Thursday catch up!

Here are some more pictures from my blogging break.  I thought I would share.  After this post I will be all caught up!

Last week Ava had watch week at her ballet studio.  After we watched her class I took a picture of Ava and her friend Mary. These two are such good friends and are so sweet together. 

I wanted to show my Valentine's Day mantle.  I know I'm a few days late but since I have been sick Graig and I are going out to dinner tonight.  So we are celebrating Valentine's Day week at our house!

Here are my Ballard Design jars.  Imagine these filled up with candy because they did have candy in them for about a day and then my family (and me!)  ate all the candy. 

I love this love banner I got on Etsy!  I'm sad that I'm going to have to take it down until next year :(

I made the red and white candy cane wreath for Christmas. I just kept it up for Valentine's Day.  I'm going to take out all the red and replace it with white felt and use it for St. Patrick's Day and Easter!

A close up of the top of our mantle.  I got the white pitcher at TJ Maxx. 

I ordered some pillow covers on Very Jane before Christmas and they FINALLY came in!  I love how they look in our sun room.  I really like the gray and red together. 

Here is part of our Valentine's Hutch in the dining room.  I put little treats in Brock and Ava's mailbox for a few weeks before Valentine's Day.  They liked checking in their mailbox every day to see if they had a treat!

We are really trying to eat more at home so Ava helped me make this menu board for our meals this week.  Tonight the kids are eating leftovers and Graig and I are going out to celebrate Valentine's Day!

Happy Thursday!!

Valentines Day decorations!

I always think it's fun decorating for Valentine's Day!  I don't have a lot of stuff so I concentrate my decorations in our dining room and a little table in our living room.  I got them out early this year so I would be able to enjoy them a long time!

This decoration took the longest but I LOVE how it turned out.  It's a Valentine Ribbon wreath.  It took me about 3 hours start to finish but I really like the way it turned out.  I used about 12 different ribbon that I got from a wholesaler on ebay.  All this ribbon was only about $12!  The shop is here.  I just made  loops and hot glued them and then I hot glued the loops on the wreath frame.  I used an 18 inch wicker wreath frame from the Dollar Tree.  I also got black and white ribbon to make another one for after Valentines Day! 

Here is the table in our living room.  I bought this stand last fall from Southern Living at Home.  I'm still not sure if I like it but I think it looks pretty cute for Valentine's Day!

This is the hutch in our dining room.  I got those white and red dishes at the Dollar Tree!  I love them, I think they are perfect for V-Day!

This is a little jar that I got on clearance last year at the Cracker Barrel.  Those candy hearts are my favorite!  I can't stop eating them!   

These hearts are actually Christmas ornaments but I like to put them out for V-Day. 

 I made this cute little sign this year.  I printed this out from the Craftily Ever After blog.  I love all of her printables!

This is our dining room cabinet.  Yes I still have a poinsettia from Christmas-it won't die and I feel bad throwing it out-ha ha!  I got that cloche last fall and I am never sure what to put in it so I just put in a candle and some heart shaped felt ornaments. 

 A LOVE plate in our kitchen.  I love the design on this plate I got it at the Salvation Army and added the chalkboard sticker. 

This is our centerpiece on our dining room table.  This looks much better in person I promise.  I just used white, pink, and red candles and put them on a large white platter. 

Have a great weekend!  We have a busy weekend.  Brock has his last basketball game of the season and Ava has dance. I also hope to get some things done around our house (I feel like I always say that-ha ha!)

Valentine Day Decs and a Cute Giveaway!!

I finally got around to putting up some Valentine Day decorations yesterday. I love decorating for Valentines Day, I only have a few things but it's fun to get them out every year. I am still trying to think of something for a centerpiece for our dining room table. If anyone has any cute, simple ideas let me know.

This is on our hutch in our dining room.

Hearts, Hearts...everywhereI got this little bucket at the dollar spot at Target, so cute!!
I love these hearts hanging from our chandelierI love this heart ornament!

This is a little table in the corner of my office at work.

Monogrammed Teacher is doing a fabulous giveaway in honor of her 100th post. You can go here to sign up. The cute bag she is giving away is from Monogram Chick
Happy Wednesday everyone!!