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Simple Valentine Bar Cart

Simple Valentine Bar Cart

Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite holidays! Valentine’s Day, for me, is a celebration of LOVE. Love for each other, love for your spouse, love for your friends, love for your neighbors, love for your children. I really don’t think of Valentine’s Day as a romantic holiday, but more of a holiday for the love of mankind. So the giving of valentine cards and giving flowers is such a wonderful way to show a small gesture of love. Another reason why I love Valentine’s Day is because it was the day that my husband first took me out on a date. We were friends prior and hung out a lot on the ski slopes together, but Valentine’s Day was the first time he took me out on a real date. So the day holds a special place in my heart.

Well, you may know by now that I usually go all out on decorations for holidays, but not really for Valentine’s. Although I do like to decorate on the day of Valentines Day like when we have our morning breakfast or have fun desserts in the evening. So the decorations are more on the day of or a few days prior, not all month long. I thought a good way to decorate by keeping it minimal is with a simple valentine bar cart that you can scoot around the house but keep all the red and pink hearts all in one spot. If you don’t have a bar cart and do a lot of entertaining, then I would suggest get yourself a bar cart! I use mine all the time and it’s so nice to have an area for drink mixing near a serving table or a lounge area.

To style the bar cart, put all the drink mixers on the top shelf and use pie pedestals, pretty sturdy gift boxes and stands (or flip over a pretty plant pot) to create varying height. Place a vase of flowers or dessert yummies on those stands. Include on the top shelf drink stirrers and napkins. On the bottom shelf of a simple valentine bar cart, include more dessert valentine cookies or chocolates (whatever your sweet tooth wants). Place additional drink mixers on the bottom, if you are limited on top shelf space. You can also add a vase of flowers on the bottom if you weren’t able too on the top shelf. Then throw in a few random decorations around the items. Hang a garland if you’d like on your simple valentine bar cart. If the bar cart is up against a wall, I like to hang something above it to continue the visual height. I am still loving the modern wire wreaths (get the DIY), so I created one as a heart shape and added roses. So simple, yet elegant.

Happy Valentines Day!

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Valentine Emoji Pop Up Card

Valentine Emoji Pop-Up Card

Emojis are everywhere lately, and they are SO cool among the kids these days. We just had to do some kind of valentine emoji pop-up card for all the boys in my life…and in yours! I hope you had a chance to check out this year’s girl valentines using honeycomb balls to creating a pop-up effect. We thought it would be a good idea to staying with the honeycomb pop-up theme and create one for the boys. These emoji valentine cards create a fun wow factor. We decided to use the cool man emoji and a pirate emoji. It was hard a picking, but these designs worked best for big eyes.

Download the FREE VALENTINE EMOJI POP-Up Card after the jump.

If you need instructions on the how-to, please refer back over to the original honey-comb pop up card. The download for the Valentine Emoji Pop Up card is right below. Here is the link to the 2″ black honeycomb balls. Have so much fun putting these together!

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Valentine’s Honeycomb Pop-Up Cards

Valentine’s Honeycomb Pop-Up Cards

There was this little grocery store near my house growing up that sold the cutest pop-up Victorian Valentine cards. They were so beautiful and intricate, and they had the honeycomb pom pom somewhere in the design. A small memory, but a happy lasting one. These Valentine’s printable honeycomb pop-up cards may not be as intricate and completely 3-D, but they have a happy pop that will bring a smile to a friend or classmate. I teamed up again with my girl Melissa, who is amazing at graphic design, and we came up with this cute design. Remember last year’s Valentine’s cards? One of my favorites, so we really had to up it this year with another fun concept. These Valentine’s Honeycomb Pop-up cards are so easy to put together and perfect for your child to hand out at school or to give to a friend. The designs are fun even for older children. My teenage daughter is excited to give them to her friends. Using honeycomb balls to achieve the effect is so easy and time effective that you won’t have to spend a lot of time making these striking Valentines. In fact, I’m sure your child would want to get involved too.

Get the instructions and FREE printable after the jump.

Instructions for Valentine’s Honeycomb Pop-Up Cards:

Valentine’s Printable (DOWNLOAD PDF PAGE 1 and DOWNLOAD PDF PAGE 2)

2″ Honeycomb Balls

Glue or adhesive dots (I prefer the dots)

Download the Valentine Honeycomb Pop-Up card printable (link above). Print on heavy cardstock paper. I printed mine at my local print shop so the color was bright. Cut down and then fold over with the words on the outside. The honeycomb balls will arrive flat. Unfold the ball and secure the honeycomb balls with glue or adhesive dots on the circle graphic on the printable. When delivering your card, use washi tape to secure the card to stay down and attach a fun lollipop or toy to it.

Stay tune for next week! I’ll be posting another similar Valentine’s for boys! Also head to the sidebar to see other FREE Valentine’s Printables.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Valentine Boho Chic Outfit

Valentine Boho Chic Outfit

Valentine’s Day is here, and hopefully you are getting some LOVE today! I have a sweet fondness toward Valentine’s Day because Valentine’s was the first time I went on a “real” date with my husband. Now many years later we get to celebrate that first real date every Valentine’s Day. With all lovey things of Valentine’s Day, fashion speaking I feel that Valentine’s Day is also an open door to start wearing your favorite floral and spring-like clothes. The weather may still be cold where you live but pull out your floral, boho chic outfits and start getting excited that spring is just around the corner. I am sharing this Valentine Boho Chic outfit that I wore over the weekend. The Copper Theory dress I wore has elements of spring with colors of winter. And it’s forgiving, but has a slender cut. If it’s cold, throw on a coordinating lightweight wrap coat like this one from Shein. Add some pretty heels for a perfect Valentine Boho Chic Outfit.

We had a chill in the air over the weekend so I wore this Shein Pink Wrap coat and it was the perfect finishing off piece along with gray clutch (similar) and of course pink roses. This Shein Pink coat is lightweight and elegant, yet comfortable and affordable!

Hope you are all enjoying a wonderful Valentine’s Day!

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Easy Valentine’s Breakfast for Kids

Easy Valentine’s Breakfast for Kids

When my children were little toddlers, and our daily schedule revolved around nap time, I would make an effort every Valentine morning to prepare a big breakfast with yummy homemade crepes, dutch babies, fresh fruit and a whole lot of yumminess all in the shape of hearts. Today we are a slave to the school schedule, so I’m lucky if my children eat any food in the morning. This Valentine’s, I’m planning to put a little effort in the morning of love day, because I (or more like my kids) miss all the fun we used to have. But I thought I’d share some easy Valentine’s Breakfast for Kids ideas for the busy mom (and child) morning schedule. These are easy breakfast ideas that take little planning.

Easy Valentine’s Breakfast for Kids:

A little sprinkles goes a long way. Sprinkles just makes everything more prettier and happier. Right?! My kids love sprinkles and don’t usually have sprinkles in the morning! That is so against the house rules…but not on Valentine’s Day! Add little sprinkles to your child’s pancakes, waffles or morning cereal. They will love it! Next time you are at the grocery store, pick up a few pink or red sprinkles.
Add a little pink or red food coloring. If you forgot to grab strawberry milk at the grocery store (I always forget to grab it), then Valentine’s Day morning drop a few red food coloring in your child’s morning milk. Or drop some in water and squeeze fresh lemon juice,add a little sugar and you’ve got instant pink lemonade. Your kids will love it!
Pull out that Heart-shape cookie cutter. Heart-shaped food items are the best on Valentine’s Day. Cut hearts out of pancakes, waffles, toast, eggs and even sandwiches for an instant easy Valentine’s breakfast for kids.
Serve strawberries, blueberries and raspberries. They are the colors for Valentine’s Day and are easy to throw on your plate and the best thing is they are healthy…and sweet.
Prepare the night before. Make overnight french toast or overnight oatmeal or muffins. Pick up some doughnuts and just heat up to serve Valentine’s Day morning. Set the table the night before with your pretty china and tablecloth. Your kids will be so excited!

During Valentine’s week, or really the month of February, I set up a little note-making station in the house where my kids can write notes of thanks, love to another family member or service they have done that month to another. We open them up on Valentine’s Day during breakfast and read them. My children love it and is a great way to bring love into the home! My children don’t get any gifts on Valentine’s day and really we don’t give gifts to each other, but instead we give the gift of love through serving each other or through expression. It’s fun to hold onto the notes and read them a year later. So, grab some pretty scrapbook paper, or notecards, markers and stickers and if you have the time this Valentine’s Day have your kids write one kind thing they have done for another or just a kind note to give to a friend or family member. It’s the perfect way to begin and end Valentine’s Day!

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Valentines for Girls

Valentines for Girls: Flamingo, Cactus, Pineapple and Unicorn

We love to give out a good Valentine’s card in our home, and we really put in some thought into the cards each year (I linked some of our past year’s below). This year I wanted to do Valentines for girls, since last year’s Valentines were focused on my boys. I wanted to design something that my middle schooler daughter would love to give out to her girlfriends, and my kindergarten daughter would think was cute enough to give out to her classmates. Unicorns and flamingos came to my mind for my younger daughter; Pineapples and Cactuses for my older daughter. Of course the Valentines had to be interactive in some kind of why! That’s how we like it over here. I turned to Melissa’s Designs to execute my design ideas, and she watercolored these and whipped them out in just a few short hours. Serious art talent, and I’m so in love!

So grab a pair of scissors, handheld hole punch and some colorful brads. All you do is download then print on white card stock paper. Cut out the attachments, hole punch below (or to the side) of the words and hole punch the design attachment. Use a brad to attache to the valentines card.

The FREE PRINTABLES are available for download below for these cute Valentines for Girls. I just ask that you share these with your friends and on Pinterest. Attach the valentines to a bag of candy of non-candy item. And watch these valentines for girls be enjoyed and receive a few giggles!

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Here are some past Valentines for Girls cards:

Valentine’s Spin the Wheel cards

Valentine’s Friendship Bracelet

Valentine Heart Clay Necklace

Casual but Sexy Outfit for Valentine’s Day

I’ve seen so many cute fancy Valentine date outfits with full dresses and skirt. For those who are looking for a casual but sexy outfit to wear on Valentine’s Day, I say just throw on a pair of heels and nice pair of black pants and you are good to go. Date night with my man is just that. Casual but sexy outfit. So, for Valentine’s Day, I’m taking it up a notch and adding some fringe and putting on my favorite leather pants. A blazer or bomber jacket is a good way to keep it casual. Red lips and hair down, and I’m ready to go out on the town.

The red fringe heels are so sexy and but don’t look out of place with pants. These will be great to wear in the spring and summer. The leather pants I got at Banana Republic last winter and have been wearing quite a bit this year. The black sunnies are my current obsession. They are a huge style trend and easy on the wallet, which is a huge plus. The black fringe pouch I picked up at TJMAX, but I linked a similar style. So for Valentine’s day wear a casual but sexy outfit! Have fun!

Here are some other similar casual but sexy outfit to wear this Valentine’s Day!

Valentine’s Party Ideas: Cheesecake and Doughnuts

Celebrating Valentine’s Day is all about LOVE. Spending it with the people you love. Expressing how much you love dears ones with love notes. Or decorating and eating heart-shape love cookies. And who can forget the Valentine candies?! My favorite. So I did a mock-up Valentine Party to show you some fun Valentines party ideas you can incorporate into your Valentine’s or Galentine’s day party. For the Valentine’s party ideas, a cheesecake bar and doughnut (donut) skewers are perfect. Go pull out all your pretty red, pink and white serving plates, bowls and serving trays. And lets get this party started with the Valentines party ideas! (resources below)

Valentine’s Party Ideas: For the doughnut holes, I made the confetti hearts on the end of the skewers. Simple but big statement! DIY coming soon. Get creative with your doughnut holes by covering them with pink or red sprinkles. Use glaze to make the sprinkles stick and create a pattern with the doughnuts. Ready to serve!

A cheesecake bar with toppings is a great way to even please the pickiest eater and right on our valentine’s party idea. What a great way to show love that goes straight to the tummy! I bought a store bought cheese cake and an assortment of toppings. Fruit, candies, sprinkles and syrups. Make a sign for your guests letting them know it’s a cheesecake bar and the fun topping options.

Here are some of the topping ideas we did, along with some other ones:

strawberries and marshmellow syrup
raspberry and white chocolate chips
vanilla wafer and sprinkles
blueberries and lemon curd
cherries and shredded coconut
pecan and caramel syrup
bananas and chocolate chips

Doesn’t that look yummy? I’m drooling as I write this. So good and quite fun personalizing your own dessert. For the Valentine’s party ideas, I stuck with red and pink and white to keep with the holiday theme.

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Star Wars Valentines : The Force Awakens

For Valentines this year, I knew my boys were going to want to hand out Star Wars Valentines to their classmates, especially Star Wars Valentines, The Force Awakens. Of course they would and probably most other boys. The show was definitely a favorite! So, I turned to my talented graphic designer friend Melissa to create a modern Star Wars valentines focused around the new movie. I’m excited to say that you’ll be seeing a lot more of Melissa’s work on Darling D. She is coming on to help me design printables and fun goodies for all you lovely readers! And this Star Wars Valentines is just one of them!

With these Star Wars Valentines, we formatted the artwork on the left side so you can add a glow stick, sugar straw or other candy or toy to the right of it. We played up the light saber element of the movie, adding colored sugar straws, which I picked up at Park City, and attached with washi tape. Storm Trooper, Kylo Ren and BB-8 ruled this movie so they made it on the cover of our Star Wars Valentines!

These are just other fun candy and toy ideas. I picked them all up at my local party store. The Star Wars toys were about 40 cents each so they are definitely doable for classroom valentines.

Have fun printing these Star Wars Valentines out! Definitely print them on white cardstock and remember to pin and share!

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Want to see other Free Printable Valentines:

Rubiks Cube Valentine

Minecraft Valentine

Candy Airplane Valentines

Here are some fun Star Wars items !

Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas

What I love about You | Heart Necklace | Fuji Instax | Heart Balloon Kit

Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas: Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite holidays. So much love and more love and of course chocolate and more chocolate! I’ve rounded up easy Valentine’s Day gift ideas that don’t cost much but a simple and sentimental. Like this What I love About You booklet that I’m going to fill out and give to my husband this V-day with instax pictures that I will tuck into the pages.

Here are some other fun, simple Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas:

Love Tokens | The Little Book of Love

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Simple Valentine Bar Cart

Valentine Emoji Pop Up Card

Valentine’s Honeycomb Pop-Up Cards

Valentine Boho Chic Outfit

Easy Valentine’s Breakfast for Kids

Valentines for Girls

Casual but Sexy Outfit for Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Party Ideas: Cheesecake and Doughnuts

Star Wars Valentines : The Force Awakens

Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas

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