A Little "Licht" In My Life: You're One Of A Kind, Valentine

Happy Valentine's Day!

I had to put on my creative hat. I knew I wanted to make a Valentine this year. You know, Pinterest is so inspiring, it almost makes you feel guilty if you don't do anything for every holiday. I took a look on Pinterest, but couldn't really find anything that was "me". Then, I received an email from Peartreegreetings.com (one of my favorite stationary/card websites) and it had great ideas for Valentine's. However, my hubby said N-O to buying Valentines. He said, why are you spending more money on a card, when you just sent one out for Christmas...the baby hasn't changed in two months. OK, he soooooo doesn't get me sometimes! Duh, I needed a project! So, I decided it was time to get creative, and create one. I had a vision, from Pear Tree, so it was time to go on my treasure hunt and collect my goodies.

I got the idea of making my own envelope inserts, from my sister-in-law, Katie. Awhile back, she made me personalized stationary, and I loved how she made the inserts, so I did my own version. I got thrifty. I visited the Dollar Store. Did you know the Dollar Store sells Reynolds Tin Foil and Saran Wrap for $1.00? I just paid $4.50 EACH at The Blue Goose for those suckers. Maybe I will have to start looking at their Sunday Flyer, before I do my "REAL" shopping. Anyway, I saw some heart shaped doilies, chocolate foil wrapped lips, and lots of other "stuff" that I DIDN'T NEED. I grabbed the doilies, and the lips, and dashed.

Next stop, Michael's Craft Store. I could spend hours there. But, since I was with a child, I only had 10 minutes MAX. I grabbed some scrap booking red-dotted paper, blank white envelopes, heart doily stickers (thank you Martha Stewart Collection), and some XO felt stickers.

Last but not least, I stopped at a local paper shop, and bought 50 pieces of card stock, which was already cut into 4x6. Phew, because I really didn't feel like doing that!

Here's how I broke it down:

All the supplies

Start with a plain, white envelope

Stuff a doily in the envelope, upside down

Cut out a triangle shaped accent paper

Start the gluing process

Keep gluing

Add a cute sticker

Stick on some chocolate lips for a truly sweet kiss

Sending a big smooch to you!

AND, Voila! It's a homemade Valentine!

One thing I messed up on...I didn't get the Valentine weighed before I sent it. I took all 48 Valentine's to the post office, and the lady said, your total is ...Are you ready for this??? $100.00. They were going to charge me almost $2.00/Valentine. I stuffed them back inside my bag, put my head down, and walked out to my car. I had to get creative again. The lips were what was weighing it down, and the felt "XO" letters were an extra .20. I pulled off the lips, and put them in a dish for me to eat...and peeled off the felt letters, and put them on the back of the card. There, problem solved...and I slapped a good old forever stamp on those babies, and sent them out.

We definitely had a great Valentine's Day.