Make up Valentine's Day party

Andrew has been sick this week and missed school again yesterday. Unfortunately he missed the school Valentine's Day party. So we had a party at home instead! I printed off a bunch of Valentine's Day craft and activites from Family Fun. Great website by the way! I used to get their magazine and the site is even better.

We've been stuck in the house the past two days and have major cabin fever so this is just what we needed to brighten our day. See below for pics from our private party for two. :-)

Valentine's Day Treats & Teacher Gift

I woke up super early this morning (4:30 a.m.) and started working on Valentine's Day goodies for Andrew friends at school and in playgroup. I was so excited when his Vday cards came in yesterday I had to start working on the coordinating treat bag.

Here are the two together that he will hand out to his friends.

The treat bags were very simple to make. They are small glassine bags I got from Michaels and filled them with some kisses and tootsie rolls then topped it with a blue topper made from my Spellbinder die.

I created little labels " Happy {heart} Day" that coordinated with the card I created. I printed them out and again used my Spellbinder dies to make a circle and a red scallop. Then I tied some really cute hot pink and red polka dot ribbon through the top, added a "from: andrew" tag cut yet again from my Spellbinder dies. Are you noticing a trend here?

I finished it off with a red pipe cleaner that I curled up with a pencil and a small heart button. Voila! Easy but cute Valentine's Day treats.

DRUMROLL PLEASE!!!!!!!............................................ Check out the teacher gifts I'm going to make. I wanted to post a photo of one I created but I haven't had a chance to make them yet and I wanted to give you enough time to create it yourself if you would like to.

Isn't it adorable????? It's called a cup cake take a long. It has a cake mix and sprinkles (in little tubes that is WAY cool), and frosting. Go here for all the directions, supplies and more detailed pictures.

Valentine's Day photo session

Andrew and I took off for an early morning photo session yesterday. It was sooooooooooooooooooo cold but the light was soooooooooooooooooooo beautiful! So we made it a quick one and decided we'd finish the rest later. I just had a few more ideas that I didn't get to because our hands were freezing! He was such a tropper and loved his lipstick kiss and huge sucker.

This photo has nothing to do with Valentine's Day but oh how I love it. The lens flare and bokeh just make me smile and I can't stop staring. :-)

I couldn't make up my mind between color and black and white....

Christmas leftovers

We all have Christmas leftovers of some type. Somethings like wrapping paper and ribbon we can store away for next year but some things you either throw away or have to eat! (like candy)

I saw this idea on a blog somewhere and I can not remember where. But I thought it was a great one. What do you do with all the Christmas cards you get? Please don't say throw them away!! Especially those with a photo on it. Yes I have an obsession with not throwing away photos. It's just not right.

I think it's so much fun to look back at Christmas cards throughout the years. Here is a way to keep it organized...Just punch a hole in the upper corner of each card and attach them to a metal ring. I added a simple tag that I printed out on the computer that has the year on it. You could go a step further and add ribbon and more embellishments. Next Christmas I plan on putting a basket somewhere around the house with these little card "albums" in it.

On to my next Christmas leftover. Mini candy canes! What do you do with these? I saw these little creations on this blog. (see below) What a great idea, huh? Just in time for Valentine's Day! I did these the other day for Andrew and he loved them. He laughed at them but ate them right up. You could even make these and put a wrapper on them and give them to your children's school friends. I'm not doing that but hey I though it was a good idea. No, I have something else planned for his school friends.

See below for all the pics...

No candy cane in this shot but I had to include it. Just look at that sweet face. :-)

It's beginning to look a lot like....

Valentine's Day!!

I've been working on a few Valentine's Day projects here. We made Andrew a heart mobile to hang in his bedroom doorway and I was inspired by this blog to make this fun XOXO decoration below. Her blog is just full of amazing projects and I wish I had more time in the day to do them!

The best thing about the XOXO project (I also made a LOVE one) is that I already had all of the supplies and it literally took me 15 minutes to make each one. You can't beat that! If you want directions please click here.

I'm working on one more Valentine's Day decor project so stay tuned for that. Plus I've got some great ideas for Teacher and friend gifts.

the marbles really sparkle when the light hits them. So pretty!

Here is Andrew's mobile...

Again, super simple and easy to make and Andrew helped me every step of the way. I just cut out a bunch of heart with my rusty trusty Cricut.

Grabbed some white netting I had left over from Christmas.

Layed out the hearts in the order I liked and punch a small hole at the top and bottom of each heart and connected each heart with the tulleing. (pardon my ridiculously dirty table - guess I should have wiped it down after lunch! :-)

Then we used tacks to place them above the door frame.

Voila! Easy peasy.

Little Heartbreaker

Nana & Papa sent Andrew a Heartbreaker shirt for Valentine's Day and I had to take some pictures of him in this cute little shirt. Andrew just loves the flames!

Playgroup Valentine's Day Party

Here are a few pictures from our playgroup Valentine's Day party yesterday afternoon. The kids had a great time jumping on the trampoline, playing in the sandbox, making a butterfly craft, eating yogurt parfaits, and just running and playing outside. I was too busy socializing so I didn't get very many pictures.

I did snag a few photos of my friend's little girl Nicole. She is such a cutie pie.

This was hilarious!! Samantha's hair was out of control with static. So funny!