Happy Valentine's Day!

My husband and I agree that we don't like valentine's day. It's too commercial and too demanding of buying things for your significant other. We vastly prefer St. Patrick's Day and the 4th of July over the dreaded V-Day. Whenever we're together on 2/14, we do have a dinner, and I have received flowers in a couple of the early years when we were apart. But mostly, its just another day to us.

This year, however, I've had a small breakthrough. Perhaps its because of the huge mess in my house, and perhaps I'm already in the nesting phase, but I needed to decorate for the holiday. I saw the glittery hearts twirling in shops windows and people's homes in late January, and I just felt this need to celebrate (without the heart-shaped box of chocolates or the cards of course).

Step 1: Clear off the dining room table and make a Valentine's themed tablescape from things around the home.

Step 2: Paint my nails red (since they look so terrific with the prenatal vitamins)

Step 3: Make a window decoration from scratch. My sister recommended crocheting hearts, so I found instructions online, watched some You-Tube videos on the different stitches (I learned 3 new ones - dc, hdc & trc!) and worked my magic for a few hours. I liked it so much I made a second and sent it to the other sister in Boston. Aren't they cute?