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January 30, 2013

My Simple Valentine's Day Decor



I finished putting up my Valentine's decorations this week-I used a lot of simple whites and tans with just a hint of pinks and purples and my favorite aquas and yellows too. I admit I never used to decorate for Valentine's Day, rebelling against the whole marketing scheme to get us all to overspend, but it has become special to our whole family ever since we adopted our middle son almost two years ago on Feb. 14th! So, from now on it is "happy gotcha day" here at our house and I plan on overdoing it for my sweeties with chocolate and treats and sweets (oh, my!)  

I made the XOXO pennant as a photo prop for a wedding my husband photographed this summer thought it would be nice for love day too, so I draped it over my chicken wire frame. I painted the backing of an old frame with chalkboard paint and wrote the "be mine" message to hang next to my pennant. 


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I still love these felt and lace heart dangles hanging in my windows. I made last year using starch and Mod Podge-it was an experiment that turned out nicely.


The paper hearts that hang on my key hooks were made from watercolor art my kids made, and then I cut out the shapes and used a hole punch to hang them. The chalkboard "LOVE" message was made by painting the backs of the frames with chalkboard paint, so I can change out the messages whenever I want to=the interchangeable chalkboard frame. 




The subtle "LOVE" garland that hangs on my fireplace was made from cut out circles from the translucent plastic from milk jugs. I then drew my design with a permanent white marker.



Looking forward to our big love day celebration and wishing you a happy Valentine's Day too! Next, I'll be sharing some reveal pictures of my kitchen and bathroom projects. Hope you stop by again to see what I'm up to and check out the rest of my tutorials! 


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7 comments:

  1. I love the chicken wire framed with the banner, that is too cute!

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    1. Thanks Martha I thought it was fun. Thanks for stopping by!

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  2. Love the simple ways you decorated your home. I am the same way with decorating for LOVE day. I did "Little Reminders of Love" through our home.
    I hope you all enjoy your day and have a great celebration on the 14th.

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    1. Thanks, Tasha, I do love simple! Your reminders of love sound nice, have a great V day with your family too!

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  3. This is just lovely! Especially the milk jug "love" garland. Thanks for sharing!

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  4. Thank you! S glad you liked everything! Thanks for stopping by!

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