Made With Love....Simple Ideas for Valentine's Day Gifts and Decorating

When my girls were younger,

we had barely put Christmas decorations away

before we started decorating for Valentine's Day.  

Hearts were everywhere, and we were already thinking of

what Valentines to make and what would be on our 

Pink and Red Menu for Valentine's Day.

The past few years we've kinda let it go.

Life just got more busy, you know?

Until a few days ago, when my 12 year old niece Macy

wrote to show us pictures of how she had decorated her room.

I think she did an AMAZING job!

She finished by asking how we were decorating this year.

Ummmmm..........well,  I wasn't sure if we were.

UNTIL that email from her.

Until I was inspired by a young girl's festive spirit.

So I went online and I walked around the house,

 looking for ideas.

I found a few things I had made and tweaked them a bit

to make them work for Valentine's Day, either as a

decoration or as a small gift.

See what you think........

1.  Candy hearts look adorable in a Mason Jar pedestal.  At least I think so.......
but then, I love these candies so I would think they look great in ANYTHING!
And these are really easy to make, using a mason jar, candlestick and E6000 glue.

2.  Painted Mason Jars and Milk Bottles hold anything you can think of,

and would be a beautiful way to hold flowers, candy or special messages.

3.  Bejeweled Mini Mason Jars.......Strips of lace or burlap glued around a jar, embellished with a jewel and/or flower.  These look cute gathered on a table top and make

AWESOME gift containers!  No wrapping necessary:)

4.  Heart Garland.......dollar store craft!  

5.  Heart Pencil Toppers........Again, the wire and pencils were bought at the dollar store.

Simply twist a piece of the wire into a heart shape and wrap on the pencil tops.

 

These heart toppers are also fabulous on a longer stick and used as bubble blowers!  

Thank you Macy!

Without the inspiration from you, we might've been lazy and let this Holiday slip by:)

A few other decorations I found were these:

A heart wreath.......paper hearts glued on a wreath or any round form.

 Pom Pom Monsters!

How cute are these?  Pretty dang cute if you ask me:)

Heart Rag Wreath!  Super cute and EASY!

Yarn wrapped letters or hearts.  This is such a simple project that

will be a real eye catcher!

Well, why NOT a heart tree?  

You could write little messages on them or leave as is.........

cute either way!

  Remember the heart garland I mentioned above?

You could tie them on branches outside.  Awesome!

Alrighty then, I think that's about it.

Check back soon.......I have other ideas to pass on but didn't want

 to bombard anyone:)

XOXO

Suzanne

20 days till Christmas......

does that make you smile or scream?  haha

here is how i look at it this year.......

i'd rather enjoy the moments more and worry less about details and things

we "always" do or "used" to do.

every year and every Christmas is special for 2 reasons......

we are celebrating Christ's birth and we are able to do special things for

those we love.

right?

i realized last night i haven't "decorated" my blog for the Holidays,

so when i have time today, that's what i'll be doing.

please check it out tomorrow:)

for today, a quick peek at a few of my favorite things.......

and goodness knows i have a lot of those!

first of all, we all know i love ballerinas!!!!!

so imagine how excited i was to find these snowflake ballerinas.

to make, you simply cut out paper snowflakes and insert 

a ballerina into the center.

if you need to learn how to make the snowflakes,

the simplest thing is to google that.  

MANY templates will come up and you can pick the style you like.

click HERE to go to the site where you can get a template for the ballerina.

a few wreaths i love this season........

this wreath (boxwood?) with an oversize initial.

LOVE IT!

i might make one of these ornament wreaths........they are so easy,

and i really like it in all whites/champagne tones.

i am CRAZY about my new RED slipcover!

i have an IKEA sectional and can't recommend it enough,

 mainly because the slip covers are so cheap and you can change things up for a new look!

I will always love my WHITE slipcover,

 but living in Florida, this red makes it all a bit more festive.  

i'll probably keep it on through February:)

bucket list, bucket list.....

forget about making one for your life.......

maybe just make one for your Holiday season:)

are you a CRAZY mom?

well, don't sweat it.......

take the "crazy mom" challenge from iMom 

(one of my favorite sites ever!)

do you tend to panic and forget what you have to do on Christmas Eve,

besides get ready for Jesus' birthday?:)

well here you go........

well, enough for now.

need to do a blog makeover and...........

surf's up!

xoxoxo

Suzanne