Our Valentine's Day

We had a perfectly lovely Valentine's day.  

Zee woke to her Valentine's treats awaiting her on her bed :)

Then I sent her off to a fun-filled day at school, complete with Valentine's party.  I sent her with these Valentine themed treats...

Looks simple enough, right?  Wrong! Cutting these things out were a pain ...and turns out she doesn't even like canteloupe.  Told me, "Mummy, it's too 'fweet'".  She says a lot of her "s" words this way. Like, "I wanna go to the park and get on the fwing" ...yeah. Adorable.

This was DELICIOUS. I brought some leftovers to work and it was a hit! Popcorn and white chocolate. Yes, please! The M&M's weren't my fav (I'm a peanut or almond M&M girl, myself ...a.k.a. addicted to them!!) but other than that it was super yummy and the colorful heart sprinkles made it extra pretty.

Zee gave out her Vday cards to all her friends too! We tried something new this year. I've seen these all over the internet and I love them, so we gave it a go. She was less than cooperative the day we took the pics but, overall, I like the outcome.  I used this one with her crinkly nose because it was unique and true to her goofball personality.

All in all, it was a really great Valentine's Day!!

Hope your day was love-filled and "fweet"!!

Candy Heart and Paper Flowers Revisited

I wrote about candy hearts and paper flowers once when I first started blogging, but this year, I am officially making yet another new tradition.  As kids, we used to watch a movie called Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure. I don't know if any of you remember it but it was definitely one of my favorites. One of the songs in the movie was Called Candy Hearts and Paper Flowers and some of the lyrics went:

Candy hearts and paper flowers

Sunshine days when skies are blue.

Rhymes and songs we sing for hours.

Words to say I love you true.

Times get bad and then I worry,

how I'll ever see it through.

But candy hearts and paper flowers,

will always keep me close to you.

Here is a video clip of the song:

I always loved that song and me and my mom used to sing it together. So this year, I am giving candy hearts and paper flowers to Zee and making it a tradition and a show of love.  I've seen some great inspiration on Pinterest and here is what I came up with:

I used a flower tutorial from Whimsical World of Laura Bird and changed it up a little.  I filled my jar with candy hearts and embellished my mason jar with lace and a paper heart.

I saw some paper flowers on Pinterest that used Pixy Sticks as stems and thought that would be perfect as my daughter loooves Pixy Sticks.

...and voila!

Candy Hearts and Paper Flowers! ...she told me they were the most beautiful flowers she had ever seen :)

...and the Valentine's decor has begun.

Simple yarn-wrapped floral wire to spell the word "Love"

Sticks with pom-poms in pink, red, and white.

Extremely simple start to my Valentine decor with things I already had sitting around the house!

Signs of love...

{Teka E Fabi}

One month til Valentine's Day...

Another holiday to celebrate!! A day of love!

{The Top Hat Bandit}

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Love vanquishes time. To lovers, a moment can be eternity, eternity can be the tick of a clock.

{Vlovers}

{Pink Sherbet Photography}

Love is promise, love is a souvenir. Once given, never forgotten, never let it disappear.

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