Thursday, February 10, 2011

Valentine's Day Ideas

I'm not a big "decorate the whole house for every holiday" kinda girl, 
but I do like to have a few little touches of festive-ness sprinkled around the house.

I didn't really have any Valentine's Day decorations,
so I set out on a quest to find some fun DIY Valentine projects to spruce up the house this year.

I also wanted to find some fun ideas for the kids...
they are still a little too young to really "get" Valentine's Day,
but they do notice fun decorations around the house,
they LOVE treats (what kid doesn't!?),
and they really enjoy doing little art projects.

So here is what my quest led me to...


Scrap Fabric Heart Wreath from Little Birdie Secrets

I actually ended up making one of these myself for our front door...


 I had to make mine pink though so it didn't blend in with our red front door :)




Aren't these Valentine Chair Backers from Our Scoop the cutest!?
I am so making these...someday :)

I fell in love with this
Heart Punch Valentine's Day Art from Cozy.Cottage.Cute
and I totally copied it.

Here's my version...


Valentine Scrabble Art from 320 Sycamore 
and a cute Valentine vignette using more Scrabble letters...



My sister-in-law made these at Christmas and they are to die for - SO delicious!




Heart Suckers from The Idea Room (also featured in February's Family Fun magazine)

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And after finding all of these fun ideas on the web, 
my creative juices started flowing and I was inspired to make a few
more fun ideas that I came up with myself...


I had the kids make handprint hearts that I hung in a frame.


I also grabbed some branches out of the backyard 
and hot glued some little pink cherry blossoms onto them.


I stuck the branches into a cute metal bucket I found at a local boutique.


 It reads,
having someone to love is family
having somewhere to go is home
having both is a blessing.


I hope you have a Happy Valentine's Day 
and are inspired to create some festive-ness for your own home :)

Posted by Erin @ 3 Meadow Lake Cottage at 2:04 PM
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7 comments:

  1. JenFebruary 10, 2011 at 2:14 PM

    Just popped in to say I love your handprint hearts!! Sooo adorable :) (and I love the fact that you did three. Did you paint around their handprints to make the heart/background or is that paper?

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  2. JenFebruary 10, 2011 at 2:16 PM

    hehe just noticed that each heart is a different child...call me slow lol (I don't know why I assumed each heart was a joint effort...not enough sleep)

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  3. michelleFebruary 10, 2011 at 5:23 PM

    Erin these are great features and they are so inspiring! I LOVE your hand print hearts, how adorable and creative! Your little vignette is so cute and "love-able" !! :)

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  4. Aubrey {All Things Bright and Beautiful}February 10, 2011 at 9:24 PM

    Oh my gosh, they are all so stinkin' cute...but I don't have a creative bone in my body!!! (c: Happy Love Day!

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  5. CFebruary 12, 2011 at 9:22 PM

    Those are the cutest decorations! I love the handprint hearts. I saw those suckers in Family Fun magazine and was going to attempt them, but I’ve run out of time. If you make them, let me know how they turn out.

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  6. Sarah @ Cozy.Cottage.Cute.February 15, 2011 at 1:27 PM

    I love how your heart-punch heart turned out. I hung mine on the wall and am leaving it up year round. :)

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  7. Sarah @ Cozy.Cottage.Cute.February 15, 2011 at 1:27 PM

    Oops that was supposed to say "heart-punch art".

    I must have hearts on the brain!!

    ;)

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