Valentines Day in the TownHome

There is one superfluous thing that gets me through the month of February: Valentines Day. 

Please don't stop reading me yet...

Let's start with my reasons:

1. I like reasons to be unnecessarily festive...
2. I love the flowers, chocolates & small to grand gestures that this "created for making money" holiday instigates amongst lovers, friends & perhaps just for yourself.
3. Hearts & Lace & Sparkles... Oh My! The Frivolity!
4. I'm a Hopeless Romantic 
5. Oh yeah, I'm still madly in love with my Husbie & can't get enough of my not always sweet but fantastic daughter :)

Our Engagement Pics with Cut Up an old Placemat, Ribbons & Buttons
All Framed for Valentine's Day Decor :)

Bragging Moment:

 Husbie has been buying me flowers a TON since the beginning of the new year. This bouquet is #4 so far & possibly my favorite (fun colors!). Vase is from a past Valentine's Day gift & of course those are some of my Stella & Dot jewels off to the side :).

Unnecessarily Festive:

In addition to switching my wooden calendar & monthly heart (pictured at the beginning of this post) I have a storage bin for Valentine's Day decor...  I have red flowers that I add to my arrangements, heart window clings that I stick on windows & mirrors and random heart themed knick knacks that I hide like Easter Eggs around the home. I even started packing up Ara's Valentine themed toys to bring out for the month of February each year (another way to try & win the Toy War).

This year I even took lipstick & wrote on our Blue Mermaid Bathroom  mirror: "We Mermaid for Eachother"

The Best Part:

These are ALL of the Valentines Day cards that Husbie & I have purchased since we got married. This is the first year I put them all out & I was sooooo stoked that I found ALL of them :) They are definitely going to be part of my yearly display from now on. It was amazing to read the notes we have written to each other every year. They reflected now only the oooey goooey lovey dovey stuff but also some of our struggles. It was encouraging to see how far we've come & hopeful to think about where our love will take us in the future. :) 

Are you feeling our feels?

All our Valentine's Day Cards EVER
Ok, Except the ones from the year we were engaged...
Those are cut up in a scrapbook
Come on over & I'll show it to you... every time you come over b/c I forget whom I've shown