Valentine Gingerbread Cottage

You have to go over to With Love & Confection and see her amazing Valentine Gingerbread House. My granddaughter & I made one a few years ago for Christmas. We don't have the talent that she does for sure! Here's hers then ours. Makes ours look pretty sad, but we had fun!

We had little pairs of everything, 2 fish in the heart pond, 2 tootsie roll dogs for the doghouse
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Valentine Days LOVE It!

Anyone who knows me knows that I just LOVE Valentine's Day. I love hearts and anything RED so of course this became my favorite holiday!

I go crazy this time of year with all the cute stuff around. Over the next couple of weeks I will be sharing some of my favorite goodies with you. First up, the sweetest Paper Valentine Hearts to print and fold. As soon as I saw them had to try them out, so cute! Here is Hewlett Packard's photo, then mine. So theirs look a little better than mine, but I had fun. Just print and fold... easy as pie.

I added cute stickers.

Of course Martha Stewart always has the best ideas. I typically go for the simpler things since I'm not very crafty and I don't have the time. These are cute and easy, with a classic Valentine look.

HEART TEA BAGS

Another simple print and use it project from Hewlett Packard.

LOVE LETTERS CARD

A couple more from Martha

I thought these were awfully cute and can be used in a variety of ways. All you need are some wooden clothespins and some pretty paper. You can find cute scrapbooking papers almost anywhere. If you have difficulty drawing a perfect heart you can use cookie cutters as a template. I have all kinds of heart shaped cookie cutters! These would be fun way to send special notes on your child's lunch bag!

Clothespin Valentines

I haven't tried this yet, but I definitely will... just too adorable! I like the old fashioned look of wax paper I think it would be perfect with vintage look Baker's twine in red and white. You can get the twine at Crate & Barrel. You can use any type of sweet ribbons, they normally have $1 spools at Michaels Craft Stores. Make your own little tags using the cookie cutters again!

Valentine HEART Wax Paper How To

Coming up next... a darling and easy card for kids to make, check back soon! Please visit our website

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for lots of great Valentine treasures, both new and vintage.

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