Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is another favorite. I love everything hearts, pink and red and love. 

and love making my family feel special by waking up to a celebration that morning.

valentine inspiration

my friend, sarah, and i put together this valentine shoot last weekend.

it's always so much fun watching it come together.

we both love valentine's day!

just thought i'd share a few pics for a little inspiration of valentine's day...be it pictures, a party or some decor around the house.

here's a few of the pics i captured..

my ella:)

and niece, layla

ella's friend, luka.

ella had so much fun playing with sarah's vintage cameras..

and i just thought they made for the cutest pics.

 even my mom got in on the fun ;)

sarah and i after a fun day!

i took a few pics of my kids a couple weeks ago for v-day cards..

a couple of my favorites.

they are each holding the letter of their first initial..

luke, owen and ella. ;)

happy valentine's day!! 

xoxo

valentine's table

i had fun creating this valentine's table with ella.  we celebrated valentine's and went to dinner the saturday before and then did a family valentine's dinner the day of.  i decided to do just a little something to make it cute and special.  we made treats that morning and i had bought all of the place settings at target earlier in the month.

i found the biggest marshmallows when i was shopping at target the other day.  and i just thought the options were endless.  it even suggested on the bag to create pops out of them with a pretzel stick!  i knew i wanted to dip them in chocolate, but i thought that was even more perfect for the kids.  i'm sure i will be using that again very soon.

 here's a closer look...  then i made a few other treats.

 just enough for the family ;)  i had to try out my newest stand of course ;)  isn't it cute?

we ate dinner by candlelight that night. it's the simple things that make it feel that much more special.  nothing fancy.
hope everyone had a great valentine's day! ♥

little sweetheart party

my friend, janelle, and i helped our daughters, ella and calli, host a little valentine's party for their friends.  we love valentine's day..so we had to celebrate it!  :)  we sent out an evite and called it 'little sweetheart party.'  it was a lot of fun..everyone had a great time! :)

welcome friends :)

treat table

janelle made these cute jars

pink lemonade and pink punch

the "craft" table

the favors..you can see how here

heart ice cubes

festive suckers displayed in little buckets all around

the cookies to decorate...

the yummy pink punch was a hit :)

chocolate dipped strawberries

the cute banner janelle made

mini cupcakes

i found the cute heart balloons on ebay

the ice cubes were made out of 7up

we decided on little make your own pizzas for lunch...and of course we had to have heart-shaped dough ;)

toppings are ready

let the pizza making begin!  the kids had so much fun doing this!

calli

ella

all ready for the oven...i wish i would have gotten a pic of all of the creativity baked on the cookie sheet!  it's hard to remember everything, take pics, and host! haha!  along with the pizzas there was salad too.

after lunch and a little playtime the kids decorated their heart sugar cookies

there were jars full of toppings and lots of sprinkles

ella was very proud of her finished masterpiece ;)

taste testing ;)

a little later we made the paper flowers

each one was so unique..they really turned out cute!  to see how to make these go here.

the helpers, janelle and myself.  

happy valentine's day!! xoxo