Happy St. Valentine’s Day

A few weeks ago, I purchased a sweet book  by Golden Books called “Vintage Valentines”. It was  a spontaneous purchase, but turned out to be a huge hit with the girls. Lily is now partial to old-fashioned Valentines, especially ones with dogs and cats.  In our explorations, we found a cute popcorn valentine  and she decided that she wanted to give out popcorn to her class on Valentine’s Day.  We decided on mini Orville microwave bags and found them on sale at Food Basics for $2.99 (8 bags).  Popcorn is the 5th food group for the girls (we actually use an 80ish air popper because we don’t have a microwave) and a fitting treat for Valentine’s Day -  you may recall those memorable scenes of Charles and Carolyn Ingalls enjoying popcorn in bed!

[I later found out via pinterest that someone else had the same idea - presentation is more sophisticated.} 

 

For Evangeline Hope’s Class Valentines {for her girl friends}, we found some cute button hair clips at the Dollar Tree and used this "Cute as a Button" free printable.

This year, we started our class Valentines early and worked on them slowly over a few weekends.  I wanted to allow sufficient time for the girls to write the names out by hand and equally enjoy the activity. Last year,  I left the Diana Ross Valentines a tad too late and there were grumbles as if it were a burden (which sort of defeats the motivation behind the holiday!).

As for my Valentine, this year my sister suggested we try a Valentine swap.   She created a beautiful heart box with vintage playing cards that belonged to my dear grandpa.  The box was exploding with little treasures of the mostly non-chocolate variety (I have been off chocolate for over a year!).

I am not a very good paper crafter so I was a little nervous about this challenge.  My sister really digs old fashioned valentines (as much as Lily) so I made her this box, with a Meg Ryan 90ish touch.  The paper doily and trim are all from the 60s or 70s (thrifted). It was fun to see how we both used a heart box and achieved such different results!

PS in the cheesy cute department -   you can buy mini honey bears at the Dollar Tree and vintage image here !

Valentine hugs,