Valentine's Day always seems to come too soon,
with it landing in the middle of the month.
We were gone for quite a bit of January,
celebrating my birthday, so that makes
the celebration seem even shorter.
this year I did something completely different.
I left up the garland and the champagne
trees, and added the Valentine's decor on
top of it.
The mantel transformed magically from
Christmas to Valentine's Day!
I love how full the garland and
trees make the mantel look, and it was a
great transition from Christmas to Valentine's Day
by just removing the nutcrackers and reindeer.
I also left the pink draping ribbons on each end
of the mantel display and added some red ones.
Garlands of red lights and hearts went on top of
the chain and bead garlands from the Christmas
mantel, and fancy chocolate boxes were tucked in.
A flip of the light switch and the mantel just sparkles.
I decided to do the same thing with the tree.
In the past, I have set up a smaller tree in the kitchen
for Valentine's Day, but this year, I decided to transform
the Christmas tree, which featured metallics and pale
pinks, by again, just adding the Valentine's decor
in and around the decorations, but removing the
reindeer and anything that was more Christmas
specific.
A big pink fur pillow I got from Target a few years
ago is great on the chaise lounge.
These are a few of my favorite things - new from
Hobby Lobby this year -
and even a mini mailbox filled with old Valentines.
Three kinds of ribbons just drape all over the tree
to take it from Christmas to Valentine's Day.
See how the Valentine's decor goes so well with the
metallics that were already on the tree?
I think my favorite part is how pleased hubby was
with the transformation. He hates going from fully
decorated to plain, and it has brought a lot of
compliments from friends and family too. I think
this will be our new way of decorating for
Valentine's Day.
We have a fun sleepover planned at a friend's cabin,
but we have had our Young Single Adults over on
Valentine's Day in the past - since many of them don't
have dates, so my niece is hosting the party at our
house this year for them. They had a blast last year
making pizzas and hanging out.
The template for the invitation was from PicMonkey.
It originally said "Stupid Cupid", but I thought
Elusive Cupid was a little kinder!!!
Hope you have something fun planned.
Thanks for taking time to stop by. It is
always fun to hear from you!!!
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