Valentine Photo Template Roundup

Here's my son's Valentine, of course the Mustache!

And although my daughter did not want to do a photo Valentine to give out to her friends (she's too cool for that, being in Grade 5 and all, ya know) I made a Valentine anyways for me to have!

I always do a Valentine photo of my kids every year.

It's nice to find free photo templates, saves me alot of work! (Although the above were not templates!)

Here are a few that I think are great!

If you download any of these, be sure to give some love to the designer!

from Willette

From Willett

From The Sanders Family

From Jen Sherrick Photography

From Jen Sherrick Photography

From Jen Sherrick Photography

From Jen Sherrick Photography

From iheartfaces

From Living Locurto

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Cupcake Wreath...Valentine Edition!!

 I'm back at it again...another cupcake liner wreath!

This time a Valentine one of course!

I started with a piece of pipe insulating foam from the hardware store. I bent it into a circle and secured it with a little frog tape.

These awesome houndstooth cupcake liners are from Michaels...they have a bunch of different colors there too!

Don't forget to turn your cupcake liners inside out.

I used the handle of a foam paint brush to create a point in the center of the cupcake liners, then dabbed with hot glue and randomly stuck them to the foam, be careful it's super hot! I used approximately 115 cupcake liners.

I purchased a wooden "X & O" from the Dollar Store and painted them a dark pink - partially red.

It was tricky getting the "X & O" to stay on the wreath. First I glued them together and then I glued them to the wreath. To balance out the weight so that the wreath hung evenly I glued a heavy magnet to the opposite underside of the wreath.

I added a cute Valentine ribbon for hanging. 

Super sweet!

Check out my Halloween Cupcake Liner Wreath here.

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Valentines at Alderberry Hill

The Valentine decorations are coming together. I'm adding in things here and there as I make them.

Here are a few pics from around the house.

I don't have a mantle, and oh how I long for one.

But, I do have a shelf!!

Here is the link to the first printable & the middle printable. The Home Sweet Home is not one of my printables, I forget where I got this last year.

Closeups of the banner made with scrapbooking paper & rubber stamps.

Don't forget to enter my Ramsign Giveaway here!

Imagine, Improvise & Invent

Sarah

Wire & Yarn...Valentine Words

I`ve seen a few wire & yarn words floating around lately. Isn`t it such a great idea?

I was happy to find some wire that my husband had lying around and of course I had turquoise wool, so I sat down and went to work.

The "Love" was super easy to do. The "Feb 14" was a little trickier because the wire was fairly thick and I was not able to bend it to cross the "F" or to make the "1", I cut those pieces separately and hot glued them together. 

The problem with that is I was left with a glob of glue to cover over as well. Next time I'm gonna stick with words that flow with a single piece of wire.

In any event they still look good on my window!

Imagine, Improvise & Invent,

Sarah

Valentine Fonts 2

I have compiled some more Valentine fonts to share with you!

There are so many pretty fonts on the web, I can get distracted with downloading so many...before I know it an hour has flown by.

Click below to download

Words of Love

Hearts Delight

Jules Love

Valentine

Love

Times New Romance

Valentine

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Sarah

Valentine Tree

I have this twig tree that I decorate for just about every occasion. The twig branch is one that I cut from the woods behind my house. I use it year after year, it's held up good.

For Valentine's I decorate it with a few stamped images on cardstock hung with twine and some little metal hearts I purchased at the dollar store. 

It's a cute little addition to my dining area and I love the pale turquoise vase it's in - It was a metallic copper color but I painted it a pale turquoise...much better!

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Sarah

Edgar Allan Poe Quote...Free Printable

Here`s another free printable for you guy`s!

I really like this quote, it's from Edgar Allan Poe. And it's perfect for Valentines Day!

I have made this printable in a few colors so hopefully one of them will go with your decor.

The size is 8" x 10".

Edgar Allan Poe Quote Blue

Edgar Allan Poe Quote Pink Edgar Allan Poe Quote Turquoise Edgar Allan Poe Quote Purple Edgar Allan Poe Quote Burgundy

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Sarah

Valentine Pretzels, Mmmmm...

These pretzels have just about dissapeared even before I get the blog post finished!

They are a big hit with the kids...making them & eating them!

I have tried a couple myself and they sure are morish.

I started with a bag of Wilton Candy Melts in Blue.

I followed the package directions and melted them in the microwave, stirring several times between intervals.

Grab a bag of your favorite pretzels.

And next you just start dippin'.

I lined baking pans with wax paper and layed the dipped pretzels on the wax paper to harden.

Don't forget to add sprinkles to make them even cuter!

Oh my...delish!

So yummy!

Don't you just want to pick those sprinkles off?

Mmm, mmm, mmm.

These would make a perfect valentine gifts as well.

Grab a mason jar and fill it up.

I decorated the jar with a paper doilie heart, red twine, red ribbon, and valentine stamps.

These are so easy to make, you can have them done in an hour, just try not to eat too many or you'll have none to give!

Imagine, Improvise & Invent

Sarah

Valentine Subway Art

I guess I'll jump on the bandwagon and try my hand at creating a Valentine Subway Art piece. There were some lovely ones out there last year and I printed a couple of them to add to my ever growing Valentine decor.

After going back and fourth a few times with the fonts I finally settled on this:

Click HERE to download

I hope you like it!

Imagine, Improvise & Invent

Sarah