Valentine Ideas

I am so, so far behind!! I have so many things to post and update, I'm not really sure where to begin. Soooo...since the next holiday to come upon us is Valentines Day, I thought I would show you what I did last year for Valentines Gifts. 

It's always a challenge for me to come up with creative *NEW* holiday handouts for my Young Women. Last year I was inspired one day while at .99 ONLY store shopping for something else. 

I found boxes of fortune cookies. There were a dozen in each box for $1!! SCORE! 

{SIDE NOTE...and YES, by the way, I do buy groceries at .99 ONLY.  I have 2 rules when buying food there. #1) it has to be name brand products. #2) Check expiration dates.}

Anyway...I have A LOT of girls to make hand outs for (I usually make 30), so the cheaper the better.

I then bought some of the red & pink chocolate for candy making & dipped just 1/2 the fortune cookie in chocolate. Add a few sprinkles and viola...SO. DANG. CUTE! and YUMMY!

 

I already had these adorable Valentine Chinese take out boxes in my bin of valentines stuff...so those were free.  

 

I put a little bit of red paper shreds in the bottom of each box and then filled each box with 3 cookies. 

 

They turned out SUPER cute and very YUMMY!! Both my YW and my boys LOVED getting them for Valentines. 

 

Happy Hearts Day!

Heart up your house

Raise your hand if you're addicted to pinterest.com?? I am, I am!! I've given myself a rule to only log on, IF I'm looking for something? Otherwise I could waste hundreds of hours searching and clicking and pinning.

However, I do LOVE that it has made coming up with holiday decor & crafts easy. I'm a REALLY good copy cat and pinterest is perfect for copy cats. Here is a look at my valentine holiday decorations...all of which I got the ideas from that AWESOME site!!

Valentine Subway Art Printable from eighteen25

 Last year I got this adorable heart candy dish on clearance at Michael's. This year I got the idea to dress it up by putting it on a small stand (which is actually a cheap dollar store candle holder, spray painted white). Cute & Cheap!! Fits perfectly next to my plate stand in the kitchen that I put small Valentine plates on which I got years ago from Crate & Barrel on clearance.

My Valentine plates on my hanging plate rack.

I got the idea for the heart specimen art from

PLEASANT HOME-Valentine Ideas

I put my own spin on it by using heart that were 3D that I got from the dollar store and cutting them in 1/2. I love the look of the glittery hearts.

And finally...here are my Valentine mailboxes that I bought for my boys last year. This year I just glued them to small stands. Which again were just small glass candle holders from the dollar tree that I painted white.

 LOVE THEM!!

I hope I shared a couple ideas that you could steal as well. All are simple and CHEAP!!

Happy Heart Day!!

~XOXO~