Stelie Designs

Wishing each one of you a Happy Valentine's Day!  Today, the kids opened their little mail box to find one of the above valentines, $1, and cars2 cookies.  (After scrambling to put something together last night & realizing I only had 3-$5 bills) I heard screaming and excitement so it was all good!  I planned on making heart shaped sandwiches for my big kids lunch box  (but forgot! I make lunch while doing spelling words while diffusing arguements between the little kids, while kissing boo boos, while pouring milk, while sounding out words, while...you get the idea!)   I'm hoping to make it up with something valentinish for dinner..assuming we don't go shoe shopping for Paxton tonight. My husband and I totally get into Valentine's Day! Last night while putting the kids to bed our conversation went something like this: Jer: "Did you make me a card?" me: "Umm, not yet" Jer: "Let's not" Me: "Oh good!" "Let'...

valentines day is in 4 weeks. get a jump start with great deals. etsygreetings promotion "love is handmade" is running from jan 17-jan 21. you have 5 days to get great deals on valentine cards & valentine gifts. go here for details & participating shops and here for a selection of awesome cards from talented individuals. i am offering free us shipping & reduced international shipping on all cards, notepads, and notecards in my shop . *sorry not available on weddings or invitations.

can you believe it? we just finished the holiday craziness and now valentines day is approaching. in honor of valentines day, okay...in honor of valentines day & an etsygreetings promo i'll be joining in. i've got lots of valentine stationery & notepads for you to share the handmade love with someone special! {Bella + Beck birdies small notepads can be blank or personalized} {hearts small notepads} {puppy pug love large notepades personalized} {~NEW~ parker stationery} {hearts personalized stationery}  they will all be available in my shop soon.

when i asked paxton & avery what do you wanted on your valentines? they both said "dinosaurs!" dinosaurs is what they got. they picked the dinosaurs and the colors. unfortunately, these are still waiting to be given to their friends. they missed their valentine party and the entire 3 days of preschool. if you follow me on twitter then you already know they were sick again. this time awful coughs and low grade fevers, avery ended up with an ear infection and thankfully not strep. gone is a home full of the flu bug now it's a home full of yucky coughing children:( i had originally planned on posting these as a free download but with 4 needy not feeling well children, 2 trips to the dr and one trip to the pharmacy, time got away from me and i'm working on catching up so please forgive me.

hard to believe it's already february! where did january go? better yet, where did 2009 go? if you follow me on twitter, then you know my clan and i were plagued with the flu. i'm still not feeling the best but i'm trying to get some work done. i'll have a free kids valentine pdf for you to download this week so keep checking back. hope you and your home are healthy!

what do you get with a tree branch. snow. galvanized bucket. foam hearts. and string? this... a super simple little valentine welcome weekend project...