Frou Frou Gypsy in Combat Boots

With Valentine's Day only a few days away I had to share these! I set up some little mail boxes for each of us in the Living room and the kids have had so much fun leaving letters for all of us and checking their mail boxes to see if they have mail! We have a busy two days of celebrating ahead of us and then i am packing to go out of town with my girl friends for a long weekend! YIPPEE!

As promised, here is my "other" wreath for Valentine's made from Christmas clearance items. I got this wreath at the thrift store for 75 cents. Add a little spray paint... and some "christmas" glittery picks.... and you get a sparkly Valentine wreath for your pantry door! Those little white cherubs that are all over my Valentine decorations, are actually a Christmas ornament that my Grandfather had {for some reason} and entire box of which i inherited! works for me :)

well, here i am in my first ever linky party! the Valentin's Mantel Linky Party to be exact! Sponsored by The stories of A to Z and her wonderful self! Enough already...here's my Mantle... That cute little lion is Braveheart, be sure to wave hello to him! {yes, i am thiry something and i play with Webkinz !} Those darling little topiaries on the left I made several years ago and you can find a tutorial for them here . The hearts and bow I've added to my candles are all Christmas clearance I've picked up in the past! gotta love that, right? Speaking of Christmas Clearance, this wreath on my front door is also made from stuff I found at JoAnn a few weeks ago at 90% off! go me!!!! Here is my Buffet that sits in my entryway. Again, mostly Christmas Clearance, including the Pink Pears {LOVE THEM!} and the red hots {TEN cents a bag!} Yes, more webkinz, because what says Valentine's more than pink poodles???? Here's a close up....scored that Cupid at the Thrift st...

and on the 11th day of love...i love my "valentine's day" shirt! Seriously trying to catch up here people!!!

Last year i was so excited about what i was making for girl's weekend that i put it in my blog before we went....and guess what? it wasn't a surprise because apparently they check my blog from time to time (hi gals! see you on the 21st!) So this year i am going to be more secretive! ha! ha! what is she planning? well this picture is your first hint! and i am so happy because i got that fabric on clearance today at walmart! whooo hooo! now, what could she be doing with red fabric, a tape measure and a big green bowl? hahahah i'll never tell! well, at least not until AFTER girls weekend. Speaking of girls weekend...i hope it actually happens this year. we seem to be having a lot of trouble working all the details out. when did life get so hard? always cyndi

so have you seen all the 365 projects? where you take a photo a day for a year? they are pretty cool, but i don't think i am up to that. Sure i could TAKE the photo....but actually doing something with it is another story. Soooo i am thinking about doing 28 days of LOVE in February! what do you think?