This is the Valentine card that I made for my husband, Dan.

Dan and I are so much less without each other. And so much more because we’re together.

I recently started writing our love story in my journal. When I was younger, I rarely kept a journal. I’ve been reminiscing about when Dan and I were young…how he asked me to marry him the day we met. Our first kiss (which just happened to be under mistletoe). How Dan asked me to be his girlfriend on Valentines day…he showed up for dinner late but he wrote me a song and played it for me on his guitar.

After all these years, Dan is still so romantic.

I love Dan. He makes me a better woman.

xoxo, Christie

Happy Valentines Day!

I just want to take a second to tell you how special you are!

I hope you know that you are loved and appreciated.

Thank you for being my friend! xx

The above layout is dedicated to my sweet, darling, wonderful hubby, and valentine, Dan.

He is so romantic and amazing in countless ways. I am so grateful for him, every day.

I hope that your Valentine’s day is filled with love.

And Chocolate. Lots of chocolate.

Can there ever be too much chocolate?

xoxo, Christie

Nothing says, “I love you” like a bubble wrap heart dipped in red paint and stamped onto a card. Except maybe a kiss and hug…and some chocolate. OK. A lot of chocolate.

Valentines Day. Bring on the love.

Ahhhh amore.

xoxo, Christie

Happy LOVE day!

I’m traveling back to Idaho today with mixed feelings.  I’m looking forward to sleeping in my own bed again, a home-cooked meal, my sweet nephew (among other amazing family) but I sure am going to miss my friends and family here in California.  It’s always so wonderful to visit.

While I was here I attended a Valentine Crop at Paradise Scrapbook Boutique (a little bit of Heaven).

Yes, those are BLOSSOMS! Blossoms in FEBRUARY! Can you believe it? I still have six feet of snow in my front yard!

Beautiful, pink, lovely blossoms.

Look at the amazing goodies we received at the PSB Valentine Crop:

Karen always spoils us.  What an amazing woman!

I spent the whole day with good friends, a much-needed visit.  It was an added bonus to spend the day with my bloggie friend Char (who is fabulous)! We met in person for the first time at the PSB Crop. Check out Char’s Blog.  This woman is tal-en-ted!

And I got to visit with Devanie, I haven’t seen her in SO long. It was fun to catch  up.

In honor of Valentines day, I’ll share the simple Valentines I made while cropping (also shown above)…

This one is made with the candy cups:

Making Memories + K&Company =

This one has some sewn polka-dot ric-rac that I purchase while at Material Girls in Utah:

I used Pink Paislee rub-ons on this one. Quick and simple:

I hope you have a wonderful Valentines Day, as for me…I’ll be stuck in the car for 14 hours with my loved ones (hopefully we’ll still love each other when we reach our destination).

Feel the love!

xoxo, Christie

Valentines Day is always so fun to celebrate!  A day filled with love…

I usually start decorating my house about now…so creating this “Be Mine” Banner got me in the Valentine-decorating mood.

My daughter, Izabelle has been itching to make some Valentines (pictures coming soon)

This Banner was fun to make – my glue gun came in handy.

I hung some crystal beads from the bottom of each triangle.  Love the extra sparkle.

Spread the love!

xoxo, Christie

I can’t wait to really dive into this new Making Memories line, Je t’adore (this layout is just the beginning).  The Je t’adore line is so fun…all the papers…embellishments…lovelies…it’s all so fun to work with.

I put this little layout together (really quick) for a crafty day with my mom and sisters. We try to get together at least once a month.

Next month will involve foam balls and fabric – can’t wait!

I’m almost done with my Design Team Projects for Graphic 45 – I’ll be taking photos and then shipping them off tomorrow morning.  I hope they’re well received (we’ll see). Can’t wait to share what I’ve been working on here…it’s only…what?  A week away?

Happy Tuesday!

xoxo, Christie

A little while ago I shared the above photo as a sneak peek.

I created a “Nuts About You” Layout for Paradise Scrapbook Boutique.

Now that the class is over and done with, I feel that it’s alright to share the layout here on my blog:

I hope that you all had a fun Valentines Day and were able to share the day with someone special.

xoxo, Christie

I used the new Making Memories line, “Love Struck” to create this simple layout in no time at all.

Between the Matching Making Memories Love Struck embellishments and new Design Shop Embellishments, I’ve never put a layout together so quickly (and usually people call me a fast-scrapper anyway – so I’m telling you, this layout came together fast).

I love that Making Memories always makes the cutest little embellishments (and TONS of them) to go along with their paper lines.

Have I mentioned before how much I love embellishments?  I know, I know…all the time, right? Well, I do.

My sweet friend, Karen (Paradise Scrapbook Boutique) lugged a package full of Making Memories “Love Struck” product on the plane to CHA for me (my mom and I met up with Karen and her lovely sister there).  I couldn’t wait to play with all the fun Valentine paper and embellishments.  Karen knows how much I love, love, LOVE embellishments!

I whipped up this quick little project:

I’ve been so busy…I want to create a layout or two with this product.  It’s so, so fun to use. My goal is to actually create a couple Valentines Layouts before Valentines day.  We’ll see if it happens.

Between work, kids homework, meals and laundry…I’m lucky that my head is staying above water. For now, I’m satisfied with completing this little Valentine project.

Each of the three little sections are only 3×3 inches.  I love creating anything “mini”.

Do you have any fun projects or plans for Valentines Day?  Do you do something special with your family or sweetheart?  Please share…I need ideas!

My kids and I took a trip to the Dollar Store.  They LOVE the dollar store. I basically have to drag myself there.

Don’t get me wrong, I always find something.  For instance, these heart shaped paper doilies:

I strung them together and made a quick garland using curling ribbon.  Simple and fast.  My husband helped me hang it an the wall…

I also tied a doily to one of my apothecary jars and filled it with Valentines candy.

Instant Valentine’s Day decorations.

The kids and I are having fun decorating the house for Valentines Day.  Izabelle thought of some more ideas for the doilies.  She wants to hang some little ones from the ceiling and chandelier with some curling ribbon…I think we’re going to have to get Dan and Parker on a ladder for the ceiling decorations.

Right now Izabelle is making pancakes (while wearing her little chef hat) the house smells fantastic! I’m watching the snow fall through my windows, it’s so peaceful.  I’m feeling very grateful for all the love and beauty in my life.