A Little Love Just For You!

Friday is here! My favorite day of the week! and I know it's only the 11th day into the month, but I did do some Valentine decorating! After all the Christmas decorations are put away, I love to keep my house festive. I keep up the winter related theme like snowmen, sleds and snowflakes, but giving that blast of red for Valentine's Day really keeps the room popping :)

I put together a Valentine tree for my kitchen. In a post from last year, I told you about this great lady on Ebay who sells these tea stained tags for each season or holiday. I had purchased Valentine's Day and St Patrick's Day. She puts images of vintage postcards on the tags, tea stains them and adds a colorful ribbon.. sooo cute.  I added some garland and lights and here is my happy tree! It looks so pretty in front of my kitchen window! I hope when people enter my home they feel the happiness! Valentine's Day is such a fun day!

I also decorated my window (have to photograph that)  and took out some of the vintage valentines I have to display on the shelf in front of my foyer mirror.

I always wonder about the givers and receivers of these valentines. Believe it or not, I don't own a single one that is written by a child. They are definitely written by a teen or adult. Again, I'm thinking of kids exchanging them in a classroom like Caitlin does. How sweet to think teen boys or girls or even adults were filling out these tiny cards! and were they attaching it to something? Was it a big heart of candy? :)  or did they exchange their valentines at a party?  We'll never know.Such an innocent time.

And my favorite is this one with the squirrel. It was sent to a Marjorie Ball from a boy named Bobby Frame. So sweet. He wrote it in script so I'm guessing he was a young teen...Well, this one is so unique because you would expect it to say "I'm nuts about you", right? It's a squirrel, after all......squirrels/nuts....go with me on this...

 

 
  No, my little squirrel valentine says : " Though I'm like a tiny squirrel, I'd not fear nor shrink from peril; If only you would send a line, to say you'd be MY VALENTINE."   Wow! That's a well spoken squirrel if I ever heard one :)   When the sun comes up in about a half hour  and my squirrel friends come to my porch for their breakfast, I will be looking upon them with a whole new appreciation wondering if they are as philosophic and proper! Perhaps I should give them a napkin with their peanut butter bread!

Moving on......cause you know I could joke about the squirrel/valentine thing for too long ;)



I have been working on templates to make a fabric picture...I don't know if that is what it is called...So let me show you an example....See above the table the picture in a hoop with the three Amish girls?  Well, they are fabric covered cardboard figures mounted with other fabric covered details and lace and trim, etc. That is what I am working on! I didn't make that one! I bought it  and others from Lancaster County.I started dissecting it so that I could make some of my own. I will let you know how it turns out! I have found good patterns on line and even made some of my own to trace on to cardboard. You have to create a little story board in your head!

Looking at that photo I see how I have changed/added things to that corner! I have to update some photos around here!

Time to start my Friday! Have a glorious day!