Weekend Recap & Valentines at Home!

Look at what it looks like outside here today!!

Holy snow!

More on that in a minute.

First, let's talk sports.

Trysten had his first basketball game of the season on Saturday.

He loved it.

His team is called the Red Raiders...although their uniforms are orange.

The whole league has orange uniforms.

Made it a little difficult for the kids to decipher their teammates from their opponents.

Well...maybe it was just me.

Carter does NOT understand why I take so many pictures.

Look at his face.

Can you tell?

Hot chocolate and basketball.

Awesome.

Okay.

Back to the snow.

Ryan brought the boys' ski clothes down from the attic,

and the party was on.

Good times!

This is where I spent most of Sunday.

With the fire going.

My mother-in-law taught me how to

cross stitch while in NY,

so I camped out in the recliner and made the little ditty below.

You'll see what I did with it in a few.

Next month is "LOVE" month,

but I decided to break out the decor now,

so we could enjoy it for more than just 2 weeks.

Sue me.

Sass, you might need a "vomit bag" with all

the shmoopiness you're about to encounter.

Just sayin.

The "IN OUR HOME..." sign was already on the mantle,

but I thought it was perfect for Valentine's Day, so I left it.

I found the directions for the heart garland on Martha Stewart's site,

So easy.

Remember my NOEL letters from my Christmas mantle?

I used the L, O and E and just bought a V (I painted and blingged that bad boy out.)

to spell LOVE.

I added a little ribbon and a rose to the O.

So easy.

Remember these candles from Christmas?

Yep.

There's no need to reinvent the wheel.

Use what you already have.

I made these tags to hang on the candlesticks.

I used these 3 red guys in a Christmas vignette.

Same black and white polka dot ribbon.

I just changed the contents under the glass domes.

So easy.

It's kind of hard to see because of the glare,

but all I did was cut out hearts from scrapbook paper,

sprinkle a few scatter hearts, wrote a Valentine themed word on the hearts

annnnnnnnnnnnd DONE.

Ryan and I bought these kissing monkeys in New Orleans,

and I thought they were perfect for Valentines.

Have you noticed I love to decorate with these little signs?

I love these chalkboard hearts.

I wrote on them with a chalkboard marker

and adhered them all over the place.

Fun!

More signs!

I made this for a lamp that needed some love.

I bought this little sign in the craft section at Hobby Lobby.

It was primed and ready to be painted.

I changed out the ribbon, sprayed it with chalkboard paint, added a heart

and wrote on it with...again...a chalkboard marker.

A $2.99 purchase from Target.

See the "LOVE" cross stitch?

I changed out the Scrabble tiles.

I know.

I'm jumping the gun on Valentine's Day,

but who cares!

Hope you had a fabulous weekend, friends!!

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