Tuesday Tips & Tricks - Valentines Day Edition -

Today I thought I would do some

fun tips!!!! 

Here's how to make an envelope out of a ♥.. adorable!




Here are some of the commitments I am making to husby this Valentines day!




I plan on putting it on the white board down stairs. or maybe on the mirror in the bathroom!

Looking for some amazing fonts!?



Here's where you can find them free!!

1) Fiolex Girls

2) Rosewood STD

3) Vanessa's Valentine

4) I Love What You Do

5) Loveness Two

6) Love Letters

7) Janda Swirly Twirly

8) Loki Cola

9) Forget Me Not

10) Love You Too

11) MC Sweetie Hearts

12) Respective

13) MTF Heart Doodles

These adorable chocolate dipped strawberry marshmallows would be a great family dessert that the kids can help make!



Strawberry marshmallows, dipped them in some melted chocolate and  sprinkled them with some little sprinkles.

You could even bag them up!



I love this idea from The Beauty Department on making a sugar scrub for Valentine Gifts.. I might even do this next Christmas.. LOVE IT!

Few things smell better than coconut and rose so let’s combine them, shall we? In this Kitchen Beautician DIY, we’re making a “Spring Time Scrub” to help you exfoliate and get your skin super soft for the coming summer months. Bathing suit season is just around the corner and nobody wants to be the ashy girl! Here’s my new favorite way to get rid of dry skin caused by winter dryness:

You’ll need: a mason jar, coconut oil, raw cane sugar, almond or jojoba oil and one fragrant rose (here I used sterling silver roses because they’re my favorite AND they’re one of the most fragrant roses ever.)

1. Use a small mason jar or any clear jar with a lid. I got mine at Smart & Final. You can also buy them online if you can’t find them in the store. These ones are about $11 for a dozen, so they’re under a dollar each!
2. Start by putting a large scoop of coconut oil in the bottom of the jar. You can get coconut oil at any health food store or major supermarket. It’s an “oil” but at room temp it’s more like a butter consistency and has a white paste-y texture.
3. Next, pluck your rose petals and put them into the jar on top of the coconut oil.
4. Add your raw sugar. If you can’t find raw cane sugar, brown sugar is a great option! The coarser the better.
5. Add your almond or jojoba oil on top of the sugar. I like jojoba oil best, which you can also find at health food stores or vitamin stores, because it’s the closest thing to our own natural oil and it absorbs really nicely into the skin. But almond oil is great too because it doesn’t take away from the scent in this jar.
6. Wait a minute for your oil to seep down to the flower petals and then top it off with a little more almond or jojoba oil. Last but not least, put your lid on and let it sit so the oils can soak into the flower petals.

When you (or the person you’re giving this to as a gift) are ready to use it, take a spoon and mash it all up. The coarse sugar will break up the rose petals and they’ll continue to break up as you rub the scrub on your skin. The smell is INCREDIBLE, and if you’ve had a hard week (or even if you haven’t) this is a decadent way to start the weekend! This scrub can have a shelf life of one year, but I wouldn’t imagine you’d ever leave this jar of magic sitting for that long.

NOTE: all measurements are subject to the size of your jar. I broke it up into thirds– in other words, everything should be equal parts and each layer should take up 1//3 of the jar

Here are some great Valentines Day printables for everyone to print! Here's a list from a ton of other great bloggers who put together some fun and charming Valentine Printables! 

Go ahead and make sure your printer is loaded with ink and take a peek at a few of these fabulous Valentine’s Day Printables!!

1. Keep Calm & Love On Print – Hands on Housewife
2. Printable Arrow Valentine’s Cards – Sweet Muffin Suite
3. Critter Love Valentine Stickers – WorldLabel
4. I Love You Printables – Thirty Handmade Days
5. I Have a Crush On You Cards – Pink and Posh
6. Paper Airplane Valentine Printable – Just Something I Made
7. Made with Love Gift Tags – Eighteen25
8. Valentine’s Day Printable Bingo Game – Simply Fresh
9. Victorian Valentine’s Day Graphic – The Graphics Fairy
10. Valentine’s Day Goodie Bag Printable – Twig and Thistle
11. Valentine’s Day Banner & Party Printables – Catch My Party
12. Valentine Scrabble Gram – Oh Happy Day
13. Hogs & Kisses Valentine Printables – Silly Pear
14. iPad Candy Box Cover Printable – Living Locurto
15. I Love Everything About You – Tried & True
16. Naturally Sweet Fruit Stickers – Twig and Thistle
17. On The Hour Printables – Thirty Handmade Days
18. DIY Scratch Off Lottery Tickets – Skip to My Lou
19. Printable Valentine Party Hats – Mr. Printables
20. Chocolate Box Tic-Tac-Toe – Spoonful.com
21. His and Hers Mini Cards – Eat Drink Chic
22. Love Me Tender Prints – Sweet Rose Studio
23. Heartbreaker Candy Pouch Printables – Dana Made It
24. Blowing Kisses Valentine Card – The Mother Huddle
25. I Love You Printable Cards – Sweet Muffin Suite
26. Pop Up Valentine’s Day Card – Paperkawaii
27. So Sweet Valentine Party Printables – Catch My Party
28. I Heart You Treat Toppers – Thirty Handmade Days
29. Valentine’s Day Coupons – BHG
30. Valentine’s Day Cupcake Wrappers – Food Art Party
31. Valentine Subway Art {Grey & Pink} – Paisley Petal Event
32. Mini Valentine Cards – The Rubber Punkin
33. Valentine’s Day Love Wall Art {5 Designs} – Pizzazzerie
34. True Love Story Print – Eighteen25
35. Be Mine Prints – Sprik Space
36. Love Subway Art Print – Bonjour Blog
37. Love Bug Valentines – Dandee
38. Stitched Heart Valentine Cards – Oopsey Daisy
39. Bee Mine Treat Boxes & Toppers – Pizzazzerie
40. Happy Valentine’s Day Cards – IMOM
41. I Like How You Roll Card – Thirty Handmade Days
42. Mini Owl Valentines & Bookmarks – Living Locurto
43. Cherry Valentine Party Printables – Tricia Rennea
44. Valentine’s Day Scratch Off Card – Oopsey Daisy
45. Love & Pinwheel Cupcake Toppers – The Crafting Chicks
46. Printable Love Coupons – Tatertots & Jello
47. Vintage Valentine’s Day Post Card – The Graphics Fairy
48. Fortune Cookie Printables – Design Wash Rinse Repeat
49. Sweet Heart Tags – Simple as That Blog
50. Valentine’s Bingo Game – The Crafting Chicks
51. Valentine from Cupid – AlphaMom
52. Printable Stamp Valentines – Wild Olive
53. Valentine’s Day Printables – The Toy Maker
54. Cupcake Toppers & Valentine Printables – The TomKat Studio
55. Valentine’s Day Printable Banner – She’s Kinda Crafty
56. Love Bird Valentine Cards – The Long Thread
57. Pretty Printable Valentines – Fellow Creatives
58. Teddy Bear Heart Card – Mr. Printables
59. Fanciful Valentine Cards – A Fanciful Twist
60. Be Mine Party Banner – The Busy Budgeting Mama
61. Cute Valentine Labels – Paper Glitter
62. Valentine’s Day Wrapping Paper – Thirty Handmade Days
63. Smartie Pants Valentine Card – Tip Junkie
64. Valentine Printable Gift Tags – Studio Calico
65. Love Sweet Love Cupcake Toppers – THe Sweetest Occasion
66. Valentine Correspondence Set – World Label
67. Robot Valentine Card – Mr. Printables
68. Sweetheart Valentine Classroom Cards – Bunny Cakes
69. Valentine Bingo – Libbie Grove
70. Bejeweled Heart Valentine – HGTV
71. Vintage Valentine Collage Sheet – Altered Stuff
72. Valentine Candy Bar Wrappers – Anything But Perfect
73. Sweet Mini Valentines – Amy is the Party
74. Valentine Bunny Favor Bag – Mr. Printables
75. You Make My Heart Bounce – The Crafting Chicks
76. Printable Valentine Set – June Lily
77. Cute as a Button Valentine – Thirty Handmade Days
78. Antique Heart Labels – The Graphics Fairy
79. Circle Valentine Printables – The Rubber Punkin
80. Be Mine & More Printables – Sweet Rose Studio
81. Valentine Gift Tags – The Three Sweet Peas
82. Heartthrob Valentine Treat Toppers – Design Editor
83. You Rock Valentines – Living Locurto
84. DIY Valentine Brownie Bag – Twig and Thistle
85. Valentine Popcorn Invitation – Eat Drink Chic
86. All You Need Is Love Labels – World Label
87. Valentine Cupcake Flags – Julie Ann Art
88. Play-Doh Valentine Printables – The Wilson World
89. Nick Jr. Printable Character Cards – Nick Jr.
90. Crab Valentine Card – Cartoules Press
91. Retro Little Girl Image – The Graphics Fairy
92. Printable Heart Scrapbook Paper – Mr. Printables
93. Monogram Heart Thank You Card – Ellinee
94. Kiss Me and Carry On Card – 74 Lime Lane
95. Wood You Be Mine Card – mmmcrafts
96. MWAH Love You – Design Editor
97. Valentine’s Day Post Cards – The Pretty Blog
98. Shut Up & Kiss Me Card – Thank You Card Shop
99. Grade School Valentine Craft Pack – A Field Journal
100. Mini Valentine Cards – Paper Crave

You can check out this adorable wreath over at Mine for the Making.. its pretty cute! Reminds me of winter socks! 

1. Wrap your wreath with yarn and tie end of yarn in a knot or secure the end with hot glue.

2. Trace your heart template on the felt and cut the hearts out. (I used 16 hearts or 8 of each color.)

3. Hot glue the hearts around the front of the wreath, in an upside down/right-side up pattern.

4. Hot glue the end of a new piece of yarn to the back of the wreath and wrap around the wreath, crossing over each of the felt hearts on the diagonal. When you get all the way around your wreath, cut the yarn and glue the end to the back of your wreath with hot glue. 

5.  Repeat step 4, but cross of the felt hearts along the other diagonal, forming a "X" over each heart. (You can manipulate the yarn "X's" just by slightly moving the pieces of yarn once the wrapping/gluing is complete.)

6. Hang on your door, place on a mantle, or hang from a wreath post for all to admire. (I used a piece of ribbon to hang it from my front door.)

If you are looking for a beautiful Valentine Date Night Makeup.. check out this pretty look from Pixiwoo! 

If you are looking for a fast easy way to say I love you over dinner.. consider stopping by your local pizza place and pick up a ♥ shaped pizza. Call ahead and see if they will have them.. Most of the time you can find sales on lovers pizza! 

Or maybe breakfast in bed is your thing..Check out the recipes below for some romantic breakfast ideas! 

• Scrambled Eggs with Truffles
• Breakfast Sausage Patties
• Buttermilk Waffles
• Strawberry Compote
• Grapefruit or other fresh fruit
• The Volstead


Still need to get your cards ready? Why not try this really cute and easy one! 

Supplies:

• 1 patterned paper (Valentine theme)
• 1 8 1/2 x 11" white cardstock
• Fiskars paper edgers (Clouds)
• pencil, scissors, eraser, double-sided tape
• printer
• ribbon

Steps:

1. Print and cut out the templates.
   
2. Fold 8 1/2 x 11 inch white cardstock in half.
3. Place the big heart template on fold. Then trace around the shape. Cut out with paper edgers.
4. Place the small heart template on the patterned paper. Cut out with scissors.
5. Attach in the center of white heart card with double-sided tape or glue stick.
6. Embellish with a small bow.
   

Envelope size: 5 3/4 x 4 3/8 inches

Hope you guys are getting ready for Valentines Day! If you have a tip or Valentine craft you want to share.. leave the link in the comments! 

Happy Tuesday! 

K Jaggers

♥