happy valentine's day!

have you seen paperman?  i thought it would be a perfect valentine day post (it's worth seeing more than once if you have viewed it already, it's that cute!).  the romantic comedy short film takes just about seven minutes to view... enjoy.

and today kai is distributing this homemade-ish valentine's card!  we take the easy route by choosing a photograph and then writing text on it... very easy and fun.  we've done it this way for the last couple of years (see here and here).   kai attached a sheet of stickers to the back of each card this year and stefan baked the best ever chocolate chip cookies for kai to share with his classmates. done and done.



jude is the star of this valentine photo!

happy valentine's day!

loving hearts

tomorrow is valentine's day.  we have never celebrated it, never a chocolate or a flower exchanged between stefan and i. but of course kai is a different story, i already have a prezzie for him (a charades game) and some chocolate of course.

yet i love anything with a heart on it.  and here i share ten heart themed lovelies...





valentine braid from here





hearts from here





heart me sweater from here





love spoon from here





sparkly heart tattoo from here





whoopie pie pan from here









if I had a pool... image from here





heart tea infuser from here





heart necklace from here



heart hair clip/brooch from here





and if you aren't in the mood for heart themed lovelies...

 

image source unknown



happy valentine's day

lauren fleishman's love ever after project showcases couples that have been married for more than 50+ years.  she says the project "is a photographic series of love letters".  inspiring.

"What is the secret to love? A secret is a secret and I don’t reveal my secrets!” – Ykov Shapirshteyn, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn on July 22, 2008

"Now I am going on 88. My wife is 85 and I’m only wishing for another 5 or 6 years of life. This is all we want. We don’t want to live much longer. As a matter of fact, I always say to my wife, I wish I could reach 94. This is the aim of my existence. I’d like to see my grandson earn a living and my granddaughter get married. We want them to be happy the way we were.” and ""everyday my wife expresses her love for me. she says, did i tell you how much i love you today? everyday. everyday she says that." -Moses Rubenstein, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn on August 24, 2008

“We met each other at a dancing party. It was January 1938. My friend invited me to the party. He said there were a lot of beautiful young girls. Another cadet with high boots had approached her but she didn’t like high boots and so she said no to him. I was the second one to approach her, I had a different uniform, but I’m still not sure if it was my uniform or my face that attracted her to me.”  -Yevgeniy Kissin, Midwood, Brooklyn on March 3, 2008

happy valentine's day!

valentines

this will be the valentine that kai hands out to his classmates tomorrow, each with a personalized note and heart-shaped lollipop attached to the back.  i think valentine's can be super sweet, especially when homemade.  i like using photographs because it takes less time than making them completely from scratch.  i learned this lesson a few years before when trying to get kai to create 23+ cards - it just took too many hours and took the fun away. so since then, i have been more realistic, kai is on board, and it's fun again!

 

i found this written in one of the notebooks we keep lying around the house for doodles, impromptu math questions for kai, or for a game of x and o.  sweet, yes? 





heart inspiration

with valentine's day around the corner i thought it would be fun to share some heart worthy inspiration:



smile bright with a flowery heart poster (image here)





knit a pretty heart band (sorry i cannot find the source)



indulge in champagne truffles from gilt





eat a pretty cookie (image from here)





wear these fabulous heart earrings from marc jacob





wear this t-shirt from the ellenshop - i want!







make a valentine breakfast (image from here)





felt cute heart patches (from here)





yummy heart shaped jam snack for the kids