01-26-2015

{Mostly} Handmade Valentine’s Gift Ideas

I love Valentine’s Day but I don’t think you need to spend a fortune to make it special. There are lots of great ideas around the internet for things that you can make or you can make and then purchase. Here are some of the ones I have thought about.

12 Months of Dates. I am sure you have seen this on multiple blogs but Clean & Scentsible has free printables for it as well. You can prepay for the dates or just have ideas for the following 12 months. What an adorable (and thoughtful!) idea.

Shutterfly Photo Books. I am a huge fan of these books. I make them all the time. Watch for their sales because you can normally get free shipping and then some amount off.

If you don’t have as much time to make a Shutterfly book or want something a little smaller, have you heard of chatbooks? They are smaller and you can make your own with one picture and captions on each page. I made Josiah one for Christmas and he keeps it on his desk at work. Use this code to receive your first one for free: 9PETNKKA. Just download the app.

How about some food? You can never go wrong with some homemade cookies or bread. You put time into it and it tastes absolutely delicious!

Another cute idea is the Alphabet of Our Love. I have seen a few versions of this but here is one from The Twinery Blog that came out really cute.

Filed Under: Holiday Tagged With: gifts, handmade, valentines day

02-14-2014

Happy Valentine’s Day

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY

I pray that you and your loved ones have an absolutely wonderful day. In Matthew 22:37-40 we are told to “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment.And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” Love is about loving all people and that is what is hardest for us to do. None of us are perfect, we stumble and we fall but let us remember to love one another just as our Father loves us. It is the reason we are able to love others. If we can put love first, especially when it is hardest I bet we will see a change in all of us.

Romans 5:8 – “But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us”

Filed Under: Holiday Tagged With: love, scripture, valentine, valentines day

02-05-2014

i love you banner

I don’t have a ton of space at my house to put my crafts, nor do I have a mantle but I really wanted to make a cute burlap/felt Valentine’s Day banner to add to the living room. This is what I came up with.

I like how it turned out and it gives some color to an otherwise pretty boring wall

Filed Under: Crafts, Holidays, Home Tagged With: burlap, felt, valentines day

01-30-2014

Easy Valentine’s Day Wreath

I made a Valentine’s Wreath for outside (check out the blog for it soon) but wanted to make one to hang on my craftroom/office door inside. It took little to no time and looks quite cute. I just took one of the styrofoam wreath bases and wrapped it in red satin ribbon. I then cut hearts out of cardboard and glued different pieces of scrapbook paper on them and then glued them together. Finish it with some burlap ribbon and hang on the door. I really like how it looks and it brings some holiday color to other areas of the house. Of course, now after Valentine’s Day I am going to have to come up with something else to hang there

Filed Under: Crafts, Holidays Tagged With: crafts, diy, valentines day, wreath