Sharing the Love

Happy Valentine's Day!

I think that I posted a few weeks back that Valentine's Day is not huge here in Australia.  Most people don't do a thing.  Martin and I don't do anything romantic either, but now that we have kids, we make it special by celebrating our little family.  I have made a gum ball necklace for my girl, a game of Tic-Tac-Toe for my boy and I have also made a game of Valentine's Bingo that we'll play together after our family dinner.

 I did put up a few decorations around the house to mark the occasion.  I couldn't be a total Valentine's Aussie grinch.

The kids and I put together this little tray for the coffee table in our family room.  

The idea for the mason jars is from here and I cannot remember where I got the LOVE printable...sorry!.

The kids and I made the monogrammed "B" over the weekend.  The 'B' is covered in buttons and looks great on the side board to match all the red and pink splashes of colour.  We also made the little stringed garland.  It was total team work.  Grace stencilled the heart, I cut them out, Paddy did the hole punching at the top of each heart and then we strung them up together.  Simple, simple, simple.

In other great news...Martin is now home safe and well.  

He has been in the US for work.  

I love being together as a family of four!   

Hooray!

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is not a big celebration in Australia. Sure you can buy flowers at exorbitant prices or a few knick knacks at the shops, but it is not huge here like other parts of the world. Me, I like to do a few special things with my family to remind them how much they mean to me. There are so many ideas out there and it's hard to knuckle down to one or two favourites but here is what I intend to create...

I think this gum ball necklace is so cute. It's from One Charming Party.  I have one little girl here who would LOVE it!  Guess who?

I adore this pillow and now that I have my new sewing machine. I hope to find some time to make it.

It would fit perfectly in our family room. The tutorial is here.  I also like that it can be used anytime throughout the year, not just for Valentine's.

I hope to make these cute little Noughts and Crosses (Tic Tac Toe) kits to play with the kids while we celebrate a special Valentine's meal together.

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So much fun!  I know that it is still a few weeks away but the organised person in me likes to get things sorted well before the celebration begins.  I am a Capricorn after all.