valentine’s day – See Jane Blog

We had a new idea for Sela’s valentine’s this year – she modeled for me, and I took her picture then turned her into an illustration. I also did a little watercolor, then we scanned, and printed on yardstick to make them into cards. This was the funnest project. And now her cards are little Sela’s! We just added some of her favorite treats in red and pink, and a little leather tie. wha-la! If you happen to have a little hipster who would like these too – the download is available in the shop.

All photos by me,

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As each holiday approaches I find myself craving more and more simple traditions. Less decorations, less focus on what we should buy for people and an increased focus on the time we have with those we love. In the past few years I’ve had numerous conversations with friends about this – tell me what you think…

In my twenties, after getting married and starting a family, I had this inner urge to consume STUFF. Whether it was furnishings for my home, decorations for holidays, kids toys and gadgets… I collected and purchased stuff like Gus from Cinderella collected cheese. I couldn’t wrap my arms around the items I was bringing home. I was prone to overspend with anything I could easily convince myself I needed.

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It’s hard to give out valentines cards when you are in sixth grade – you want something cool and more mature, something unique, a card that shows your style. So this year when I kept thinking about my techy son, and his obsession with the Beattles I kept trying to think of how we could combine the two…

I finally went to the store and stood in the candy aisle attempting to create something techy when I finally had the idea to create a laptop out of a Trident pack of gum! I liked the silver packaging on the ends that help the appearance look like a real macbook. Considering the fact we are apple fans in our home.

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Sometimes, love isn’t all it’s cracked up to be and someone in your life might enjoy a smile based on honesty for valentines day… So, choose your favorite succulent and attach one of these gift cards found in my shop HERE!

I could have made an endless supply of options for the gift tags, but narrowed it down to “LOVE SUCCS” – “LOVE DOES NOT SUCC” – “BEING YOUR FRIEND SUCCS” and “BEING YOUR FRIEND DOES NOT SUCC” I’m positive we each know someone who would like one of these. Brighten someone’s day with a succulent!

Graphic design by: Lovely Lindsay,

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friends, i have a real valentines date tomorrow night. {!!!!!!!!!} i don’t think my husband has been in town for valentines day in over a decade. and technically, he won’t be here this year either, he goes out of town early that morning. but. we have a real date scheduled for valentines eve… at a swanky restaurant, with friends! and i plan on wearing heels. this is big time. do you have plans?

the season of love is in full swing around our home. check it out:

spread the love peeps!

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creating change. since i took down my christmas decorations i’ve been craving change. something new. specifically: a new large piece of art. so, this is what i did:

i picked up a 36″ x 48″ white canvas with my 40% off coupon from JoAnns. i chose some new thick wool yarn in an almost-ombre selection of colors + red, and started wrapping my canvas! the red was chosen in honor of valentines day.

all you need:

canvas
yarn
scissors

when the blizzard came to town, i had plenty of time to wrap yarn around a canvas!

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illustrated, watercolor, lil hipster valentines

valentines day in our home

laptop valentine

Succulent valentine.

love is in the air :: valentine home tour

DIY yarn-wrapped canvas