And finally, when the glue was dry, I rested a few little faux flowers in the truck's flatbed.

 I love my little pickup truck!

And changing her out during the year will be totally easy. New flowers (or a Christmas tree!) and a couple of new embellishments will take this little decor piece from season to season...


Take a look at all that Foundations Decor has to offer...you just may find something you can't live without...


Yayayayay!


Looking for more Valentine's Day inspiration?

Take a look at these posts...

Valentine's Day Planner Dashboard

Valentine's Day Tags

Valentine's Day Paper Candy Cones


Thank you so much for stopping by to take a look!

xoxo

Hello, hello everyone!

Happy 6 days until Christmas!

A few weeks ago, I came across this post by Kristi & Kelli from Lolly Jane. I was so inspired by these little hoop wreaths that I wanted to create them again and again...and what better way to do that than to have a party where we're all making them?

So, this past weekend, I had a little Christmas crafting get-together for some of my closest friends, and a few of their daughters!


For our wreaths, we would be using this adorable little paper house from Heidi Swapp. They are so easy to put together...and they can be decorated & dressed up however you want!



I bought some little plastic ornaments for our bottle brush trees, too.


Then I collected up all of the bottle brush trees I had on hand...which turned out to be a ton!

I had acquired all different sizes & colors from Fancy Pants Designs, Michaels, Heidi Swapp & Tim Holtz over the past few years...and the selection was PERFECT for our projects.

I separated the smaller trees out into a few different bowls and placed the bowls on a lazy-susan for easy access.


Then I lined up the larger trees along a wooden tray I had. They looked so cool! Like a little mini forest...


I bought a long faux-pine garland at Michaels & snipped off all of the individual branches and placed them in a basket. These would be the base for our wreaths.


Snow, glitter & wire were essential for making our projects. The wire (from Michaels) was what we used to secure our pine brances & houses to our hoops.



Ribbon for hanging our wreaths & ornaments...



Even our elf got in on the action...



Everyone arrived, and we all started our projects. It was so awesome to see the variety in everyone's wreaths & ornaments!




That's really one of the things I love most about crafting...you can give a ton of different people the exact same supplies, and you will get a ton of different outcomes.

It's just so cool.



I love that the teenagers were really getting into it, too...













 At the end of the party, everyone went home with a little gift...


...the slightly larger Heidi Swapp paper house...


I really think everyone had a good time...I know I did!

I'm already planning my spring crafting party...

MERRY CHRISTMAS, everyone!

I know these last few days can be stressful, but I truly hope you find some time to be creative!

xo

Hey hey everyone!

Today is National Kindness Day!

And in honor of this very special day I want to share how my kids and I try to spread kindness this time of year...

A few years ago, we started a brand new tradition in our family...one that we continue throughout November and December...and it's a tradition we all love.

During the 8 weeks around the holidays my kids and I will go "Starbucking." Yep, Starbucking.

We'll stop off at a local Starbucks and grab about $100 worth of $5 gift cards...and throughout the fall we'll leave these cards on car windshields. It's probably one of the most fun things we do all year.

And it's definitely one of the most valuable.

This year we did a little something just a little different. This year we added some handmade Christmas cards to our little gifts.

To create the cards I used pieces from a brand new line of Heidi Swapp products found exclusively at Joann stores...products such as card kits, art screens, package decorating items - the list goes on and on...(find a list of stores carrying these exclusive items HERE).

Here are just a few of those exclusives...these are the ones I've used for this project:



And here are the cards I created...







We left Wednesday morning (the kids were off school for Veterans' Day) to run errands and stopped off at our local Target parking lot...


Here's Kinsley placing the first card...her M.O. is to find cars with baby seats in them...she figures moms with small kids really need a Starbucks break. She's right.


I sure hope so...and I hope that whomever receives the cards feels some sort of push to pay it forward.

It's really amazing to me...and I think my kids are learning this, too...that being kind to, and serving others, really benefits the one doing the kind act far more than the one receiving the benefit. It's a wonderful feeling.

How are you helping to spread kindness this year?

Here's my challenge to you...do something kind, something completely selfless, for a stranger today...I'll bet it brings a smile to your face.