My Valentine's Card

This seemed like a cooler idea than a folded piece of cardstock.

Glittered Laundry Pins for Wren's Valentine's

So I don't think this is a project you will want to do on laundry pins you still use on laundry, because I will confess that this glitter is a pest. That is probably the nicest thing I can say about the fact that it is just hangs around and sticks to everything... countless vacuumings and wipe downs later. Glamorous laundry isn't ready for these babies.

But super cute Valentine's or little gifts are ready! I found this chunky glitter at De Serres for $3.95 and picked up the laundry pins for $1.99 (for a pack of 50) at Target to glam up Wren's Valentine's.

 

I glued, Wren glittered and it was a fun little afternoon.

A little stamp with a happy message on the pins and we left them to dry over night. Paired with a goodie bag (bag of 12 from the $1 section in Target) we then spent a couple days assembling Wren's Valentine's. 

 

This is the first year Wren printed all her own class Valentine's, and since there were 24 to do we started early and spread out the printing job over a few days so it wasn't too overwhelming for her. She wanted to use one of our punches and embellish her tags a little more with some hearts then we filled them with goodies!

We have a few allergies to work around in Wren's class so we thought it was best to just do sweet-gifts instead of sweets. The stickers, tattoos and playdough are all from Target and to do 24 bags was around $20. 

Her big school party can't come soon enough! She is dying to hand her little creations out.

DIY Ceramic Valentine's Art

 

This year I wanted to do something sweet, but not as candy-focused for our Valentine's. Hard work for an admitted sweet tooth! 

I decided to come up with some personalized creations for all our friends and family using mostly stuff we had laying around. What is one thing I have laying around in mass quantities??? dishes, dishes and more dishes. Not that we host staggering numbers of parties, I blame the hoard-sized collection on cool thrift store finds, garage sales and loading up at my Dad's restaurants. There is no shortage of plates in this house. But if you don't have a ton to spare I highly recommend hitting the thrift store for a handful of pieces!

I found ceramic pens at a local De Serres art store (same one online at Amazon here) for $6 each to beautify all my plates.

 

And got to work. I didn't want things to look too perfect or polished, brush strokes and little imperfections just add to the fun and charm. 

 

a little dish to catch odds and ends on a bedside table or hall table was my first creation.

 

So many of my friends and family are music nuts so I thought it would be fun to incorporate lyrics into a lot of my creations.

A little mug duet.

 

For more of an eclectic, Anthro inspired look I took the pens to a few antique plates. 

For the awesome, single ladies in my life!

 

My Valentine to Sean, a nod to some R.Kelly, Ignition Remix, which is a running inside joke in our lives. 

Once all my creations were dry I just followed the instructions on the pens, letting them set for a day or two then baking them for a half hour. 

It is a fun, easy way to customize the perfect Valentine and an awesomely fun way to spend an afternoon.

Happy Valentine's Day

 

We celebrated a day early in our house. It was just easier that way since Wren goes to school on Monday/Wednesday/Friday. Sean and I had a little bag of surprises for her that we wanted her to have before school so she could wear them for her class party (the dollar store heart necklace above being one of those items) and then she used the pretty little bag to carry all her Valentine's home from school too. So it was a win all around to go the early route. 

We hope your day is filled with love and laughter and all the good stuff.

{ a bun!!! Finally! I celebrated this all day long. }

 

I enjoyed reading all her little cards. 4 year old printing is up there with newborn puppies and laughing babies on the cute-ness index.

 

 

And a big BON VOYAGE to my little sis (@digitalconfections on IG)  who left for her Italian adventure yesterday!

Valentine's in our House

 

It is definitely the season for love here in our little family. I have been rocking head to toe pink this week . Maybe a little dramatic? Maybe a little over the top? probably. But I am tickled pink (hardy har) to have an excuse. (dress and shoes above are from Tailor and Stylist for anyone asking, tights are F21 and headband is my own creation).

Wren and I have been working on her school valentine's. My mom bought her these adorable Vintage inspired ones and I am finding it hard to hand them over. All throughout the past week we have been doing little surprises daily for each other. Yesterday I picked up a perfectly pink baby cake for Wren (and a chocolate eclair  for her daddy) as my little gift.

And all last week Wren was furiously making these creations out of dollar store paper doilies as her surprises for us. I grabbed three different colors and sizes and she has made infinite combinations out of them by flipping some backwards for lighter pinks or whites and gluing them together.

 

Together we made a few extra so we'd have enough to go down the entire (yet unifinished) staircase.

 

I just clothes pinned them to the garland for an instant art display.

 

Also infinitely useful? my clearance christmas tinsel garland making ANOTHER appearance. That is already 3 times this years guys. Best $1.20 I ever spent.

 

One of my little surprises for her last week after school was a donut. Of course that's hardly seasonal.

 

But I threw a handful of pink nonpareils on top and set it on a sparkly piece of dollar store paper for a glam placemat and she was thrilled!

 

Hardly revolutionary, but we've also been cutting all our food into hearts. Heart pancakes, sandwiches and jello all seem to taste a little better than normal ones in our house... hmmm.

 

My first little surprise for Sean was a heart over our headboard I quickly whipped up with Washi Tape while he was out buying me some more printer toner on Sunday (he surprised me as well with my favorite latte, definitely a keeper girls).

 

But because I am finding it hard to pick just one this year, I wanted to ask all of you:

Hope you have a LOVE filled week!!

An oldie, but goodie: LOVE garland

We are just heading out the door to spend an afternoon in the country visiting my Grandparents, and in the event we are talked into staying for dinner (not an uncommon occurance!) I thought I would share one of our first blog crafts! This is great for everyone who is too impatient to see if they won the sheet music, and the best part? You probably have all the necessary materials laying around.

It is a really easy and basically free craft, so it could easily be adapted to any holiday or party (gotta love free!). For the complete step by step instructions just click here or on any photo.

Just keep in mind that this project was pre-DSLR camera and mid-reno (pretty please!).

And we have another fun use for sheet music to share later this week as well, so stay tuned!