Valentine's Day - lots of links!

My little ones are fighting off colds and fevers right now.  On Tuesday, my mother-in-law was here and let me make a quick run to the fabric store.  I got sidetracked by all the fun heart prints right by the door and decided that if my kids are going to be sick, new Valentine's Day pillowcases might cheer them up.  :)  I stayed up late last night finishing these and left them on the girls' beds for them to find in the morning.

Today I managed to finish Isaac's pillowcase too.

The girls and I made a new canvas this week too.  We painted the background pink and while the paint was still wet, we added hearts that we had punched from various papers.  We left one corner blank and after it all dried, I added "love" to it.  It is fun to have this hanging on our wall and know that we all worked together one it!  :)

Other Valentine's Day posts you might like:

 Valentine's Day Rag Wreath

More Valentine's Day Decorations

Valentine's Day Mailboxes

Muffin Tin Monday

Easy Heart Garland

More Valentine's Day Decorations

I already shared our rag wreath and the mailboxes that we are having a blast with.  Today I whipped up these adorable kitchen towels and finished a wall decoration.  Ok, I didn't whip them up, they sat on my table for two weeks until I finally had time to sew them...

I used ribbon that I had on hand and fabric left over from the wreath.  The towels are actually fluffy bathroom hand towels that I picked up at Meijer for $3 each.

Our wall decoration turned out more Mickey Mouse-ish than Valentine's-ish.  Oh well.  The kids like that it has their names on it; I like that it contributes to a sense of family and togetherness.

We used 29 cent wooden hearts from Hobby Lobby, black acrylic paint, a white paint pen, and a spool of ribbon.  The ribbon is hot glued around a D ring at the top for hanging.  I let the girls help paint the black, and considered letting them write their own names.  Only Lucy and Julia are old enough to do so and I thought it would look odd with my handwriting on all of the rest so I decided against that.  

I'm enjoying decorating our home for Valentine's Day and the kids are excited about these special touches.

Valentine's Day Mailboxes

We are having a blast with these Valentine's Day mailboxes:

The girls created them on the last day of January.  Every day since then, they've woken up to find little love notes tucked inside.  They've been busy cutting out hearts and secretly stashing love messages in each other's jars as well.  Grandma and Grandpa even gave me an envelope full of valentines that they already signed, to dole out to the girls.  So far I've given simple cut out hearts, a sucker, a quarter, leftover Winnie the Pooh Valentines from last year, etc.  I think I'll write some secret messages soon.  I love spreading the love out over the beginning of February like this!  The little tub on the end is mine and it is already full of precious little hearts and drawings and love.  :)