HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Those of you that follow by Facebook already know that McG and I don't normally make a big deal over Valentine's Day - maybe a card or something small...

But today I realized that this is our 30th Valentine's Day together as a couple.  Back in 1983 we had only been dating a few short months when we celebrated our first Valentine's Day together...I was 17 and he was 20 - WOW - that's a long time together!!  YAY FOR US!!  We have weathered many storms together and here we still are!

So today I decided to surprise him with a Valentine's centerpiece.  I am cooking him dinner and thought it would be nice if we dined in the dining room for a change instead of in the kitchen...

I went to WalMart this morning and picked up a $3.00 package of Hershey kisses and a card for him (I KNOW, BIG SPENDER!!  LOL)  Once I was home I started pulling out all the red things I could find...I decided on a red, aqua and silver colour scheme.  Here's how it turned out...

I left my aqua runner on the table and added a large red urn that I had on the hallway table.  To that I added a red plate and a pink mini rose that I had bought earlier in the week - it is in an aqua pot.  I scrounged around and found some red and silver candle holders as well.   

I had some wine here and decided to add that and some wine glasses to the display.  I scattered the kisses and some red and white mints I had here already over the table.  Here's a closer look...

A quick and lovely centerpiece for just the cost of the kisses and a card...

I'm sure he will LOVE it!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Cheryl

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Adding some Valentine's Day Decor

Normally I don't decorate for Valentine's Day...and really this post is NOT about decorating my home.

It's just about changing my front door decor!

It is cold and snowy here today...this is the view out my front door this morning...

I had to go out and get a few things today, so I stopped at the Dollar Store and picked up a couple of things to change up my wreath...

Just some small glitter hearts and some red and white roses on wires, a small sign, and a red and black plaid scarf. Nothing too fancy - I wanted a wide ribbon for a bow, but decided on the scarf since the weather is so cold here and will most likely be that way the next few months.

I took down my Winter Wreath...and took off the scarf - I could have just used this as the background since the colours would have worked, but I wanted to change it up!

I made a big bow with the black and red plaid scarf and pinned it to the grapevine wreath.  I just tucked the flowers and hearts in randomly around the wreath and then wired the sign in the middle...EASY, PEASY!

This grapevine wreath has seen alot of different types of decor on my door...and is always a good investment when you are looking for something to decorate with.

A great low-cost project - $5.00!

And a great new cheery way to welcome guests to my home!

Cheryl

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