The Art of Gift Giving for Valentine’s Day

Hello there!

Ok, I have to start this post with a disclaimer before I give you advice on the art of gifting for Valentines.   I’m here to say that I am no marriage expert but… after 23 years of marriage and 23+ years of Valentine’s Gifts, I do feel like I have the credentials to share a few tips on gifting for this special occasion.

The tips I’m sharing are one’s that I think result in the most memorable and most heart-felt gifts that someone can give to the person they love but are in no way meant to be the end-all, be-all for giving a Valentines gift.

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p.s.  To make you own 52 Reasons card pack, checkout how Hannah made hers!

p.s.s  In case you’re wondering, my hubby is a great gift giver!

Shelly

I’ll be back tomorrow to show you my handmade Valentine’s Cards!

Valentine’s Bucket of Love

Happy Friday.  I’ve got a fun little Valentine’s craft for you today.

My sweetie loves to snack and his snack of choice is anything in the NUT family.  My friend Robyne knows his obsession because anytime she makes a batch of her delicious cookies for us she has to make some special for the Mr. with nuts in them.

This year one of the gifts I’ll be giving my guy of 22 years is a handcrafted Bucket of Love, filled with nuts!

This was a super easy and quick project and would work as a great Valentine’s gift container for anyone on your love list.

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Supplies:

Metal container with lid (available from craft store or Container Store)
Valentine rubber stamp set from CraffitiDirect
ABC rubber stamp set from CraffitiDirect
Textured white wrapping paper
Paper Ribbon (available from PaperJacks)
Mini playing cards (purchased at Michael’s)
Paper Heart (made with paper punch)
Gilltered arrow (available at craft stores)

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Wrap white gift wrap around base of metal container
Layer red and white paper ribbon on top of gift wrap
Stamp the word LOVE onto white cardstock, cut out and layer on the back side of mini playing cards
Use foam tape to attaché LOVE cards on top of the paper ribbon
Add playing cards and paper heart 

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For the lid of the bucket create a roulette wheel and use the Valentine stamp set to stamp different love messages in each space
***the roulette wheel was created by making a pie graph in Power Point and printing it out
Add a glitter arrow to the center of the wheel using a brad
Mount the roulette wheel on red paper and use foam tape to attach the piece to the lid

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Fill the bucket with LOVE and a special treat for that special person!

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Valentine’s Day is just a week away, what are you doing for the one you LOVE?

Shelly

p.s.  Rubber stamp fans head to the CraffitiDirect website and take advantage of the 25% off sale!

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