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INGREDIENTS
E - Eggs
G - Gluten
L - Liqueur
N - Nuts
(my Valentine quote)
Happy Valentines! Six lovely must-read articles and finds for this very special day. Have a beautiful one with yours. ~xx Suzette
... Pressed Flowers on Paper by Kate Cadbury.
... The Power of Love.
... We will be extending Valentine's Day because of Ina Garten. #oh-yes!
... Made me smile: True Love.
... The best Love Quotes on Pinterest.
... The perfect quick stop for a sweet indulgence today! ;)
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A beautiful Je T'aime Tray by Jill Rosenwald for his bedside table.
Happy weekend! To wrap up this fly-by-week (it's going and going isn't it?), a few favorite gift ideas for our traditional, respectful, and very loving guys who are always quick to step in and step up, and take good care of us. You deserve the world for creating that calm, balancing effect in our daily lives. I couldn't and wouldn't be into it any other way. Have a great one. ~xx
♫ Background music from the work week.
Light and beachy - Jo Malone London - Wood Sage & Sea Salt Cologne
Kisses Win Valentine's Day Card
Because he's very hands on and loves fun travels: Steampunk Watch Movement Cufflinks
For lazy days at home: Thom Browne Blue Funmix Cotton Boxers
Easy snacking: Beer & Bourbon Nuts
Folding USB Rechargeable Book Light
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Voluspa Panjore Lychee Scalloped Edge Candle
And just like that we are already past the halfway mark of our very first month of the year and getting ready to jump into another loved day/ holiday month if we choose to make it such... Valentine's Day, right around the corner. Here are a few just right gift ideas for her I'm currently loving (fresh florals and bubbly included) + some Wednesday chill out music for our day... We'll share some great gift ideas for our guys too come next week.
Easy does it... Wednesday's Chill out track: Dinka - Hotel Summerville (Original Mix) HQ
Teal Hand Painted Stemless Glass by Melissa Payne Baker
'Pizza My Heart' Card from Wunderkid ... a quiet at-home pizza night feels perfect!
Néroli & Orchidée Shower Gel and Hand Cream
Touches of nature: Jennie Kwon Arch Ring
Gisele Tunic from Eberjey (in Pebble)
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Some ♫ playful music to serenade us into the looong weekend!
The things we do after dark... ;) Fingers crossed after two glasses of this* new delicious red last night and relaxing in some pink frosted bubbles. Happy weekend, happy Valentines and happy looong weekend Canada as we head into our Family Day on Monday, February 16th. Hope you had a lovely week-- this week was a lot of fun for many; I stepped away from my usual desk work for a day to indulge in making some one-of-a-kind Valentine candygrams! It was so exhilarating to see our kids creating their own heart-ful designs and friendship notes with so much enthusiasm. The best of relationships are filled with these sweet moments and little treats that keep the sparks and fires aglow in our most intimate and sacred unions, for decades. And our grown-up and loving wonderboys love and treasure them forever, as they too are as playful as ever. ;) Valentines is a loved favorite day! Here's one of my Love Candygrams I created earlier in the week...
For my special Valentine Candygram I wanted to incorporate the little things that we share in common: the love of nature in its simplest form (trees, lush leaves-- the greens, birds-- hence the feathers, his playful mustache that caught my attention and made me smile from day one, and favorite candies-- adding something new in the mix with Cadbury's Marvellous Creations chocolate with bits of jelly popping candy. Variety is the spice of life... For the colourful creative supplies, DeSerres was my one stop place which had everything I needed and then some... (flat white cards: 4 1/4 x 5 1/2, pigment ink, leaf and heart stamps, gelly roll pens, gold embossing powder, feathers, mustache stickers, red ribbon, and a brown snack-sized paper bag for the candies).
It's all in your hands now to design as you desire. I wanted to keep it simple as we are very low-key people who enjoy the little things in life... which meant allowing for lots of white space on the panel card, with little touches of bold colour. I added a dust of the gold powder on the hearts for sparkle. After allowing the ink to dry for a couple of hours or the next day, I wrote my own personalized love message in gold ink on the reverse side, placed the candies and loose feathers in the brown paper bag, folded the top flap and punched two holes 2 1/2 inches apart through both the paper bag and panel card. I then strung the red ribbon through both items (from back to front), and created a bow as shown above.
I love this idea and being able to create a unique expression for loved ones beyond the usual in-store cards, any time of year.
Special thanks to DeSerres for creating these sweet moments!
Thanks everyone and have a special one. See you next Tuesday! xx
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>>> Collecting our words for this month's Classroom Word Wall was hilarious... it was dominantly a 'girl' thing as our boys for the most part, simply smiled and stayed quiet. That's our wonderboys for you-- they are more action-oriented and will do the little and big things to show their continuous love, even when not as verbal about it! :)
Monday's ♫ music for our Valentine's week...
And there is that famous 'sleepover' word again (lol). It's Valentine's week.., let's have some laid-back fun with each other this week, in and out of the classroom...
Thoughts for the Week...
"Love never makes us feel vulnerable, especially when we're at our most vulnerable."
~ Suzette
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