Three Things + 1 : Lots of Love (and giveaways)
This week we are taking a peek at a couple Valentine/Love related products. Look for another round of three next week - there are just too many cool things out there for creating projects that celebrate those you love.
• Thinking a little tiny bit about Valentine projects (must be all the pink). Planning to use my new "Loving Stamps" from Technique Tuesday on something Valentine related. You can also pick up a similar digital version called "Loving Life Word Art." You can download the new Technique Tuesday 2009 Winter Supplement (pdf)
to see the entire line of stamps (or go here).
• Speaking of Valentine's, one of my favorite product lines from CHA last summer
(the big Craft & Hobby show) was from Little Yellow Bicycle called "Love Letters." I love the cardstock stickers (shown above),
• This wonderful print that is going to hang somewhere in my house (maybe in the baby's room or a bathroom) from isophotography (found via poppytalk handmade). It would make a great gift for a loved one.
• And one more lovey thing I couldn't resist this week: little love notes tickets from Making Memories.
[ Three Things is a weekly product series : check out the archives here. ]
Evalicious.etsy.com
Eve has added some really cool sweetheart combo packs to her etsy shop along with a "he said. she said" mini album kit. One winner will receive both of these.
Elles Studio
Elle has two new lines debuting in her shop this month in addition to new clear stamps. One person will win the My Dear line and another will receive the Valentine's package. Check out her Handmade With Love week beginning January 17th.
Clickin Moms : two, one-year memberships for their wonderful photography forums and tutorials. I know many of you are working on your photography skills and this may be just the place for learning and community with other creative people.
Scrap For A Cure : one January kit called "Sweet Cheeks." 5% of total sales go to a different charity each quarter.
To be entered into today's drawing please leave a comment letting me know how you celebrate Valentine's Day. Do you do something special for your kids or other family members that has become a nice tradition from year to year? Comments will be closed tonight at 9pm with the winner's posted shortly after.
I work as a floral designer, so Valentine's Day (and several days before)is spent standing and designing arrangements for others. After a long day I like to come home and just relax with my sweet husband of 40+ years. He will usually fix me a little something to eat and we just settle in for a relaxing rest of the evening.
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We'll we normally go out to dinner exchange a box of chocolates but this year I want to do something different. We have had a tough two years with family illness and I want to do something special, not sure what it is yet but I am working on it!
With my son we will probably bake cookies for our friends on the circle! It's his favorite thing to do.
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We like to spend Valentine's Day just being together, whether it is a nice meal, or going for a winter drive to take photos, or even running some errands and working on a home project...as long as we are together!
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We have lots and lots of hearts in our house on Valentines Day. I am trying to start some fun traditions with my son now that he is getting older. He and I do lots of fun crafts, like make homemade cards for everyone, make lots of construction paper hearts that hang all over the house and make heart shaped pancakes for one of our meals on that day. It is so much fun to see the holidays through the eyes of a young child!!!!! Oh and I also make sure my hubb gets lots of choc. covered marshmallow hearts too!!!
Hope you all doing well there!!!
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The morning starts with jumbo double chocolate muffins, my kids look forward to this as it's ALWAYS been a tradition. Then they get a special Valentine from my husband & I telling them how special they each are. Dinner is always SPECIAL on this day. We all eat together, & we eat in, complete with candlelight. I'm looking forward to it!
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We are pretty boring. We do the basic making valentines for school and dressing up in pink/red. Going to try to do a valentine's scrapbook layout about dh this year.
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Valentines means chocolate in a heart shaped box in our family - even for the boys!
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This year we will celebrate by going to my cousin's wedding. Normally we do something special with the boys like going out to eat somewhere fun and just spending the evening together as a family.
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I usually buy a small gift and some Valentine's candy for my kids. For the husband, it's usually a really "lovey" card and some chocolate.
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On Valentine's Day, I have the table set in a fun valentine way with one little gift at each setting when the kids wake up in the morning, and then we have a breakfast of heart-shaped pancakes.
My husband and I never get each other gifts, just cards, and after the kids are in bed, we treat ourselves to a candlelit dinner--he makes the dinner and I make dessert.
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Valentine's Day is very low-key in our household. My husband isn't a huge fan (he's convinced Valentine's Day was invented by a joint partnership of Hallmark and florists). Of course this doesn't stop me from taking time to show him how much he is loved. I always hand make a card for him and write something personal in it. He always smiles that "you are so great" smile.
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We've had such a succession of funny disasters with big Valentine's plans that I'll be scaling back this year. Next year will be our first as parents so I'm paying attention to all the ideas for children.
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We buy our daughters some cute little gift, such as socks, or a nightshirt that has a Valentine theme. We usually finish up the day by having dinner together - either at a restaurant or at home.
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We do a dinner out the weekend before or after. Then on Valentine's Day we shut the TV off and I cook and we actually sit across the table and have a conversation while we're eating. We keep it low key, as long as it's just the two of us spending the evening together, it doesn't matter where we are.
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I love Valentine's Day... I love the cards and the mushiness of it all. This year I will be hosting a dinner for my close friends and we'll spend the evening with great food and wine and some pictionary. I also made my son a basket of goodies and I made a mini album for my hubby with ten reasons why I love him... I can't wait to give it to him.
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I'm going to create a sweet card for my BF and hide it in his pocket. ;)
And I'll cook something for dinner, light a candle and maybe watch a romantic movie.
Oh, and I'll give my mum a call as her B-day is on Valentine's Day. :)
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We have lots of Valentine's Day traditions. The kids and I made Valentine cards by hand to give their friends, we bake cookies, and all dress up in red or pink. My hubby and I exchange handmade gifts and then we all have dinner.
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Well, we never do much. We might do some red and pink crafts or make red and pink treats. Shane and I usually go out to dinner sometime that week, but not usually on valentine's because we assume it will be so busy everywhere. He always picks up candy and a little gift for the girls. Pretty simple. This year I'll be hugely uncomfortable (that whole pregnant thing) so it'll be really really low key.
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It's always a good time for pink! I like to buy my beloved a funny pair of boxer shorts and leave cards for him to open after I leave the house. He sends me roses to school. We've been together (dating + married) for 15 years and I've gotten a dozen roses every single year on Valentine's Day. When he sends them to school...and I tell that story to my students he is the hero of the day for all my female students. I love to tell them...for some it's the only example of someone being treated right!
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This year I am going to spend some time with one of my best friends that has been in Mexico - it will be so good to see her! :)
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Actually Valentines Day should not hold fond memories in my heart. 8 years ago on Valentines Day I was diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer. My husband and I thought it a bit ironic that this was the case, especially because i was pregnant with our second child (a product of love!)However the story has a happy ending, obviously, I am cancer free, that baby I was pregnant with is now a healthy seven year old, and my husband and i came out of this with a much stronger relationship. We are grateful for our health and our family and don't really need to show it with material things, however the kids get a kick out of getting small gifts and are absolutely tickled to receive chocolates from Dad!
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I have not yet started a "Valentine's Tradition" with the kids, but maybe this year I will. My parent's always left us a small box of chocolates and a card on the kitchen table Valentine's morning, maybe I will do something similar.
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On Valentines Day, my new hubby and I will be keeping it low key. Probably rent a dvd and make dinner for each other. In the past we've gone out to eat, but have found that trying to get into a nice restaurant on that day is crazy! So we skip going out and stay in instead. Then we usually end up going out somewhere later in the week.
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We buy some sort of treat for our daughter (9), though the nearly 2 yr old will still be exempt from candy this year. :) I tend to expect flowers from the hubby, though I tell him not to buy roses. Such a markup!! Thanks for the giveaways!
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For Valentine's Day we generally spend the day together (unless its a workday) doing things that we both enjoy as a couple - we'll go to our favorite nature spots, visit some of our favorite shops, watch some of our favorite movies, and top it all off with a homemade dinner that we both enjoy. It's all about celebrating what we enjoy as a couple :) Happy V-Day to you and yours, Ali! Thanks for the great giveaways :)
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