valentine's day is surely my favorite holiday. what's not to love about it?
pink
red
hearts
doilies
flowers
and celebrating love.
that's the best if you ask me.
i went back through my photos from last year to look at some of my home decor for valentine's day.
i hope to do most of these ideas again this year.
i made these garlands using supplies from oriental trading, and some scrapbooking embellishments from makingmemories.
stringing doilies up is super easy and super cheap. these were from the baking section in my local grocery.
we had these cupcakes made for sadie's 2nd birthday party...how precious are they?
arrange heart cookie cutters (mine are from the dollar store) on a platter and fill them with a variety of valentine's candies.
new this year...a garland my super talented and creative mama made for me. she has a shop, too! if you message her, i bet she could even do a custom garland.
and speaking of last year...i cannot believe that this love bug will be THREE tomorrow. oh my goodness, where does the time go?
i went through my recent pins at pinterest, and wanted to share some of my favorite valentine's ideas.
i can never ever get enough of garlands. i LOVE this one below...it's romantic, girly, and funky all at once. original source is creature comforts.
using cupcake liners to make bouquets is super frilly and sweet. i'll be making some of these this year. easy peasy. original source- kara's party ideas
all white heart garland, pure, clean and pretty. i never would have guess how this was made, either. find out how to make it on the original source, michele made me.
Super cute wreath made using vintage book pages. We all know i LOVE a good vintage book page project! See instructions on the original source, lindsey's craft list.
this makes me want to have a party now. love the soft color choices.
how sweet ar these candy sundaes? this and the photo above are both from kara's party ideas.
i plan on making this fairy tree with the chickies.from disney family.
this is beautiful.from papercrave.
another precious, precious way to use cupcake liners. i really want to make these for the girls for valentine's day. i'd like to have one for each of them on their breakfast table when they wake up.
original source: skip to my lou
and last but not least, a few pretty gift wrapping ideas. i DREAM of being able to wrap gifts this prettily.
unfortunately, i'm a disaster when it comes to wrapping gifts. hot.mess.
i'll keep dreaming, though.
original source for both images below: papercrave
i also thought i'd share some of my favorite valentine-ish projects.
and one last thing...my friend veronica at shabby chic crafts has a really cool idea available in her shop...
printable valentine's cards.They're $5 and the customer can print as many as they want. Veronica thinks it's an especially great deal for mamas with more than one child.
i wanted to share b/c i think they are so stinkin' stinkin' cute and i thought some of y'all might be looking for valentines!
hope you have a beautiful, blessed tuesday. xxo
s
Wow these are such creative and exciting ideas! I am a stay at home foster mom with 2 little ones. I think I might make some of these to spice up my home for the upcoming holiday! Thanks for the ideas!
Naomi
Posted by: Naomi Rice | 02/01/2011 at 02:17 PM
Hmmm...those cupcakes give me an idea for Addison's birthday party on the 19th! Happy Birthday to Sadie!!
Posted by: momtoprincesses | 02/01/2011 at 02:20 PM
Love the doily garlands. I put away my green ornaments and left sme pink and red ones scattered about.
Posted by: niru | 02/01/2011 at 02:34 PM
total eye candy!!! thanks for sharing all these! and YOUR MOM HAS A SHOP!! yay!!!!!!! happy early birthday to miss sadie :)
Posted by: Jenni Hufford | 02/01/2011 at 03:59 PM
I love that lyric 'your love is better than ice cream' - cute card!
Posted by: Kirsten J | 02/01/2011 at 04:27 PM
Oh, lovin all the idea love! And, looking at your past photos.....exciting to see those DDs of yours grow ( but too fast of course!)
Posted by: Amy | 02/01/2011 at 05:46 PM
So much fun eye candy on this post.
TFS
Posted by: Lisa J | 02/01/2011 at 06:30 PM
Love all the Valentine ideas you have posted. I have to make the cupcake wrappers with the sucker in the middle. So fun! I am off to check out your moms shop! Happy Birthday Sadie!
Posted by: onedizzygrl | 02/01/2011 at 06:39 PM
What fun ideas!! And happy early Birthday to Sadie!!
Posted by: Ally White | 02/01/2011 at 07:32 PM
Happy Birthday to Sweet Sadie! A big girl 3! Loved all these wonderful decor ideas, wow!
Posted by: bluemoon | 02/01/2011 at 07:37 PM
Love this post..
Happy Heart!!
Happy Birthday to S!!
Posted by: Jennifer Camplin | 02/01/2011 at 07:56 PM
Happy Birthday Sadie!!! I hope you have a sweet day!
Posted by: Lissa | 02/01/2011 at 08:16 PM
What pretty ideas! I love your garland with store-bought doilies-so simple, cheap, and pretty!!!
Posted by: Jenn | 02/01/2011 at 09:45 PM
Great I ideas. Never thought about decorating for Valentines. I hope you can check out the Scraptime.ca/blogpage/ Cristine has posted tons of pictures from CHA. I have bookedmarked some of the pictures because they are great scrape page ideas. You may recognize a couple of pages posted on her first day of CHA :)
Posted by: Angela | 02/01/2011 at 10:20 PM
DO what make you HAPPY
BE with who make you SMILE
LAUGH as much as you BREATHE
LOVE as much as you LIVE
:) :) :) :)
Posted by: Angela | 02/01/2011 at 10:38 PM
LOVE the cupcake liner ideas. I am also going to be stealing your toilet paper roll idea from a previous post. Those animals were so cute!
Posted by: kate | 02/02/2011 at 02:59 AM
I just LOVE all these pictures! It got me motivated to put up Valentine's day decorations! Thanks! Happy Birthday to your sweet little girl too!
Posted by: Corey Brock | 02/02/2011 at 05:10 AM
You seriously are superwoman! Do you sleep? How on earth do you do it all with 4 little girls? Happy Birthday to Sadie!
Posted by: Pam | 02/02/2011 at 06:26 AM
Whoa! What a fabulous post of Valentine goodness! Swoooooooon! :)
Posted by: Kathy Martin | 02/02/2011 at 06:39 AM
Such cute ideas, I am so inspired now to get to work on a few of them!! Thanks for sharing, Steph!!
Posted by: Kami | 02/02/2011 at 07:58 AM
Wow! Thanks for the inspiration! I'm off to buy more doilies, cupcake liners & gotta make those lace hearts. Happy birthday Sadie! Hope your special day is extra special.
Posted by: Ginny | 02/02/2011 at 08:24 AM
Such fun ideas Stephanie! I decorated my mantle this year for Valentines day and it included a tissue heart garland my girls made. So easy and it turned out so cute! My girls are 4 and 6 and loved doing it. It might be a bit tricky for Sadie, but I bet Harper would love it! Just thought I'd pass the idea along since I'm sure you're always looking for ways to keep the "bigs" entertained. :)
http://kennyanderin.blogspot.com/2011/01/valentine-mantel.html
p.s. Darling post for Sadie's b-day. She reminds me for all the world of my 4 year old Addison...even the licking! The last babysitter I had told me how Addison licked her! HA! She and Sadie would get along famously! :)
Posted by: Erin | 02/03/2011 at 12:06 AM