Little Insights: Love is in the Air

Love is in the Air

I have to admit that I am a complete sucker for decorating, especially when it comes to decorating for various holidays. With Valentine's day fast approaching I thought it only fitting to share a little love with you.

I thought about making some blocks like these, but the lo and behold, while strolling through the dollar section area of target I came across these blocks for $2.50. As much fun as making the blocks with the kids would have been I took the easy way out, plopped these puppies into my cart and reaped the reward of instant gratification!

Valentine's Day at our house wouldn't be complete without our Valentine's Day tree. I kind of look at it as a step-down program from our four plus trees at Christmastime. And yes, we literally remove the Christmas decorations only to replace them with the Valentine's decorations.

The tree obviously needed garland, but I wasn't quite feeling those shiny metallic heart strands that are readily accessible in most stores this time of year. I absolutely love shabby chic and thought that a ribbon garland would be absolutely PERFECT. It was also easy to have little hands help with this project. I simply cut a length of ribbon about four feet long, then cut smaller ribbon with pinking shears for the kids to tie on one by one.

I love the shabby whimsy of it and think it looks just fabulous on the tree.