My kiddo is in preschool…. SO that means Valentines cards! I know I’m more excited about these cards and this whole “holiday” than Miss R, but I know she’ll get more excited on the day. Why? Well, she’ll get a ton of candy. AND, in my kiddo’s world… candy = a good day.

The hardest part of this whole project: getting my child to participate and smile for this photo. She was happy one minute, then I mention taking her photo and it all went downhill. I eventually bribed her with a piece of chocolate. I got ONE sorta smile (see above) and MANY grumpy photos (see last photo).

How to do it:

- Get your kiddo to hold a stick (maybe a broom) and take a photo. We had an old dowel, so that worked. This will help you place the fishing pole (aka stick).

- If you’d like, add the wording “You’re a reel catch!”, or “You’re reel neat!” to the image in photoshop or another photo editing program. OR, you can just handwrite this out on a piece of card stock and tape it to the photo.

- Use an x-acto knife to cut a couple slits to slip in the fishing pole (the sticks I had came from an old floral display). Tape the sticks on the back of the photo to make it more secure.

- Tie a string on the end of the fishing pole, and the other end of the string to a piece of candy. I purchased some swedish fish and individually wrapped them up in saran wrap.

- Print out my free Trout Printout (right and left). Cut them out and tape them to each side of the swedish fish.

- Done!

The whole assembly of this project took about 1 hour (maybe a little longer since kiddo was “helping”). Cost was around $8 for 20 Valentines. Even though this photo below is super grumpy/sassy… I think it’s my favorite. This is pretty much a look she gives me EVERY day. We’ll save these special Valentines for her BFF’s. Hee.

- Chelsey

P.S. if you make this Valentine, please share a photo link in the comments below! I’d love to see it.

Last Saturday Mike and I celebrated Valentine’s Day… a little early. It was a wonderful day. I started off the day with Miss R. We had a little breakfast date… just her and I. Then, we shipped her off to Grandma’s house for the night. I wore lipstick! Yeah! Mike made a delicious… delicious!!!! delicious dinner. Sadly… there were no veggies. We took a break from healthy for the evening: steak with blue cheese sauce and homemade mac and cheese. OMG. Talk about awesome. I’m still full… well, not full enough to stop me from eating some mac and cheese leftovers. Hee her hee. P.S. Did you know that they make Little Golden Books in hard book form? I did not. Awesome! The cutest illustrations.

Anywho…. after our amazing dinner we wandered to a wine bar where we consumed… well, wine. And, played card games with my bro and his girl. And, of course… we ended the night old-people-style nice and early and came home to watch some Hoarders on Netflix… with, more wine! Such a perfect evening. P.S. Mr. Hubs does not like getting his photo taken. That’s the best I could get for the evening. Hee.

 How was your Valentine’s?

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Well, Saturday night we stepped out for an early Valentine’s dinner. Let’s be honest here… the “real” v-day night is on a Tuesday… and, that is just not going to work with our real world. SO. That’s why we went out last night. Sunday will give us some time to recover from just a little too much wine and dessert. Hee.

{//hair style: no heat curl//hair clip: I made it//blouse: thrift//jeans: f21//shoes: thrift//}

How much do you love those shoes? I saw them at the thrift shop and HAD to have them. $15. Wow. LOVE.

Linking up with Mandy from Harper’s Happenings.

Another BHG.com inspired project! I saw on their website the other day they had this really cute Be Mine Valentine banner. It was made of fabric… but, I thought it might be easier to make it into a paper printable. So, that what I did. You’re welcome to print one out the letters and make the banner for yourself! Here, here, and here. Just print, cut, and I used hot glue to attach the letters to some ribbon.

Great idea to add some fun to your home decor. Paint pens!

I would love this handmade dress for my girl. So so sweet.

Sweet sweet adorable freebie Valentine’s to print out here!

Love this guys work. Check it out. Wonderful paper cuttings.

Jen from Jen Loves Kev has starting creating sweet custom little fox dolls. Her custom orders are sold out already… BUT, keep your eye out for more listings from her to get your own. They are adorable.

P.S. I’m walking the March for Babies again this year. SO, if you’d like to donate for my walk you can click here!

And, don’t forget to share your self portrait to win a custom illustration from me!



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