Handmade Valentines

I love going to the book store, grabbing a heap of magazines and losing myself in the images. Whenever I need a break, it's one of the first places I go to get away.  It's my Calgon and if you don't know the reference there I am either way too old or you are much too young! Anyway, I was looking through Martha Stewart Living and she had a great handmade stamp idea for flowers. Then as I was doing my daily blog hop I saw this from cardstore.com here:

I decided to combine the efforts of both the card above and Martha's handmade cardboard stamp. And while the above cards are waaaaayyyyy cuter than mine, I thought the stamp actually turned out pretty good. To make the stamp, take a cardboard flap from a box, roll it up and tape it together! How easy is that? 

I'm definitely no graphic artist or illustrator but my kids and I had fun making the flowers with the cardboard stamp and our fingerprints. Then we just had to eat all the heart candy; crafting can really work up one's appetite. xo

Love Letters

Let's talk about love. Valentine's Day is coming up ya know. In the blog world it's kind of hard to miss.  There are so many fun posts out there regarding Valentine's. It's got me thinking about all the silly little cards, love notes and love others my husband and I do for one another. You'll notice there are no love letters mentioned. We keep things pretty simplistic around these parts.
Here's a look at a few "love others" we do for one another and some love cards you may want to pick up  this month.

Oh my gosh, the mirror is so dirty here (yuck - sorry!) and the steam from the shower caused the message to run, but it's the only pic I've got of this. I like to leave little love notes in the bathroom with Crayola's Window Markers.

I made this for our six year anniversary. It's a tribute to great pairs, couples, things of two! My guy was very surprised. (The sock monkey was made by my mother-in-law for my oldest. Cute right?)

Long or short, purchased or handmade, it doesn't really matter does it? As long as you have someone to love and love you back! xo
sources of images above - olivemanna, hello handmade, pistachio press (all via poppytalk)