Valentine Printable & PicMonkey Contest

I've created a Valentine's printable for you to print for yourself at home.  I created it using the Delightfully Noted Tutorial that my pal Jennifer has shared. Feel free to print one for yourself and a friend. This is sized for 8 by 10 inches. Be sure to check out the great contest from PicMonkey below. This is a great contest if you like to pin on Pinterest.

Valentine Printable

PicMonkey is such a fun site to create your own printables or edit photography.  The site is extremely user friendly. Right now they are hosting a great contest in honor of Valentine's Day.  Here are the details...

How to Enter?

• Follow PicMonkey on Pinterest
• Create board titled “PicMonkey Pin Your Love”
• Post a link to your board in the pin shown here: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/170222060891631480/
• Pin something made with PicMonkey to be eligible to win (You can pin the printable I just shared with you)
• No minimum number of pins required but go crazy and curate a beautiful board
• Hashtag all pins #pinyourlove #picmonkey

Who wins?

• One winner will be chosen based on originality, creativity, and adherence to the rules.
• Everyone is welcome to participate, but prize eligibility is limited to the United States.
• Official Rules are here

What do you win?

• The prize is a $300 gift card to Amazon and one free year of PicMonkey Royale

Three things I love! PicMonkey, Pinterest and Amazon. I hope one of my readers is the lucky winner!

Egg Carton Valentine Idea

I was scrolling through my Would You Be My Valentine board on Pinterest last weekend. I came across an adorable idea from the blog A Little Hut.  Here is what Wynn and I created. It has been a lot of fun getting crafty on these winter days with her.

We used an egg carton with eighteen sections. It was good to have some extras just in case.  Wynn painted them with red paint, and in hindsight I would have had her cut them first just because it would have been easier for her.

 I put some Kraft paper below so Wynn could get as messy as she wanted with her painting. She even suggested that she may want to wear a smock. That's my girl. Always looking for a way to stay clean. 

 After they dried she used her scissors to cut out the egg carton. As you can see we did not use all 18, and that was good since she had some room for error if needed.  She helped me arrange them on a canvas in the shape of a heart. I showed her the inspiration photo, and then she thought this was perfect. I think it is cute this was obviously cut out by her because she has really been working hard to use her scissors. Apparently being a left handed kiddo makes it a little tougher to deal with them at first.

I hot glued some paper straws around the edge for the border, and then hot glued the egg carton pieces too. I gave a few options for the saying such as "eggceptional valentine", "eggciting valentine", and Wynn liked the "eggstra special valentine".  She told me she would like to give this to her teacher.  It is headed into school with her tomorrow moring.  I love doing projects that recycle items we have headed for the curb.  I am ready to pop back on Pinterest to come up with something for the next couple of holidays.

Frozen Valentine's Day Mantel

I'm throwing a small family Frozen party for Wynn in a few weeks for her fifth birthday. I also enjoy doing a mantel for most of the holidays. I shared my frozen heart project the other day, and added a few more items with it to place on my mantel.

I used my Christmas trees and just got out scrapbook paper hearts, and tied them on.  Then I filled a Dollar Tree vase with fake snow, and a little bit of Easter basket filler for the blue. I put a foam snowflake onto a purple straw.  All items I already had in my house. No need to go and spend money on additional decorations.  Plus, I am really trying to reel in the unnecessary extras in my storage area.  I added some pom pom yarn to the front. I thought it looked like little snowballs. This yarn has been used in many of my projects. I am definitely getting my money's worth with it.

I used my Silhouette Cameo and cut out scrapook paper letters, and vinyl snowflakes. I used the vinyl because I had run out of purple scrapbook paper. I just used a little bit of glue to attach the letters. This is one of Wynn's favorite verses from the movie Frozen, and so I thought it was appropriate for Valentine's Day as well.  I plan on moving it to the front door as a non-wreath door decoration for her party.

Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my newest mantel. I had a lot of fun putting it together rather quickly. Hope you have a great day!

Frozen Inspired Valentine's Decoration

We have a lot coming up in terms of birthdays this month in our family. The primary one being Wynn's 5th birthday. I am working on decorations for her party, and am attempting to keep it to a $125 budget. The big chunk of that budget will be going to food. We are only having about twelve guests (three being one or under), and so I think we will be able to stick to the budget. However, I did not want to spend any additional money on a Valentine's mantel. I decided I would somehow incorporate Winter, Valentine's Day, and Frozen all into one mantel. I will share the mantel later this week, but I am sharing the main focal point of it today.

I took a piece of foam board I already had in my basement.  I picked out two colors of paint from my container, and figure they both are good representation of the Elsa colors.  

I taped off the foam board just by eyeing it up. I did not really have the time for exact measurements. I used painters tape, and I made sure I pulled it off the foam board before it dried completely. It came off pretty easily.  I used some scrapbook paper to cut out a heart, and then I taped it in the center. That way I would end up with a pretty good size heart in the middle.

 I was drawing this idea on paper while watching Blue Bloods last Friday. I am am sure glad I was able to come up with something that is not exactly for one holiday or occassion in particular. It will save me from having to change it, and plus I'm excited to do something for Valentine's Day that is not exactly just red and pink.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Easy Valentine Project Ideas

I shared a few Valentine project ideas and gifts this year.  I decided to round up all the ideas in one post.  Thanks so much for checking these out. I hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day!

Plate Wreath

Love Onesies

You Warm My Heart

Recycled Wreath

Bubbles Valentine

Teacher Gift

Tissue Paper Valentine

Valentine Plate "Wreath"

I found a plate on clearance last year at Michaels and then just added it to my pile of crafting supplies. I decided to make a simple plate wreath for my front door for Valentine's Day. I have limited time nowadays during "nap time", and so this project was perfect because it took less than five minutes from start to finish.

I had a wooden word cut out from Michaels and painted it with white craft paint. Then I simply glued it with my glue gun to the plate. Then I added some ribbon to the back to create a way for the plate to hang on my front door. Cute and quick! Now these are starting to be my favorite types of craft ideas.

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you have a wonderful day!Wreath

Recycled Valentine Wreath

I think I am at it again with recycling a wreath I've already made to fit a new holiday.  I took my Halloween Wreath and added some fun Valentine details to it.  

I added some pink ribbon and some felt Valentine stickers to it. I am excited that once again I did not have to come up with a new wreath for my front door. I hope you have a great Valentine's Day. I will be spending mine at a high school boys basketball game with the kids cheering on Rob's team.

Here is what the wreath looked like for Halloween:

Have a great day! Thanks again for stopping by!

You Warm My Heart Valentine

 This is a fun gift idea for any Valentine in your life. I found these adorable tumblers at the Target Dollar Spot. I placed the first tumbler in a bag I had from Michaels on clearance with some hot chocolate packets.

The second tumbler that I purchased I paired with a Starbucks gift card instead of hot chocolate packets. 

The tumblers were $3 each, and the bags were less than $0.50 at Michaels on clearance.Super simple Valentine gift for anyone in your life. These two are headed to Wynn's preschool teachers.  Thank you for stopping by!

Bubbles Valentine

I wanted to make some adorable Valentine's for Wynn to give her friends.  I came up with this idea after remembering a bunch of bubbles I had purchased last year on clearance at Target. I think I may be a clearance junkie.

I started with the bubbles that I had gotten for about $0.70 each. I figured they were perfect for Valentine's Day being that they are heart shaped, and then I simply placed a glitter heart sticker over top of the princesses.  

After that I created a little tag that I slipped onto the string that says "bubbling with love for you". I'm hoping the kids get a kick of of these adorable Valentine's.

Teacher Valentine Gift Idea

The one thing I really do love about Wynn going to preschool now is that I can make teacher gifts. For Valentine's Day I figured I would give the teachers two little gifts. One that could be used for the classroom and one for themselves. Today, I am sharing the gift I made for them for their classroom.

I got them some new markers and created this little gift using a variety of items. 

First I took two small vases that I bought at the dollar tree. I covered them in a pair of socks I bought last year at Target on Clearance. I cut the toes off of the pair of socks and slipped them over the vases.

I created these adorable little targets using pieces of scrapbook paper, a heart sticker and a small arrow clothespin. The clothespins came in a set of three last year from the Target Dollar Spot at the clearance after Valentine's Day.

I made cute little cards with the saying "You've hit the mark(er), Valentine" and placed it inside with the markers for the teachers.  The only thing I had to buy for this gift were the markers. I hope that the teachers like these. I know Wynn enjoyed helping put all the markers in the vases for them.  

Have a great day! Thanks so much for stopping by.

Tissue Paper Valentine Art

I am pretty sure I feel the need to do crafts for Valentine's Day thanks to blogging and Pinterest. I have really enjoyed coming up with a few projects this year.  The first one I am going to share is this simple Ombre Tissue Paper Art.  

I had all of the materials already here at home to make this project. If you know my situation right now you'll know how great that is for me. I do not think there is a cart big enough at Michaels for all my kiddos right now, and it would probably be a three hour round trip from start to finish. Alas, I will save my few outings alone for the grocery store and Target.

I took three sheets of tissue paper and cut it into small 1 inch squares. I used a pencil to place the tissue paper around the eraser, and then I dipped  the tissue paper in some glue. I placed each piece of tissue paper in the shape of a heart on a canvas. 

Then I simply cut out pieces of some scrapbook paper and covered them in some glitter to make my arrow.

It took hardly any time to complete, and I think that it turned out pretty cute! It is definitely very kid friendly too. I think I could make this for various holidays down the road. Enjoy your day! 

Easy Valentine Banner

I made this cute Valentine's Day banner for my mom.  I simply used some felt hearts and some pom pom yarn and attached them with glue. Then I packaged it in this cute Valentine take out box. The total cost of this banner was around $2 including the packaging. 

Have a wonderful week! We are making progress with the kitchen.  Hopefully we can get some things knocked off the to do list this week.

Megan


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Valentine's Day Mantel

Many of the projects I have shared over the past few posts are now in a new spot on my mantle. The fall mantel I did was the first time I ever decorated my mantel for anything besides Christmas. I have been encouraged to decorate it more now that we are spending more time in this room. Plus I think think the colors of Valentine's Day make me smile.  

Here are my Valentine's trees and my mason jar wrapped in jute with a paper heart. I have seen a lot of these mason jars decorated on Pinterest. It was a quick and easy addition to the mantel.

My felt heart bouquet and ombre jar are on the other end of the mantel.

Here is my chalkboard frame sign hanging in the middle.  It's my favorite part.

Thank you for checking out my mantel. I added some pom yarn hanging from the top to break up all the brick I wish Rob would let me paint.. :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Megan

Monday

Alderberry Hill
The Gunny Sack
The Dedicated House
Home Stories A to Z
Todays Creative
Skip To My Lou
The Rustic Pig
Craft-O-Matic

Tuesday
twelveOeight
If Its Not BaroqueA Diamond in the Stuff
Elizabeth & Co
Romance on a Dime
The NY Melrose Family
The DIY Dreamer
Claiming Our Space
The Winthrop Chronicles
Full Circle Creations
Adventures of a DIY Mom
A to Z Celebrations

Wednesday
Southern Lovely
We Like To Learn As We Go
The Shabby Creek Cottage
Someday Crafts
High Heels & Grills

Thursday
Frugal Girls
Live Laugh Rowe
A Glimpse Inside
Seven Alive
52 Mantles
Fireflies and Jellybeans
Bloom Designs
House of Hepworths
Momnivores Dilemma
Saving 4 Six
The Taylor House

Friday
One Project Closer
504 Main
Redoux Interiors
The Grant Life
Just Us Four
Thrifty Handmade Days
Tatertots & Jello
Fresh Eggs Daily
Little Inspiration
One Creative Mommy

Saturday
Too Much Time On My Hands
Tutus and Tea Parties
Classy Clutter
Its Overflowing

Sunday
Nifty Thrifty Things
Flamingo Toes
Twigg Studios
Uncommon Designs
Brassy Apple 
I Gotta Try That

Valentine Mason Jar

There are so many cute mason jar ideas out there. I found this idea and thought I would do something to dress up my jar.  I added some jute twine around and cut out a simple heart from scrapbook paper. Then I added some dollar tree conversation hearts. This little jar is going to be on the mantle with my other projects I've made this month. 

Thanks so much!

Megan

Monday

Alderberry Hill
The Gunny Sack
The Dedicated House
Home Stories A to Z
Todays Creative
Skip To My Lou
The Rustic Pig
Craft-O-Matic

Tuesday
twelveOeight
If Its Not BaroqueA Diamond in the Stuff
Elizabeth & Co
Romance on a Dime
The NY Melrose Family
The DIY Dreamer
Claiming Our Space
The Winthrop Chronicles
Full Circle Creations
Adventures of a DIY Mom
A to Z Celebrations

Wednesday
Southern Lovely
We Like To Learn As We Go
The Shabby Creek Cottage
Someday Crafts
High Heels & Grills

Thursday
Frugal Girls
Live Laugh Rowe
A Glimpse Inside
Seven Alive
52 Mantles
Fireflies and Jellybeans
Bloom Designs
House of Hepworths
Momnivores Dilemma
Saving 4 Six
The Taylor House

Friday
One Project Closer
504 Main
Redoux Interiors
The Grant Life
Just Us Four
Thrifty Handmade Days
Tatertots & Jello
Fresh Eggs Daily
Little Inspiration
One Creative Mommy

Saturday
Too Much Time On My Hands
Tutus and Tea Parties
Classy Clutter
Its Overflowing

Sunday
Nifty Thrifty Things
Flamingo Toes
Twigg Studios
Uncommon Designs
Brassy Apple 
I Gotta Try That