Final Birthdays and Valentines at Home 2013

A good friend of mine and I

celebrate our birthdays a little over a month apart.

We're both turning 39 this year.

It's the final birthday we're having.

Ever.

Hers was this past weekend,

so Ryan and I joined several of our couple friends for her birthday festivities.

Everyone went to dinner at Bob's first,

and then to The Blue Martini for drinks.

Although it's not Ryan's and my scene,

we had a great time.

 

The birthday girl is in the middle.

 It's always a good time with this handsome man!

 

Besides my birthday coming up,

one of my very favorite holidays is quickly approaching.

Valentine's Day!

Yep.

Love month has already started here in our house.

Check it out.

 

The cross stitch I made a couple of years ago

and the wine bottle from our wedding

 A little Valentines love everywhere

 

 I went a little overboard with the lamps in the family room.

I can't help myself.

 

The mantle looking a tad different from last year.

 The Teenager and I were running errands the other day and found this.

Perfect for Love Month.

 I made this banner the other day.

I love all the different shades of red.

I'm trying to convince the dogs this monkey is not their toy.

 Made this the other day too.

 Oh, and I made this pillow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Made this wreath with the intentions of putting it on the front door,

but it looked too small.

So, I added ribbon and felt roses to the "S" that we've had forever.

What do you think?!

I love Valentine's Day.

Even bought this shirt to wear to school/work on the big day next month.

We're supposed to wear red on Valentine's Day.

Perfect.

Works for me!

Happy Love Month!



Be Mine!

Picture this:

I am sitting in the recliner in the family room with a blanket over my legs.

The fire is going.

My reading glasses are perched on the end of my nose.

I am.........cross stitching.

Am I old?

I always thought of cross stitching as something

only little old ladies did.

I love it.

I am addicted.

Look what I made:

It's not perfect.

Do I care?

Nope.

I downloaded a free pattern off the Internet,

and here she is.

I decided to put it in a frame,

but the only available one I had was too big.

Solution.

I cut out some fabric to fill the frame,

and simply tacked the four corners to keep it in place:

Then I put it in the frame.

Easy.

Inside the hearts, I put the initials of our 4 boys.

You like?

Yes, I do realize I have a problem....I can't stop.

Now, if only I could get paid for doing this.

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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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