Showing posts with label valentine's day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label valentine's day. Show all posts

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Vintage Valentines

My mom posted about vintage valentines on her blog, and I was inspired to do the same! My mom actually obtained these valentines and passed them along to me. It's fun to keep them stored and take them out once a year - I have such a big stack it's nice to sit for an hour and read all the love notes and admire the beautiful colors (which have maintained their radiance, even 70 - 100 years later!).

Standing Valentines. You don't see this much detail anymore, al the perfect cut outs and moving pieces!

Beautiful illustrations and colors

I love the fern/flower/heart details!


Such cute poems inside. And you can still see the pretty details of the cut out borders
Maybe my favorite poem :)


Valentine before opening...

And after it's open, a standing ice skater!






A Valentine postcard - looks like someone added a little extra decoration!
I found this perfect little hankie in an envelope with one of the valentines. Is it not beautiful?!

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Happy Valentines day, part 2

and for more happenings... here's the dessert I made for Steve this evening :)















I had so much fun making the hearts and the X's and O's. I made them out of two sheets of cardstock, watercolors, glitter and toothpicks. for the hearts, I used the same amount of cardstock and sewed fabric along the edges. Oh it was messy and fun!
And I made a cherry pie to hold the X's and O's! Yummy!!

Steve bought me flowers and chocolate covered strawberries from Isgro's. And he's making me dinner tonight (not that him making dinner for me is out the ordinary, but it's always appreciated!) Here are my flowers:















and finally, I've become obsessed with the colors ivory, red and light blue/teal. (see: http://www.etsy.com/treasury/MTMwMTc4NTZ8MjEwMzg2MTI5NQ/light-fresh-fabulous?index=0 and see: http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/228848/perfect-wedding-color-palette-red-and-aqua/@center/272434/plan-your-wedding-color). All the kitchen items in Martha Stewart's collection at Macy's are red and teal and I want EVERYTHING!! I thought today would be a great time to rock the red and teal colors! Using that new vintage Vera scarf, I coordinated everything else around it. I wore a simple ivory lace dress, black tights, black shoes, the Vera scarf, and red and blue nails. Alas, I needed a red belt and to my surprise, I didn't have one! So I made a belt really, really quick. We're talking 15 minutes here. Just a strip of fabric, a button, and a button hole. I can add more button holes later if I decide to wear it lower on my hips.




And for my nails, I painted them red with blue accents - hearts on my thumbs and a diagonal stripe on the side!












and finally, my outfit together, with my flowers!

Happy Valentines day, part 1


Happy Valentine's Day! I never really celebrated or cared to celebrate, but this year, it's been fun! I made some Valentines for special people.. my mom (valentine not pictured) and Steve and my nephew Adam. and one leftover valentine cause I like it too much :)

I used images from magazines, pasted them on thick cardstock, punched some holes along the edges, and double crochet & chain 3 along the edges. they were super simple and really fun to make.