:: Happy Valentine's Day

Hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day

and are able to spend it with your loved ones!

{Ava's preschool valentines}

:: Valentine's Day - diy scrabble love note

Last year I made this card for my hubby for Valentine's Day.

It might have been one of the easiest cards to make.

Supplies:

- scrabble letters (I'm always on the lookout for scrabble games when I'm at thrift stores)

- doily or some type of heart cardstock

- glue gun

So . . . I think it's pretty self explanatory.

- hot glue the scrabble letters to the card and write a love note on back.

Easy enough.

I love homemade cards so much more than store bought cards.
They just mean more to me.

And it would even look cute as Valentine's Day decor after you give it to him.
Frame it and hang it!

Happy Friday!

:: Valentine's Day - diy/printable valentines

It's almost February.
Time to start thinking about making Valentine's Day cards.
Here are some fun printable/DIY Valentines.
Check them out.

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Last year we made these for Ava's class . . .

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This year I think we'll be making these . . .
{easy and glow sticks are cheaper than candy}

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:: Valentine's Day free printable

So I haven't offered a free printable in awhile.

I need to start creating more.

I just wish I had more time . . . 

Anyway, I designed this last February for an online class I was taking.

I found this quote by St. Augustine and loved it.

So, go here to download this print.

Would be a beautiful addition to your Valentine's Day decor!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Another Valentine's Day has come.  I decided to make this simple card (above)

for my special valentine.

I came home from work today to find this home-made card sitting on the counter.

For the past 5 years, I've been trying to train the hubby that I could care less for store bought cards.

Homemade cards mean more to me.

And it looks like the 5 years of training has begun to work.

I loved it.

And love that he was gushing with pride because of his card idea that he came up with all by himself.

Happy Valentine's Day, friends!

We're off to see "The Vow" in a few.

(yes, I'm forcing him to see it with me)

:: Valentine's Day - decor inspiration

Love the Valentine's Day decor I was able to find on Pinterest.
If you haven't decorated already, here are some cute ideas . . .

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:: Valentine's Day - love canvas

I made this last year and being that it's such and easy Valentine's Day decoration,
I thought I'd post it again.
It seriously took me 2 minutes and I had all of the supplies on hand.

All you need are:

- canvas (I had an 11x14 laying around)

- chipboard letters (mine were pink - - perfect)

- hot glue gun

Just come up with a word that you want to place on your canvas and glue it (or you could tape it to the canvas and use the canvas for other holidays). I glued mine to the bottom right hand corner. And you're done!

I placed mine on the chalkboard canvas that I made. I even scalloped around the edges of the canvas to make it look a little more valentines day-ish (don't look too closely at my scallops - - they look like my 3 year old did it).

I'll be linking to these parties here.

Craft: valentine's day canvas

Valentine's Day? I really need to start decorating. This holiday seemed to just creep up on me. Actually, I don't think I have any Valentine's Day decor. This might be my first.


I did have an idea for an easy, 2 minute project that looks modern and classy. Plus, did I mention it takes 2 minutes? And I already had all of the supplies I needed so it was cheap, too! Can't beat that.

All you need are:

- canvas (I had an 11x14 laying around)

- chipboard letters (mine were pink - - perfect)

- hot glue gun

Just come up with a word that you want to place on your canvas and glue it(or you could tape it to the canvas and use the canvas for other holidays). I glued mine to the bottom right hand corner. And you're done!

I placed mine on the chalkboard canvas that I made. I even scalloped around the edges of the canvas to make it look a little more valentines dayish (don't look too closely at my scallops - - they look like my 2 year old did it).

I'll be posting to the linky parties below.

Free Valentine's Day Cards

So, I really am back this time. Really. Life just gets in the way sometimes . . . which is a good thing. I have two adorable excuses, though.

I'm very excited to show you what we've been working on in our place. I never posted pictures of our kitchen, but it's almost done and I hope to show you soon. Yes. It's taken awhile to finish.

Also, remember when my hubby put in our hardwood floors? It seems like it was years ago. Time flies. Well, we hadn't put in our baseboards . . . until now!!! They look great (he's almost done). I'm excited to show you how to make your baseboards yourself instead of charging someone a ton of money to do it.

But for today. I found some free Valentines Day cards/bookmark printables. They are so cute and hey. . . they're free!

All you have to do is "like" Florabella Collection on Facebook and then you can download them. Awesome. But hurry. It's only for a limited time.

Happy Tuesday everyone! It's 80 degrees today where I'm at, so we'll be soaking in some sun!