right here at our very own event office space.  Complete with a sweet table featuring a two-foot tall macaroon tower and a DJ spinning the music for the night, the release was a success to celebrate our new confectionery line of customizable candy gift boxes.  

Available in two different sizes (small or large), pick and choose an assortment of your favourite candy sweets to feature in the gift boxes from chocolates, tangy wild strawberry, candy cane almonds, mini sour blue raspberries and sixlets.  To top it off, make it extra special with a customized decorative sleeve and message for any occasion and give the gift of sweetness!

Available online and in store catalog along with our signature macaroons, our Sophisticated Sweet Tooth Boxes will feature a new theme collection every season including a floral and a blogger-designer collaboration line.  

Be sure visit us at our website and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest for all the latest updates.

Stay sweet!

xoxo 

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Whimsical Garden Party

Do you have a little girl who yearns to escape into the extraordinary world of a fairytale? This week we’ll make these girls' dreams come true by walking you through how simple it can be to create an enchanted garden party right in your own backyard. Guest starring Sophia, the inspiration behind Petite & Sweet, and featuring products from Creative Bag, watch us transform an ordinary space into one fit for Disney!

Before beginning the planning process, start off by creating a mood board to organize your thoughts. We were inspired by whimsical tea cups, bird cages, colourful fruit, moss, and enchanting butterflies.

On a hot summer day, light, fresh food is essential. We love offering kids some healthy options along with their sweet treats. Paying attention to details is important in executing a perfect table. To carry our theme throughout the table, we placed cherries in tea cups, grapes on skewers with tiny rosettes stacked into mini nests, and strawberries on a mini pedestal. What better way is there to serve fresh fruit? 

To add a quirky flair to the table, we placed mini raspberry cupcakes inside birdcages, and placed delicious shortbread cookies and cupcakes on tiered platters, available at Creative Bag. 

To keep things light and refreshing, we served a chilled raspberry lemonade. Every little girl wants to feel like royalty, so pour the lemonade out in tea cups to make her feel special.

We always recommend choosing one floral and using it throughout the table. To add a whimsical flare, we were inspired to use a beautiful birdcage we found at Creative Bag as a vessel for bunches of pink garden peonies. 

To add a special touch, we created a backdrop filled with moss and butterflies. Check out the steps below to create your very own. 

Please subscribe to our Youtube channel and follow us on any or every social media outlet so we can let you know when our next video will be out. Visit our blog for step by step instructions on how to pull this look together and send your pictures for us to share with our followers.

We’d love to hear from you so please share your thoughts below!

Stay sweet!

xoxo

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Weekly Round-Up, Vol. 4

This past week was a big one for us. We've reached 10,000 followers on Facebook and we wanted to give you all a big thank you for all the love and support you've shown over the years. We love what we do here at Petite & Sweet, and we can't wait to share all the exciting projects we're working on in the upcoming year! 

This past Wednesday we had fun filming our next three YouTube videos for Petite & Sweet T.V. with Creative Bag. If you like confetti, fashion, and enchanted tea parties, stay tuned in the next upcoming weeks for some great inspiration! 

Shout out to Suzy from Shop Wanderlust for collaborating with us to create a table inspired by fashion, food, and lifestyle. 

Here's a sneak peek of our gorgeous floral arrangements for a private dinner party held Friday night.  

We had the pleasure of setting up a full sweet table, event decor, and signature cocktails for a beautiful bridal shower this Saturday. Congratulations Paulina, we hope we helped you make some sweet memories.

We hope everyone had an amazing time celebrating Canada Day and enjoyed the beautiful weather during the long weekend.

Stay Sweet!

xoxo P&S

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Weekly Round-Up, Vol. 3

Happy Monday!

Last week, we celebrated two graduations on the Petite & Sweet team and Cheryl's birthday, complete with nachos and cocktails! It was a great opportunity to celebrate and bond as a team. Congratulations to our grads, Cindy and Cheryl!

On Thursday, we had a photo shoot at the Petite & Sweet bakery! Pictures will be up soon on our website and we can't wait! Our friends at Now Creative Group are amazing to work with. Check out some behind-the-scenes photos:

We had a chance to check out our display at Pusateri's. Our macarons are available in all three locations in Toronto so make sure stop by and tell them we sent you.

This week, we also held our very first macaron workshop! Between all the sugar and laughter, the girls had a lot of fun and the macarons came out great.

To book a workshop for a group (max. ten people), please call 647-348-7700 for more info.

Until next week, 

xoxo P&S.

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A Party for the Fellas

The men in our lives rarely get thought of when we enter party planning mood. After all, the ribbons, pastel colours, and flowers don't exactly scream "man." But with Father’s Day approaching we put the focus on the fellas on our newest episode on Petite & Sweet TV. This week, our wonderful partner, Creative Bag and ourselves will put all our girly instincts aside to teach you how to plan an event for that special man in your life. Whether it’s for Father’s day, a birthday, anniversary, or just simply because, make him feel special with these simple tricks. 

We wanted to show our viewers how simple it can be to create a theme that the men would appreciate. We chose to focus on a "Business Man" theme for our first table. As always, we took our inspirations, including cigars, newspapers, suits, and oranges and created a mood board to organize our thoughts.

It’s a fact that all men love food, but the "Business Man" tends to enjoy the finer things in life. Keeping our tale sophisticated, we placed chocolate covered almonds in glass jars, chocolate cupcakes with orange zest buttercream topped with pistachios, and chocolate cigars on our table. Treat your guy to delicious cupcakes by following the recipe below! 

            This week we brought a special guest on the show, Sabrina Greer, who designed a specialty cocktail for our “Business Man." Take a look below for a recipe to the delicious Not-So-Old-Fashioned signature cocktail with bourbon and orange zest. 

Whether they enjoy it or not, the business men in our lives wear suits daily and often read the paper. To add a special touch to this table, we covered our table with Newspaper printed wrapping paper. We also placed napkins folded as dress shirts on the table. To learn how you can create these original napkins at home, follow the six easy steps below. 

                                 Printables are a must on any Petite & Sweet table as they add an element of creativity. We wanted the guys to have some fun at his party, so we created some funny photo-booth props that you can download and print for free below! 

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When the business day is over, there are few men who wouldn't want to unwind by watching a game on the couch. For our second table, we took cues from favourite sports like golf and baseball as well as the colours white, green, and red. 

This table featured delicious chocolate covered bacon, chocolate cupcakes, white chocolate caramelized 'baseball' macarons that we drew on with red edible marker, and cake pops. Bacon is definitely an all time favourite food, if you’d like to make chocolate covered bacon at home, just follow the recipe below. 

Sabrina Greer worked her magic once again to create a specialty cocktail called The Gold Medal. Made with tons of cold beer and topped with pickles and more bacon, the lucky guy in your life will definitely owe you one when you make him this satisfying drink by following the recipe below. 

To customize this table, we used wooden risers from Creative Bag, and painted them green with white field lines to complete our “Sporty Dad” look.

Once again, for a little fun, we created a large foam finger with MVD (most valuable dad or most valuable dude) written on it. You can download the printables for free below!

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Please subscribe to our Youtube channel and follow us on any or every social media outlet so we can let you know when our next video will be out. Visit our blog for step by step instructions on how to pull this look together and send your pictures for us to share with our followers.

We’d love to hear from you so please share your thoughts below!

Stay sweet!

xoxo

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Weekly Round-Up, Vol. 2

Last week was a doozy! 

We kicked off Monday with a 12 ft. long sweet table for Sloane Capital Corp. for the PCMA event held at the Exchange Tower in downtown Toronto. Our previous table for Sloane Capital Corp. was classy and sophisticated. This time, we aimed to keep it sophisticated but more modern.

With berry tarts, cake pops, macarons, and custom popcorn boxes, chocolate bars, and chocolate cigars, it was a (delicious) smash!

On Wednesday, we shot a new video for our Youtube channel, PetiteandSweetTV, that was tailored for men. Expect alcohol, desserts… and maybe even bacon!

Friday, we had one two events at Holt Renfrew Yorkdale. The first was the launch of a new fragrance by Jo Malone. Silk Blossom is light and refreshing, perfect for the summer months!

On the same day, we created a coffee table floral installation for Edie Parker, composed of peonies and garden roses. The clutches floated above the flowers to create a magical effect.

This week we also launched our partnership with Pusateri's! We'll share more about this very soon. Prepping to deliver to three stores can be a lot of work but with a great team, the job gets done quickly!

We finished the week off with a classic summertime treat. We created a lemonade stand for Oliver Peoples at Holt Renfrew Yorkdale. Who says you're too old for lemonade stands?

Until next week,

xoxo P&S.

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Weekly Round-Up, Vol. 01

Hey everyone! Welcome to the first edition of our Weekly Round-Up! 

Now that spring has (finally) sprung and summer is on its way, things are getting crazy busy around here. We have so much to do throughout the week that we think we should share them with you all!

This week on #macaronmondays we featured our Espresso macaron, our favourite dessert to take with coffee!

The warm weather this week really got us in the mood to celebrate Spring. We also did some Spring cleaning and made some major changes to our office set-up! Taking care of business, indeed.

An event for Telus Health this week required macarons made in their signature colours. Packing 1,350 of these macarons was no joke!

And finally, this week Holt Renfrew hosted the LuxInside exhibition at Yorkdale Shopping Centre. It was a pleasure to cater this event full of fabulous French cuisine, fashion, art, and science, all put together in a beautiful setting.

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Popcorn Done Two Ways

Popcorn is a food everyone enjoys, mostly when they're curled up on the couch by the T.V. This week on Petite & Sweet TV we wanted to disprove the misconception that popcorn is just a food for lazy movie nights. For this week’s video we’ve created two mini tables along with Creative Bag, to prove that popcorn can be used for any occasion! 

Our first table is inspired by an old-fashioned movie-going experience and the colours red, white, and black.

We’ve used two different types of vessels for the popcorn. For those who love a bit of extra flavour, we chose to use a closed box with pre-measured seasoning that guests can just pickup and shake. 

We’ve also included open boxes filled with plain popcorn and set out salt shakers with vinegar, ketchup, and cinnamon seasoning so that guests can have some control over the amount of flavour they would like. Both types of boxes fit perfectly with our old-fashioned experience and can be purchased from Creative Bag.

Candy always makes a great addition! For a combination of salty and sweet treats, we’ve laid out jars of raspberry jujube’s and chocolate buttons. Whether you add it to your popcorn or not, it’s always nice to have a little something for those with a sweet tooth at your party.

Keeping our theme in mind, we chose to offer old-fashioned coke bottles for refreshments along with red and white stripped straws from Creative Bag! 

Creating an invitation for your event is a great way to set the tone for your party. We've also created movie stub labels to let our guests know what they'll be nibbling on. You can download both the invitation and tags for free below! 

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We love keeping our tables interactive, so we created a vintage T.V. out of foam core for guests to take some goofy pictures with. Watch how the pictures will become sillier as the night progresses! 

Our Second table is inspired by shades of purple and fresh lavender. 

To create an elegant look, we drizzled white chocolate and lavender over the popcorn. This is an easy and fast way to add a bit of flavour and sophistication to your popcorn. If you would like to try this at home, just follow the instructions below! 

We placed the popcorn into paper cones that we wrapped in purple wrapping paper. We also used scalloped boxes that we customized by painting purple flowers overtop. 

  To carry our lavender theme throughout the table, we used purple ribbon over various vessels to create different levels on the table. 

Its always nice to have a single floral on the table. We placed fresh lavender on top of a stack of old books to add some height to our table. We also placed a single strand of fresh lavender into each of the straws in the champaign flutes. 

Please subscribe to our Youtube channel and follow us on any or every social media outlet so we can let you know when our next video will be out. Visit our blog for step by step instructions on how to pull this look together and send your pictures for us to share with our followers.

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Petite & Sweet BLOOMS at Yorkdale

This May, we had the pleasure of working with Holt Renfrew at Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto to do a pop-up shop for Petite & Sweet BLOOMS. With Mother's Day this month, we wanted to offer shoppers the opportunity to purchase flowers for the most fabulous woman in their life.

We kept it simple with fringed tulips, tulips, hydrangeas and pink roses. Shoppers walking by stood in awe of the fringed tulips, asking us if they were real. Although they look too good to be true, they're real, folks!

For floral services and arrangements for your event, call Petite & Sweet Events at 647-348-7700 or e-mail us at [email protected].

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Petite & Sweet TV: Rustic Outdoor Party

Our excitement for Victoria Day long weekend has got our team in the mood to throw a rustic outdoor party for this weeks’ episode. This woodland inspired party sets the perfect atmosphere to relax and have some fun with friends over the many warm weekends ahead. Keep reading below for pictures, free recipes, and tutorials that will help you recreate this beautiful look at home. Remember to check out our partner’s site, Creative Bag for all the supplies you see on our table today, and please share our video and blog with friends and family!  

Step One: 

As always, start off the planning process by creating yourself a mood board. This helps to guid you in the right direction as you move forward with the planning. This week found inspiration in green, neutrals, burlap and birch to create a woodland themed table. You can go to petiteandswee.ca or follow us on Pinterest for some great ideas. 

Step Two:

When I think of an outdoor party, I think comfort food. On this weeks table, we put mini jars of milk with chocolate stuffed cookies, mini cupcakes, and homemade brownies. For a special touch, we made a s’mores station to bring a little bit of youthful fun to the party. Check out our recipe for refreshing mint marshmallows below and watch the video to learn how you can create a simple s’mores station for your guests to enjoy without the campfire.

Step Three:

It's a great idea to offer your guests a drink option that pairs well with the food. In our case we chose to offer a chilled hot chocolate that guests can serve themselves. Take a look at the recipe below so you can enjoy this delicious drink at home!

Step Four:

It’s always important to customize your sweet table. For our woodland table, we used a personalized stamp on the napkins to tie in our theme. We also wrapped wooden cutlery with a wood medallion that has our guests initials written in black permanent marker with some twine. This is a great way to make your guests feel special and eliminates the needs for place holders. A great assortment of stamps, as well as all the vessels on our table can be found online at Creative Bag!

Step Five:

In order to create an experience for our guests, we created a Polaroid station out of pieces of birch. Leave a Polaroid camera out for guests to snap fun pictures throughout the night and hang up for everyone to enjoy.

Step Six:

Providing your guests with a takeaway is a great way to end the night. This week we put together a “corny nut” package that includes a mix of popcorn and nuts. To make this giveaway extra special, we tied the package with a friendship bracelet made from twine. Take a look below for all the materials you'll need to assemble this takeaway! 

  Please subscribe to our Youtube channel and follow us on any or every social media outlet so we can let you know when our next video will be out. Visit our blog for step by step instructions on how to pull this look together and send your pictures for us to share with our followers.

We’d love to hear from you so please share your thoughts below!

  Stay sweet!

xoxo

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Petite & Sweet TV: A Little Bridal Inspiration

The weather is warming up and that means that wedding season is quickly approaching. There’s a lot of pressure put on the bridesmaids to throw a dazzling bridal shower for their special friend. That's why this week on Petite & Sweet TV, we wanted to show you how planning a bridal shower doesn't have to be as complicated as it seems. Keep reading below for pictures, recipes, and free printables that will help you recreate this beautiful look at home. Remember to check out our partner’s site, Creative Bag for all the supplies you see on our table today, and please share our video and blog with friends and family! 

Step One:

It's crucial for the Petite & Sweet team to start the planning process by creating an inspiration board. This allows us to organize our ideas and stay on track. Remember to keep in mind a color pallet as your gathering your inspiration. We recommend choosing two to four colors. For this week, we were inspired by chalk, craft paper, and accents of yellow, green, and pink. 

Step Two:

Everyone loves to eat at a party. That's why the second step is to decide what food you'd like to serve your guests. We strongly believe that you should give your guests the option of two to four bite sized treats. We’ve used lollipops, cupcakes, chocolate dipped Oreos, chocolate covered pretzels and macarons. Check out the recipe below to learn how you can easily make dipped Oreos at home! 

 Step Three:

Bridal showers should be fun. That's why we've incorporated a delicious and unique cocktail to the mix. We chose a yummy Raspberry Popsicle Mojito that serves both as a boozy drink and a delicious snack. To make your own at home just follow the directions below!

 Step Four:

As always, incorporating printables on your sweet table is a great way to personalize an event. All the printables we've used in this episode are available to download for free below! If you would like custom printables, feel free to give us a call for a consultation. 

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Step Five:

We think it's important to create an experience for your guests at your event. For this bridal shower, we've set up a "Sweet Advice" tree where guests can leave the bride some special messages to take away with her. We also incorporated chalk in many of the aspects on the sweet table including painting vessels with chalk paint, using chalkboard labels on the food and drinks, and placing labels on the mason jars so that guests can write their names on their glasses. Visit Creative Bag for all the chalk labels, tags, and vessels you see on this table! 

Step Six:

Part of this experience is creating a fun takeaway for the guests. It's a nice way for the guests to remember what an amazing time they had long after the event has ended. Take a look below for the materials you'll need to assemble the takeaway and watch our video for instructions!

Our final step is to have fun and put everything together! Remember, although today's episode was based around a bridal shower, you can use chalk, craft paper, and most of what you see on this table for any event you're planning! 

Please subscribe to our Youtube channel and follow us on any or every social media outlet so we can let you know when our next video will be out. Visit our blog for step by step instructions on how to pull this look together and send your pictures for us to share with our followers.

We'd love to hear from you so please share your thoughts below!

xoxo

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Happy Easter!

You’ve asked and we’ve listened! Owner and host of  Petite and Sweet TV, Elle Daftarian has partnered with Creative Bag to walk you through her process of designing Petite & Sweet signature dessert tables! Once you’ve seen the episode, visit us here for free recipes and printables that we’ll be posting to make it a little easier for  you to create your very own tables. 

With Easter just around the corner, we’ve decided to throw an Easter party!  

This may seem like a lot, but putting together a sweet table doesn’t have to be time consuming or stressful. Take a look below for Elle Daftarian’s easy six-step guide on how you can easily recreate this look! 

Step One: 

To simplify the process, always start by creating an inspiration board to guide yourself and keep the planning on track. Check out the one we created for our Easter Sweet table below! Remember to keep in mind a color pallet as you’re gathering your images. We recommend choosing two to four colors.

Step Two:  

This is the time to figure out the food you’d like to have on your table. We strongly believe that you should give your guests the option of two to four bite sized treats. We’ve used cakepops, coconut egg nest cupcakes, marshmallows, and candy in our pastel color pallet. Check out the recipe for our delicious coconut egg nest cupcakes with chocolate buttercream below!  

  Step Three:

The third step is to figure out a drink option to offer your guests. Keeping our color pallet in mind, we’ve chosen a pink lemonade for our festive Easter table. 

Step Four:  

We believe that a great way to customize your table is to create pintables. Our talented graphics team has created some fun pintables for you to use or your own Easter tables including some fun photo booth props. Check out the link and have some fun!

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Step Five:

Our favorite part of this process is putting together all the pieces to bring the table to life. In order to do that, you’re going to need to gather objects that you can use for vessels and tie in all those beautiful colors by using ribbons, flowers, risers and décor. We’re lucky enough to have Creative Bag  as our partner! Take a look at their website for everything you see on our table today, and a whole lot more! 

Step Six:

Our final step is to have fun and put everything together!

Please subscribe to Petite and Sweet TV and follow us on our social media outlets, Instgram, Facebook and Twitter for updates on when each video will be released!

If you have the chance to create your own Easter sweet tables, send us your pictures for us to share with our followers! 

Please share your thoughts with us in the comment section! 

Stay sweet and have an incredible Easter! 

xoxo 

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Recipe: Boozy Guinness Cupcakes

St. Patrick’s Day is coming up and we’re sure everyone is planning on hitting up their local bar for a pint of green beer. It wouldn’t be a holiday for the girls at Petite & Sweet without a little sweet treat beforehand, that's why we're sharing this delicious Guinness cupcake recipe. Make sure to stop by our bakery, 718 Queen St. E to satisfy any of your cupcake and macaron cravings!

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Stay sweet,

xoxo

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Exotic Treats for Valentine's Day

Whether you're celebrating with your honey or with a few gal pals, it wouldn't be Valentine's Day without a few sweets and cocktails. After trying out a variety of different recipes, the Petite & Sweet team fell in love with this exotic Guava Rose cocktail from liquor.com . Enjoy the easy-to-follow recipe below!

For a fun twist to the night, celebrate with these Valentine's Day treats that will be sure to excite the palate.

Or bring home a selection of pink velvet cupcakes, raspberry heart marshmallows and our brand new strawberry rhubarb macaron.  

Stay sweet and have an amazing Valentine's Day! 

xoxo