an afternoon of valentineing

Yesterday, my sister came over for the afternoon to create some home made Valentine's. We had such a fun time! I've never really actually made a Valentine before so it was fun to get a little creative. It was also fun to finally start using some of my craft supplies that have been either sitting in a box or collecting dust.

Since I knew I wanted to use some glitter and I needed some glue, I headed over to the dollar store and to Michael's to pick up some supplies. I found such fun stuff! I found these fun little bags of pretty glitter in different shades of Valentiney hues:



I also found these fun little foam hearts and whatnots:



On Monday while running a few errands, I stopped at a different Michael's just to snoop around and see what kinds of Valentine things they had. I was excited when I saw these rubber stamps in the $1 bin! You just can't find a rubber stamp for $1 these days! The ink cost more than the stamps!


When I got home from the store this afternoon and put Evan down for his nap, Lisa and I got down to business! We cleared the kitchen counter and opened up everything we needed to make our Valentine's. I did take a couple pictures of Lisa putting hers together but they didn't really turn out so this is where I'll invite you to use your brilliant imaginations! ha!

I did however get a few shots of the Valentine's themselves...in all their glory....or sparkle:

Lisa made this one for her hubby and it's now sitting on my entertainment center drying up so that it can be delivered on Sunday!



This Lisa made this sweet Valentine for Mr. Evan. I thought it turned out so awesome!



And here is the one I made. It's a little boring. I call it my practice Valentine. A little warm up to the real deal.



Over the next few days, I plan to make some Valentine cookies with the large heart and lips cookie cutters I found. They're going to be so cute! I'm also going to make some chocolate covered pretzel rods and sprinkle some Valentine jimmies on them. I made them a couple years ago at Christmas and they were a huge hit!

I'll stop right there with revealing all that I'm planning to do. I'm going to be delivering my goodies to family and friends and some of you read my blog! haha!

Are any of you planning to make any home made Valentine's or cookies? If you are, I'd love to know what you're doing to make Valentine's Day special and sweet this year! Heck, it may even spark something new for me to create for my goodie boxes!