Posts under ‘Holidays’

A little green inspiration

I wish St. Patrick’s Day wasn’t in the middle of the work week this year – I’d love to put together a hearty brunch with simply sweet details like these.

Those shamrocks made from a heart stamp = adorable!
{Shamrock-stamped paper goods from Martha Stewart; shamrock-accented napkin and belled topiary from Better Homes & Gardens}

Valentine’s Day: Love Letters

I’m rounding out our Valentine’s Day inspiration with another easy and versatile DIY project – vintage game tile-inspired “love letters”.
I fell in love with the game tile favors from Parcel (as seen on our Valentine’s inspiration board) but I wasn’t so in love with the price or the time spent hunting down tiles on [...]

Pirate Valentines

This pretty much tops it for the cutest thing I’ve seen all year.

Go check out these pirate valentines at Mer Mag – Merrilee has even posted the sheets for downloading! Totally adorable.

Valentine’s Day: Paper Fortune Cookies

I’ve had this idea filed forever, but I couldn’t think of a more perfect day than Valentine’s to create these paper fortune cookies.

Customize the fortunes for the recipient and you’ve got an easy-but-thoughtful homemade valentine. They’re also perfect wedding favors (use your wedding colors or patterns) or little bits of cuteness for Valentine’s Day [...]

Valentine Cocktails ala Grey Goose

In my search for the perfect Valentine’s Day party cocktails, I came across these lovelies on the Grey Goose site…

Clockwise from top left, we’ve got:

A Passionate Affair mixes Grey Goose L’Orange with cranberry, passion fruit and lime juice
La Vie En Rose combines Grey Goose with vintage port, rose champagne and a raspberry foam (how amazing [...]

Valentine’s Day: Lace-wrapped votives

I’m starting my Valentine’s Day projects off with an easy and versatile DIY: lace-wrapped votive candles.

DIY steps for these lacy candle holders are everywhere out there (and totally easy anyway) so I won’t bore you with a ton of details – but I did want to give you a few good shots of how pretty [...]

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