Homemade mailbox

Make your own mailbox for all those special valentines with this great tutorial and free printable from Simply Modern Mom.

Colorful Valentine

I love this valentine from The Long Thread. Great for teachers to give to students or for kiddos to trade with friends. If only my coworkers would appreciate a tie dye crayon. Hmm….She’s also offering up the card as a free printable, so get over there!

A Year’s Worth of Dates

I saw this idea from Shauna at My Mix of Six and just fell in love! She did this as a Christmas gift, but I think it fits nicely as a Valentine’s (or anniversary) gift as well. Basically, I made a card for each month with a date idea on it. Then on the first day of each month, he can open that month’s envelope. Then we’ll decide on a time to go.  Most of my activities are fun things around Birmingham that we rarely do or have always meant to check out. I’m looking forward to trying out some new things!

A few of the cards

This was fun to put together and it’s the gift the gives all year long.  This doesn’t have to be expensive at all. Most of the things I chose, we have gift cards for or coupons or they’re free activities- like hiking. The fun part is, you take all the guess work out and they get a ’surprise’ outing every month.

New in the Shop: Sweet Little Notes

Posted up some sweet teensy note card sets. Go check em out here!

Wall Love

I grabbed a couple of sheets of construction paper, scissors and tape and gave my little bare wall some love.  A flock of hearts makes me happy. Valentine’s Day, you’re the best!

Valentine Book Wreath

Thank you Flower Patch Farm Girl for yet another pretty wreath for Valentine’s Day! This is a twist on the book wreath we all fell in love with a few months ago. Don’t you love it? Another reason why I need to buy myself a heart punch.

Find the directions here.

Bird and Banner: You have my heart card

Love this card from Bird and Banner

Awesome Valentine’s Cards

This is such a great idea from Alissa at 24-7-265. She took a picture of her daughters with their arms outreached, cut little slits in the photo and slipped the sucker in. So clever!

See the full post here.

Brush em, brush em, brush em….

Watching Mark brush Murphy’s teeth is the most hilarious thing I’ve ever seen in my life. Definitely the highlight of my weekend!

His toothpaste is chicken flavored and he loves it.

Look at those pearly whites!

A Little Slice of Heaven

|SPARK| from Jmills ENT. Jeremy Miller on Vimeo.

I’m convinced this is my heaven. The cinematography,  the music, and of course, the content. Holy cow..can I come live here forever? So nice to see this little bit of perfect in such a crazy and chaotic world.

The video was taken at the Spark event back in the fall. Oh, what I would’ve given to attend. This thing looks like it was the most magical place on Earth.

And if you’re wondering about the hairspray photo transfer you see around 2:06, go see a tutorial here from Erin Bassett who actually learned the technique at this very event!

Now excuse me, while I go hang newspaper puffs and cupcake liner garland from my trees…..

HAPPY FRIDAY!