In case you haven’t been paying attention, Valentine’s Day is less than 2 weeks away! If you’re in need of some last minute decor for your home, gift tags for goodies & trinkets, or notecards for that special someone, don’t forget about our printable Valentine’s Day collection! This collection includes 24 printable PDF pages including art prints, digital paper, notecards, gift tags, circle tags, banners, and calendars. AND it’s on sale for 50% off!

As an exclusive bonus for our newsletter subscribers, the following 2 coordinating 8×10 art prints are yours for free, just for being a subscriber! Simply fill out your information in the box at the bottom of this post or in the header at the top of the blog and you will immediately receive the 2 PDF’s to print at home or at your local office supply store.

Stay tuned for the release of our next monthly collection coming later this week – Hello Spring!

As a reminder, you can purchase a subscription to receive printable PDF files delivered directly to your in-box each month to help you be prepared for every occasion! Visit this post for more information. We will soon be offering a new option – the monthly PDF files printed and mailed directly to your home each month so you don’t have to use all your ink or run to the print shop!

If you have any other suggestion for our monthly printables subscription, I’d love to hear them in the comments below!

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Eek, you guys, I’m so excited I can’t even stand it!! Today is launch day! Today I’m launching my first product. A new product that I’ve been working on for a while now and it’s finally ready for you! I wanted to release it Monday, but because of the crazy busy holidays it didn’t happen until today, but that’s okay!

First a little back story…one night I was laying in bed and I was thinking about how I always feel behind when it comes to the next holiday and getting my house decorated for that holiday, and all the preparations that come with said holiday. ANY holiday, not just Christmas in particular. I LOVE to decorate for every holiday and other special occasions, but my problem is that I don’t get things done or decorated until the last minute so there’s hardly any time to enjoy it.

So I had this idea…that if someone was to just send me or give me some of the things I needed to prepare for that holiday in advance, I would (hopefully!) get things done much sooner. I’d be ready early and wouldn’t be scrambling to get things together. I’d be ahead of the game and not always feel behind and stressed out. Wouldn’t that be a great feeling??!!

I ALWAYS end up using printables (downloadable PDF files) for my holiday and seasonal decorations and other things like gift-giving, planning little get-togethers or parties, etc. So my idea was to have someone create (since I’m not that graphic design savvy) a bunch of printables that would help the busy mom/wife/woman be ready for the upcoming holiday. AND to have those printables delivered directly to her inbox at the beginning of the month prior to the holiday. That way you wouldn’t have to go searching around the internet or Pinterest to find what you need; it’s automatically sent to you and far enough in advance that you have plenty of time to get everything ready. What do you think?? Are you liking my idea??? Could you use some help getting ready for the next holiday or season or celebration?? Embrace our motto and “Be Prepared for Every Occasion”!

I’ve enlisted the help of Debbie at Wants and Wishes Design to help me with this new idea. Debbie is an amazing graphic designer and she seriously has the exact same style and design aesthetic as me. I have always loved what she creates. Debbie quickly designed a Valentine’s Day collection for me so that I could launch this new idea of mine.

How Does It Work?

You basically have a couple of options:

1. You can purchase a particular month’s exclusive collection of digital printables by themselves for $10 per month.

2. You can purchase a 6 month subscription for an exclusive collection of digital printables to be emailed to you by the 5th of each month in preparation for the next upcoming holiday, season or celebration for $50 ($10 savings).

3. You can purchase a 12 month subscription for an exclusive collection of digital printables that will be emailed to you by the 5th of each month in preparation for the next upcoming holiday, season or celebration for $100 ($20 savings).

Basically, the longer your subscription period, the lower your cost per month. With the 6 month subscription you get 1 month for free and with the 12 month subscription you get 2 months for free!

If you purchase your subscription before the 15th of the month you will immediately be sent the digital printables for the next month’s holiday/season/celebration. If you purchase your subscription after the 15th of the month, your subscription will begin the following month with files emailed to you before the 5th of the month in which your subscription begins. PLEASE NOTE: you are purchasing digital PDF files that you download with Adobe Reader. No physical products will be shipped to you.

Here is a calendar of the printable collections we will be releasing for 2015:

• January – Valentine’s Day collection
• February – Spring collection
• March – Easter collection
• April – Birthday collection (boy & girl color schemes)
• May – Summer collection
• June – 4th of July collection
• July – Congratulations collection
• August – Fall collection
• September – Halloween collection
• October – Thanksgiving collection
• November – Christmas collection
• December – New Year’s Eve collection

So, for example, the Valentine’s Day collection is available NOW, yay!! The Spring collection will be released and e-mailed to you by February 5th. The Easter collection will be released and emailed to you by March 5th, etc. etc. You get the picture.

What’s Included In Each New Collection?

Each month you will receive a minimum of 15 printable PDF pages in your inbox. All collections will include art prints, banners, calendars, tags and note cards. Additional files will be included and tailored to the specific holiday, season or celebration. Below are 2 images that show you exactly what is included in our 24 page Valentine’s Day collection with access to both color schemes. You can expect future months to include similar offerings.

The Valentine’s Day collection includes 24 pages of PDF files including:

• 3 8×10 art prints
• XOXO banner
• Heart love banner
• 2 calendars (4.5″x6.5″)
• 2 notecards (4″x5″ folded)
• Valentine tags (4 square designs)
• Valentine tags (4 designs – 2 hanging & 2 circle)
• 4 different patterned papers

I printed out some of the files included in our Valentine’s Day collection and set up a little display to show you how some of the printables can be used for your upcoming Valentine’s Day decorating, gift-giving, etc.

A printable banner is a must-have decor item in my book. I ALWAYS have a printable banner hanging up in my home. Either on my mantle, on my sofa table, or on the mirror in my entryway. All you need is some ribbon, twine or string and your PDF files printed at home or at your local office supply store to create a cute and simple banner for every holiday and season.

In addition to our pink hugs & kisses printable banner, a red heart LOVE banner is available in the Valentine’s Day collection. Simply cut out the hearts, punch holes and string onto ribbon or twin and hang. Or use little clothespins to attach to your ribbon.

I added a tissue tassel banner underneath our red hearts to give it more depth and color.

Art prints are another decor item that are always on display at my house. Simply print, trim to 8×10 to fit your frame and display. So easy to add some fun and color to your holiday decor. Our Valentine’s Day collection includes 3 art prints. AND if you’re on our newsletter e-mail list you’ll be receiving 2 more art prints for free! Sign up for our newsletter in the aqua bar across the very top of our website.

I use printable tags all the time! I add them to gifts I’m giving to my kids or husband, birthday presents, little gifts or treats for my kids to give to their classmates, friends or dance class, church classes, etc. My daughter loves to give little gifts to her friends at dance and since her class is pretty small we usually do this for holidays. Go to your local Target Dollar Spot right now (seriously before everything’s gone!) and pick out some lotion, lip gloss, treats, pencils, notebooks or whatever you can find to give out for an inexpensive Valentine’s Day gift. Print out one of our many Valentine’s Day tags and attach with some twine and you’re all set! Or simply tape our tags to your classroom Valentine’s Day exchange items for an extra special touch. Attach a tag to gifts you’re giving to your kids or husband for Valentine’s Day.

I thought a calendar and note cards would be a couple of fun items to include in the collection that you can always use and are nice to have on hand. The printable desk calendars are 4.5″ x 6.5″ and you can use a CD case or a small metal/wood easel to display your pretty calendar. The note cards can be used to write a little Valentine’s Day letter to a loved one or friend and measure 4″x5″ folded.

I don’t have any images of the patterned paper in action, but that can be used for any paper crafting projects. Create your own little note cards with it. Use it as a matte behind a photo, punch out circles or hearts to add as embellishments to a homemade Valentine’s Day card. Fold into an envelope or small box. Use as an envelope liner.  Cut hearts out of it and make your own banner. Those are just some fun ideas for you. Get creative!

My hope is that you’ll find this idea – monthly printable PDF files delivered to your inbox each month – as helpful as I think they will be. I’m seriously so excited about this idea, if only for myself, so that I will feel more prepared for the upcoming holidays and get some decorating and preparation done before the holiday. I want my home to feel welcoming and the kids to be excited about holidays and changing seasons. So will you join with me in being prepared for every occasion?? Click on one of the options below to sign up today and immediately receive your Valentine’s Day collection to start preparing right away!

By clicking on one of the options below, you will be directed to our new Shop (yay!) where you can securely purchase your subscription via PayPal or with a credit card.

Click HERE to purchase the 12 month subscription

Click HERE to purchase the 6 month subscription

Click HERE to purchase the Valentine’s Day collection

If you have any questions or suggestions about these new products, please don’t hesitate to email me: [email protected] or leave a comment below. I’d love to hear from you!

And don’t forget to sign up to be on our newsletter list and receive 2 FREE Valentine’s Day art prints!

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I’ve been wanting to add some more Valentine’s Day prints to my home decor and as you may recall, I have a fondness for anything hearts right now (as evidenced in this heart inspiration post). More specifically gold hearts. So I combined my love of gold, hearts, stripes, fun colors & a little glitter to create some new Valentine’s Day art prints.

My hope is that you’ll love these as much as I do and print them out to display in your home for some pretty Valentine’s Day decor. I created the prints in 4 different colors: aqua, black, red and pink. With 2 different word choices: love or xoxo.

And a couple black and white stripe glitter prints as well.

Simply click on the image (below) of the print you would like to download and it will pull up the 8×10 PDF for you to print or save to your computer. I recommend printing them on a heavy weight cardstock at home or at your local office supply store. I use Office Depot – they do a great job and if you bring your own paper, it’s cheaper.

Click HERE to download the black & white stripe LOVE

Click HERE to download the red & white stripe LOVE

Click HERE to download the pink & white stripe LOVE

Click HERE to download the aqua and white stripe LOVE

Click HERE to download the black & white stripe XOXO

Click HERE to download the red & white stripe XOXO

Click HERE to download the pink & white stripe XOXO

Click HERE to download the aqua & white stripe XOXO

Click HERE to download the black & white stripe glitter HEART

Click HERE to download the black & white stripe gold glitter LOVE

If you like these art prints I created, I’d love it if you would Pin an image or share this post with your friends!

I created these colorful Valentine’s Day subway art prints last year, if you’d like to use these in your Valentine’s Day decor as well!

Linking up to these fun parties!

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If you’re looking for some darling Valentine’s Day printables for any upcoming parties or events, don’t worry because Lauren McKinsey’s got you covered! She has 5 (yes 5!) new collections that are now available and they are all just so cute, I don’t know how you’re going to choose!

First there’s a collection of Valentine’s Day notes. The above pictures are just 2 of the fun designs available – there’s 12 different notes that are 3 inch square and you can purchase the entire set for only $3.99 or sets of 4 for $1.89 – what a steal!

Next is a cute collection called Puppy Love for boys. Again, there are about 20 different items in the printable collection and I’m only showing you 2 of the available pieces.

And of course, the Puppy Love for Girls collection – isn’t it just adorable?? Those Hershey Nuggets wrappers are my fave!

And if you’re a cat lover instead, here’s a fun Purr-fect Love for Boys collection.

Let’s not forget those little girls! The Purr-fect Love for Girls is just purrrfect!

Lauren also has 6 other Valentine’s Day collections that are absolutely darling and the above image is one of my favorites that I’ve used for years as teacher gifts – LOVE it!!

Don’t forget to click on the above images for your free printables! You get the cute hanging gift tag from the Puppy Love for Girls collection and the Hershey’s Kiss stickers from the Purr-fect Love for boys!

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I’m the room mom in both my 5th & 1st graders classes this year so I’m always looking for fun things to do for the classroom holiday parties. Don’t Eat Pete is a favorite with kids of all ages so I thought it would be fun to make my own version of this school Valentine’s Day party game – Don’t Eat Val. Foxes are so trendy right now, so our game has a darling little fox theme, which is perfect for both boys & girls!

In case you haven’t played before, I’ll give you a quick run-down of how to play. First you place candy or other little treats on each square of the board game. Then you choose someone to go out of the room or just far away that they can’t see or hear what’s going on around the game board. Everyone else chooses which square is going to be “Val” and keeps it secret. Tell the person to come back and then that person starts taking the candy off of the game board one square at a time (and eating it if they want). When they choose the candy covering the square that’s “Val” everyone yells “Don’t Eat Val!” Then it is the next player’s turn and you just continue in the same way until everyone’s had a turn and time runs out.

I made the game in a couple different sizes and formats to suit your needs. I made an 8×10 and an 11×14 in JPEG format if you want to print at Costco or another photo place. You could even mount your 11×14 onto some foam core posterboard to make it last longer.

I also made an 8.5×11 PDF to print on cardstock at home or at your favorite print shop (I love Office Depot).

CLICK HERE FOR THE 8X10 JPEG

CLICK HERE FOR THE 11X14 JPEG

CLICK HERE FOR THE 8.5X11 PDF

Tip: For the JPEG’s, once the image downloads and opens in a new window, simply right click and save to your computer. Then you can upload it to a photo lab.

And check out this post for more classroom Valentine’s Day party ideas! I’ll be using the conversation heart games for sure plus a craft (haven’t decided which one yet) & decorating cookies. Do you have any favorite class Valentine’s Day party ideas? I’d love to hear them – I’m always looking for new ideas!!

Linking up to these fabulous parties!

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Some of you may remember the Valentine’s Day Subway art I created last year. It was my first attempt at a subway art print and it was really fun to make! I love using subway art for a little Valentine’s Day printable decor because it’s easy to print and put in a frame for an instant pop of color and fun!

Well, I thought it would be cool to have some additional color options available to go with your Valentine’s Day decor, so I made a couple variations of the original grey and pink one.

Simply click on the picture below for the color option you like, download and print at home or send to an outside printing place like Costco, Office Depot, Staples, etc. These are formatted to an 8×10 size to fit perfectly in a picture frame.

My personal fave is the yellow one, which was inspired by Target’s Valentine’s Day decor and party supplies I recently spotted – love it!!

Which one do you like???

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I was at Walmart this weekend and spotted these darling Loft House heart-shaped sugar cookies and knew they would be perfect for a Valentine’s Day treat. My kids’ school won’t let them bring home made treats, so these store-bought cookies would be so simple and really inexpensive to hand out for a classroom Valentine’s Day exchange. I don’t remember exactly how much the box of 12 cookies was, but it was less than $4.00 I’m pretty sure.

All you have to do is buy some small cellophane bags, download and print your free toppers and staple to the top of the bag with your cookie tucked safely inside.

Download the chevron Sweet Treat toppers from Love From The Oven.

Download the I Heart You toppers from 30 Handmade Days.

Download the more masculine You Rock toppers for the boys from Onesie Twosie.

Download the Happy Valentine’s Day toppers from Daffodil Design.

Now you have a simple treat that’s semi-handmade…my favorite kind of treat!

For more free printable Valentine’s Day tags and toppers, check out this post from last year!

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There are so many cute tags and treat toppers that talented ladies have created for Valentine’s Day that I just had to share some with you!  All you have to do is print out the tags, fill a little bag with candy or homemade treats, tie the tag on with some cute ribbon and you’re set!  Use them for a school Valentine exchange, or give them to family, friends or neighbors for a little Valentine’s Day surprise.  For the toppers, simply print out the topper and attach it to a ziploc baggie – simple & sweet!  Here’s some of my favorites from around the web.

Cute tags from The Rubber Punkin

Absolutely LOVE these designs from Hello, Good Gravy.  There’s two sets – one from 2011 & new ones from this year.

Attach this tag from My Digital Creations to anything sweet.

Fun colored Valentine tags from Paper & Pigtails via Catch My Party

Darling circle tags from Party Box Design.

If you’re giving something homemade, these tags from eighteen25 are perfect!

Fun “love notes” from Lauren McKinsey in either pink or red.

You could add these tags from Our Best Bites to popcorn or any other sweet treat.

I’m obsessed with chevron and these party circles from Dimple Prints at Tatertots and Jello can be used for tags as well!

Pretty tags from Art by Julie H

Contemporary gray and pink tags from Draw It Modern

Small bag toppers from Makoodle

Here’s some Hershey’s kiss stickers & cute bag toppers from Shindig Parties To Go!

Darling toppers from Thirty Handmade Days.

Black & red topper from Living Locurto

I hope you get to use some of these great tags and toppers for your Valentine’s Day treats!  I still haven’t decided which one(s) I’m using…they’re all so cute!   Tomorrow I’ll share some yummy treats you can make to go with these tags!!

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Okay, I have to admit, I usually buy a box of Valentines at Target for my 2 boys to take to school on Valentine’s Day.  Granted they usually have a treat of some sort attached, like Ring Pops or Fun Dip or M&M’s, but nonetheless, they are store bought.  Last year for my daughter that’s in preschool I made little bags of treats with a cute little tag attached.  So this year I was determined to find some cool homemade valentines for boys that they can help make and take to school.  I’ve collected a few DIY classroom Valentines ideas for both boys and girls…maybe you can make one of them with your kids this year!

Dinosaur valentine tags from Pizzazzerie

Superhero valentine from SugarTot Designs

Outerspace valentine from Blue Skies Ahead

iphone valentine from Living Locurto

You Rock valentine from The Fickle Pickle

Love bug valentines from Dandee Designs

Owl valentine from Smitten Blog Designs

On a Roll valentine from Family Fun

I’m a Sucker for you valentine from Shindig Parties To Go!

Stitched heart bookmark valentine from Thirty Handmade Days

Conversation heart valentine from A Field Journal

Candy bar wrapper from Anything But Perfect

Butterfly sucker valentine from Skip to my Lou

Blow me a Kiss valentine from bloom designs

Bright & fun Starburst valentines from Peonies & Poppyseeds

If you’re anything like me, you probably wait until the last minute to get those classroom valentines ready, so that’s why I’m posting these now, so that you can get an early start on them…no excuses!!

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Valentine’s Day is about 2 weeks away so I thought I’d share with you some of the fun, free Valentine’s Day Party printable packages I have found so that you can start planning your party NOW!

I love the black included with the various shades of pink in the collection from Anna and Blue Paperie which can be downloaded HERE at Catch My Party.

The non-traditional Valentine’s Day colors and beautiful graphics are what make this set from Party Box Design really stand out!

This classroom collection from Shindig Parties To Go! would be perfect for school parties.

LOVE this pink and gray design from Love The Day downloaded HERE at Catch My Party.

Beautiful red, black and gray printables from Flipawoo.

I recently used these 2″ circles for a project, created by Magnolia Creative which can be downloaded at Catch My Party.

This bright pink and orange monster collection from ellinee is perfect if you’re looking for something a little less traditional and would be great for boys!

Catch My Party has about 10 other Valentine’s Day printable party collections, so head over there if you can’t find something you like here.

Now, you better get planning…there’s not much time left!

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