Valentine's Day-in Pictures

I always try to make Valentine's Day a little fun! I don't know why everyone tries to make it sound like it's cool to hate on Valentine's day, what's wrong with having an excuse to celebrate something? Especially when it comes to showing your family/friends/whomever that you love them? 

All things pink, red, and hearts are fun too! 

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I made a Dutch baby pancake for breakfast (pink of course!) My mom got my siblings and I some candy and a nice card. Then later that morning I went downtown and did some shopping at Trader Joe's and Whole Foods. My mom and I had lunch together at Chick-fil-A, then we headed home.

I had planned a Valentine's day themed dinner of heart shaped pizzas, sparkling pink lemonade, and a funfetti cake I made for dessert.

Did you do anything for Valentine's day?

Valentine's Day - In pictures

Valentine's decorations.

Pink crepes with strawberries and raspberries.

Valentine's treats.

Flowers

Pizza that was supposed to be heart-shaped but doesn't quite look like it.

Cupcakes!

Hope you had a nice Valentine's day. We just ran a few errands in town, went on a walk, and ate our fill of sweets before heading off to the evening service at church.

Valentine's day card garland

Hello! Today I'm sharing another Valentine's day garland. (Check out the other one here) 

I had some playing cards lying around and I thought they would make a fun garland. I looked around on Pinterest for some ideas, but I couldn't find any garlands that I liked using playing cards.

All you need is:

-4-inch doilies

-2 decks of cards (I had a couple decks already that were different sizes and different colors. Just use whatever you have!)

-red yarn (White would look nice as well.)

-red & white bakers twine (I got mine at Target, but this would be great as well.)

-a glue stick

-scotch tape

-a hole punch

Start off by taking a small piece of scotch tape and wrapping it around the end of the yarn. Then twist the very tip a bit so it forms a point.

Thread the end of the yarn through the doilies. 

 Using the hole punch, punch a hole about 3/4 of an inch from the top of the card.

 Cut the twine about 6 inches long. If you are using two full decks, you will need 18 pieces of string cut into 6 inch pieces. (I ended up being short one card.)

 Thread the bakers twine through the card then around the yarn and tie a bow. Then flip the card up and, using the glue stick, swipe some glue onto the doily and press the card back down.

I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out (if I do say so myself!). Hope you enjoy it too!

Quick and easy Valentine's day garland

Today I thought I would share a quick and easy Valentine's day garland. I don't have any decorations for Valentine's day, so I went searching for some ideas on Pinterest. I came across some garlands similar to this one, so I thought I would share what I made.

All you will need to make this garland is some pink, red, and white pompoms, as well as a needle and thread. Pretty simple!

I purchased these white pompoms, these red pompoms, and these pink pompoms on Amazon.

Knot one end of the string and thread the pom poms on! Pretty simple and makes a fun decoration!