{"id":5403,"date":"2011-02-14T02:25:02","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T06:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=5403"},"modified":"2011-02-14T02:25:03","modified_gmt":"2011-02-14T06:25:03","slug":"sweets-for-the-sweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=5403","title":{"rendered":"Sweets for the sweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5407\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=5407\"><\/a><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5404\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=5404\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5404\" title=\"vintage-valentine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-valentine.jpg\" alt=\"vintage-valentine\" width=\"329\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-valentine.jpg 329w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-valentine-150x218.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-valentine-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/a>Happy Hearts Day, dear friends!<\/p>\n<p>Ah, Valentine&#8217;s Day&#8230;.already here so soon!\u00a0 Does this holiday bring back memories of handmade cards and boxes of chocolate?\u00a0 Last month while out and about antiquing, I saw many sweet old boxes of chocolate and couldn&#8217;t resist snapping a few pictures (knowing I would share them with you on Valentine&#8217;s Day).\u00a0 Who\u00a0gave these boxes of chocolate originally?\u00a0 And isn&#8217;t it amazing that someone held on to them for so long?\u00a0 They must have been seriously yummy chocolates or from a very special suitor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5405\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=5405\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5405  aligncenter\" title=\"vintage-chocolates\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-chocolates.jpg\" alt=\"vintage-chocolates\" width=\"515\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-chocolates.jpg 515w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-chocolates-150x115.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-chocolates-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5406\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=5406\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5406  aligncenter\" title=\"vintage-chocolates_2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-chocolates_2.jpg\" alt=\"vintage-chocolates_2\" width=\"515\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-chocolates_2.jpg 515w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-chocolates_2-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-chocolates_2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5407  aligncenter\" title=\"vintage-chocolates_3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-chocolates_3.jpg\" alt=\"vintage-chocolates_3\" width=\"515\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-chocolates_3.jpg 515w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-chocolates_3-150x98.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-chocolates_3-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5408\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=5408\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5408  aligncenter\" title=\"vintage-chocolates_6jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-chocolates_6jpg.jpg\" alt=\"vintage-chocolates_6jpg\" width=\"515\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-chocolates_6jpg.jpg 515w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-chocolates_6jpg-150x96.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-chocolates_6jpg-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5409\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=5409\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5409  aligncenter\" title=\"vintage-chocolates_5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-chocolates_5.jpg\" alt=\"vintage-chocolates_5\" width=\"515\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-chocolates_5.jpg 515w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-chocolates_5-150x95.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-chocolates_5-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5410\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=5410\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5410  aligncenter\" title=\"vintage-chocolates_4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-chocolates_4.jpg\" alt=\"vintage-chocolates_4\" width=\"515\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-chocolates_4.jpg 515w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-chocolates_4-150x107.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vintage-chocolates_4-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure if any of these companies are in existence any longer&#8230;.except this last one, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalcrestdairy.com\/Shared\/CompanyHistory.aspx\">Royal Crest Dairy<\/a>.\u00a0 Royal Crest Dairy seems to be alive and well out in Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday,\u00a0 my 6-year old son pulled a carefully-folded red construction paper card out of his backpack and asked me if\u00a0he could give me his card early.\u00a0 It was clear he wasn&#8217;t going to take no for an answer.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He was so proud that his handprint cut-outs \u00a0inside the card made the shape of a heart.\u00a0 Underneath the handprints I found\u00a0a picture of him taken from picture day back in the Fall (oh his teacher is so clever and I&#8217;ll have to thank her for this!).\u00a0 These are those little things that melt my heart.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5412\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=5412\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5412 aligncenter\" title=\"valentines-day-card-2011\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/valentines-day-card-2011.jpg\" alt=\"valentines-day-card-2011\" width=\"515\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/valentines-day-card-2011.jpg 515w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/valentines-day-card-2011-150x165.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/valentines-day-card-2011-272x300.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5413\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=5413\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5413  aligncenter\" title=\"valentines-day-card-2011_2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/valentines-day-card-2011_2.jpg\" alt=\"valentines-day-card-2011_2\" width=\"439\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/valentines-day-card-2011_2.jpg 439w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/valentines-day-card-2011_2-150x164.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/valentines-day-card-2011_2-274x300.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day, friends!\u00a0 Thank you for stopping\u00a0 by!<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5411\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=5411\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5411\" title=\"siggie6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/siggie6.png\" alt=\"siggie6\" width=\"138\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Hearts Day, dear friends! Ah, Valentine&#8217;s Day&#8230;.already here so soon!\u00a0 Does this holiday bring back memories of handmade cards and boxes of chocolate?\u00a0 Last month while out and about antiquing, I saw many sweet old boxes of chocolate and couldn&#8217;t resist snapping a few pictures (knowing I would share them with you on Valentine&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antiques-and-vintage-treasures","category-life-and-times"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}