Happy Valentine's Day!

 February has fallen upon us and all the lovely little bits that come with it! (even ice and snow)

To put you in a lovely mood, Mandy Ford has created this super cute free coloring page, you can 

SNAG IT HERE! on her website. 

Sending you warm lovely Valentine wishes your way! Thanks Mandy!

Valentine's Day Craft Ideas

Happy Valentine's Day 2018!

Here's a look back on some fun Valentine Day Craft Ideas I've posted on my blog for Valentine's past but now they are all wrapped up neatly in one post for you! Looking back on these makes me feel like a total slacker this year BUT I'm happy to say, I'm using all the decor I've made in the past still today! Hope you enjoy and have a LOVEly day spreading LOVE around!

Valentine Printable Tag

Teacher Valentine's

8 Valentine Crafts

Love Note Challenge

Washi Tape LOVE Card

Valentine's Day Handprint Craft

With Valentine’s Day around the corner, it’s the perfect time to get crafty with the little ones. From a little piggie, to an adorable monkey, Personal Creations made it easy to create Valentine’s Day crafts you can hang on the wall or gift to Grandma and Grandpa!

Print a template of your child's favorite animal, and have them stick their hand in washable paint. Then apply their hand on the template to create the outline of an animal. Once dry, help them complete the craft by cutting out and gluing additional pieces to the animal. With just a few basic materials and a tiny handprint, help your little one create a masterpiece this Valentine's Day! Handprints are such a sweet treasure to share, as we all know just how quickly our little ones grow up. Happy crafting!

Valentine Printable Tag

Always on the search for cool teacher gifts, I came across some monogrammed koozies a few months ago and added them to my teacher gift crate of great! Now what to do for Valentine's Day?...

It's always hard to bypass all the sweets during Valentine's Day and every holiday, who am I kidding. As I was thinking of putting together a little something for my kiddos teachers, I remembered said koozies and ran to the store for a few bottles of sweet iced tea. 

A gift wouldn't be complete without a tag, so I've taken the guess work out of it all and added one you can print out and use as well! I'm sure your teachers will enjoy a sweet token of love and it's always nice to have something tasty to drink too! This would be sweet on a bottle of honey too, buzz, buzz!

(click on the image above to pull up printable version)

Teacher Valentine's

 Valentine's Day is quickly approaching and with the hustle and bustle of everyday life, it's easy to forget last minute gifts, birthday cards or even a simple thank you card. With that being said, one thing I learned from my Mom is to have a gift box. Now don't go all crazy and buy everything on sale at Target but instead, buy with a purpose. I picked up these cute little chalkboard jars a few months ago from Target for $3 each, knowing that I had 4 teachers to buy for, I only picked up 4. The chalk wasn't next to the jars in the store but with the jars in mind, I thought a small little box of chalk would pair nicely for a gift. At $1 each, my gift total is under $5, total win!

My craft stash always has paper, twine, ink and stamps, so a quick tag was made. I added a small red punched out paper heart to the mustache and let my kiddos write their names. A small chalk heart doodle on each of the jars and a cute little gift was put together without any stress. If you don't have stamps or ink, don't worry, instead grab a brown paper bag and cut out a heart. Let your kids doodle on it, write to, from, and tie onto a simple bag of M&M's. It doesn't have to be fancy or a printable to come from the heart. If you can't gift sweets, tie a tag onto a bag of apples or carrots instead, with the following written on your tag, "Valentine, an apple a day keeps the blues away" or "Valentine, you make my heart crunch", cause really...it's all about making someone smile!

Happy Valentine's Day y'all.

8 Valentine Crafts & Decor

Who's ready for Valentine's Day? I can't believe it's this weekend already! If you haven't decorated yet, here are 8 Valentine Crafts and Decor that you can make with items you probably have in your home or craft stash! 

1) Coffee Filter Flowers

2) Amore Decor Sign

3) DIY Felt Valentine Decor

4) Heart Decor on a Stick

5) 3-D Coffee Filter Heart

6) Pom Poms on a Stick

7) Painted Heart Banner

8) DIY Frame & Mantle Decor

Have a very Happy Valentine's Day everyone!! 

- XOXO -

DIY Frame and Valentine Mantle Decor

I asked my dear hubby to whip up another project

that's been floating around in my head. We needed 

something larger for our mantle that could be used 

to decorate with. After looking for frames at Michael's 

and a few other stores but not wanting to swallow 

the $100 or more price tag for the size we needed...

Two pieces of fence boards from Home Depot were

snatched up instead and this is what the hubs made 

that I painted with Americana Decor Chalk Paint.

 Just a simple square but it adds a bit of height

and will be so fun to switch up for all the different 

holidays this year, can't wait to continue

the crafting projects!! 

Here's our mantle this year for Valentine's Day.

Share the love and link your Valentine projects

or decor below in the comments!

Coffee Filter Flowers

With the leftover coffee filters from my 3-D Heart, 

I whipped up these super simple and fun coffee filter flowers.

I used the same technique as before, essentially folding each

filter in half and then pinching to make a stem in the center. 

I stuck the first flower inside the top of a paper straw and then

added two more filters for a fuller floral look.

Careful with that hot glue gun on this project,

it just might bite a little!

A scrap of ribbon glued on the bottom of the flower

 helps to hide any odd layers as well.

These would make a fun gift for your Valentine!

3-D Coffee Filter Heart

 I needed to make something large for an open frame 

the hubs built for me and decided to try my hand at

tackling coffee filters. I  used only one stack from my 

coffee filter bag for this project with a few filters left over.

A bottle of red reinker dye (that I have for my stamp pads)

was used along the edges. I wanted the color to flow down 

the filters so pulled out a glass of water and a straw.

I soaked the entire stack of filters until I was happy

with the color saturation and then let the stack dry overnight.

Make sure you do this on a plate, paper works fine

and you can toss in the trash when you are done.

I was going to cut out a large cardboard heart but

saw this stiff felt one at Michael's and it was 1/2 off

so I used it as my base. Once the coffee filters were 

completely dry, I started forming them into flower 

shapes. Just fold in half and then twist the bottom 

into a little stem. You can fluff the tops if needed.

 Once you get some flowers made up, whip out your

hot glue gun and work with one flower at a time

gluing them onto your form. Make sure you squish

each flower down a bit (without crushing) till the

glue can catch or harden. 

After covering my heart, I went back and filled in

the spots that I thought needed a bit more fluff.

Hope you'll try your hand at a coffee filter project

the possibilities are endless!

DIY Valentine Decorations on a Stick

Looking for some easy and fun Valentine Decorations? Well, you are in the right place!

If you  have any tulle or yarn lying around, wrap it around 

two or three fingers, tie the center (really tightly) with another

piece of thread or ribbon and then cut the loops until 

they poof into a nice little pom pom (you can give them

a little haircut if you aren't happy with the shape). 

I hot glued mine to paper straws to add a little height 

to my Valentine mantle display this year.

If you don't have any yarn, ribbon or tulle, a bit of

cardstock will work as well. I die cut these hearts and 

glued them onto fun brightly striped paper straws.

More Valentine fun to display around the house!

DIY Felt Valentine Decor

I usually stick to paper projects, because, well...

I know paper. Sewing. Not so much. But I do

always have felt lying around, not sure why. 

I seriously should've been a school teacher with 

all the variety of craft supplies we have holed up

in our home.

More Valentine Decor was in order, so I whipped 

out my stash of felt, cut a few hearts and started 

stitching them together with bakers twine. Don't 

look too closely, there are a TON of mistakes but at

least the stuffing isn't coming out! 

My 7 year old son was quite interested in the new

little heart pillows on our coffee table and wanted

to try his hand at sewing too. 4 tiny handsewn pillows

later, I think I've found a new 'busy' project for him.

I hot glued the white center hearts on first before

sewing the red pieces together, leaving a little slot

to poke the stuffing into and then finished up the

hearts...with wine, of course!

Valentine Heart Banner - Kid Craft

Got all four of my chickens involved in decorating this

year for February. I die cut out these hearts in white cardstock,

and let them go to town with craft paint and Q-Tips. 

Love those sweet little hands...

After the hearts were dry, a simple hole punch for

ease of threading bakers twine (or you can use yarn)

and then die cut letters to spell your desired phrase.

You can also use stickers or draw directly onto 

the dry painted hearts with a sharpie marker, 

if you don't have die cuts for lettering.

Happy Decorating!!

DIY Valentine Decor Amore

After taking down our Christmas decor, the house

felt a little barren and although I love a clean and

uncluttered house, I also love holidays!

We are lacking in the Valentine decor

department, so when I spotted these cool

metal letters at Michael's...I put them back.

Really. I did. I put them back and walked away.

Mainly because there wasn't an "o"...and then

I walked past the Valentine row and spotted 

the perfect "o", the red metal cookie cutter

heart. I quickly ran back and snatched up

my letters and then headed to Home Depot.

Happy girl, happy girl!!!

Picked up 3 fence panels since another project

is in my head, in the works.

Just a two foot section was cut for this craft.

It needed to stand up, so a piece of scrap wood, 

an angled cut & some screws fixed that.

Already had the pink Americana Decor chalk

paint on hand, so I quickly got to work painting.

Of course a coffee break between the two coats.

Finished up the edges with a bit of white chalk paint.

I used the two pots of paint to balance the board on while

spacing the letters and hot gluing. If you wait a couple of 

seconds, the glue is the perfect temperature to smear into

the cracks with your finger without losing layers of skin.

A quick cut with an exacto knife to remove any visible glue 

that seeped out from the tops of the letters and voila!

That's Amore!

Valentine Heart Mini Cupcake Toppers

Who's getting geared up for Valentine's Day? 

These sweet little heart mini cupcake toppers are

sure to put a smile on anyone's face this February 14th.

Just listed 4 sets of these in the Etsy Shop...

Happy Heart Making!!

Making Valentines

Another year of kid friendly Valentines and this

year with two of my little people in school, we had

double the amount.

We used acrylic paint for the hand and foot prints, then

I let the older three go crazy with glitter glue and stickers.

The perfect project to send to the Grandparents

for their Valentine wedding Anniversary!

I always keep my eye peeled for fun crafts or projects for

my kiddos. Since they see Mommy crafting all the time, they

like to get involved too. I picked up three boxes of cards at

Target and the kids stuck their Valentine greeting to the front, 

then wrote and stamped inside for their friends.

We taped candy hearts onto each card with a bit of 

Washi Tape for all the classmates. The teachers and school

staff will be getting these fun chocolate -one is a million- candy bars 

and other assortment of Valentine chocolate candies.

My daughter made her Valentine box about two weeks ago

and just jazzed up the heart banner with a bit of glitter glue.

Love Note Challenge

What's Valentine's Day without a little love note?

I was recently contacted by the Cardstore Blog to check

out and review their FREE printable love notes, which

are perfect for leaving a little bit of love around the

house for your significant other.

 My hubby of 10 years, yup, count 'em - TEN!

is quite the dapper fellow, he LOVES to dress up

and is the epitome of handsome. When I met the guy, 

he didn't even own a pair of jeans!

 He always knows how to make me laugh, is my true

knight in shining armor, a wonderful husband, AMAZING

father to our four little people and just knows how to 

make a girl feel special - a keeper for sure!

We both have quite a fondness for coffee, so hopefully

he won't make me prove that I love him more than 

coffee - haha!

Twelve years ago, he asked for my number in the most

unique way... "would you like to go pick a basket

of daisies sometime?" - took my breath away, literally!

Want to show a little bit of personalized love to your other

half this Valentines Day? Head over and snag your

FREE printables from

 Cardstore.com

Don't forget to tag your ideas with #okaytocry

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Washi Tape LOVE Card

Here's another easy Washi Tape project, especially if you are looking to make 

a creative Valentine for your hunky hubs or loved one!

I've even posted a quick 6 second video on VINE, click

HERE to view!

If you have any fun Washi Tape projects you'd like me to try, leave them in the comments!

Happy Washi Crafting...

Valentine Banner featured

The Vintage Modern Wife put together this lovely 

Valentine's Gift Guide and featured LeroyLime's Be Mine Banner

Thank You Stephanie!!

LeroyLime