Happy Valentine's Day

As you can see we are getting ready for a party.

Hope you have a great day planned.

His Banner Over Me Is Love - Year 2

If you follow me on Twitter

then you know this is what I was considering Valentine's Day Decorating yesterday.

(one of my kids did this, I think she needs a new chore)

I knew that would not work so I got busy cleaning and decorating.

Yes, I dusted first.

Then I got out our banner from last year.

You can read about it in this post

His Banner Over Me Is Love

We will be going back over the names of God during the month of February and reminding ourselves where true love comes from.

We are using it in our New School Room

this year.

We added beads for fun

Spray painted some frames and made hearts from scrapbook paper

Reused our Book Page Wreath

And reused the sticks from our Thanksgiving Project

I am very pleased with how our Valentine's Day decorations turned out,

especially since we just reused what we had in new ways.

I love that I can see how my girls handwriting has changed from last year to this year.

I think this banner will be around for years to come ,

I am kind of sentimental about it.

Speaking of sentimental this Sunday we will be starting Sentimental Sunday back up,

thank you for letting me take the last two months off.

I can't wait to see what you lovelies have to show me.

HE SAID SHE SAID MANTLE

So, I am the last person to cover something in words, I know.  I'm okay being a follower, when it is all you super cool, creative bloggers that I am following.  I did change things up  though.  I am a rule follower  (see I told you I am a follower) AND CAN NOT IMAGINE DESTROYING A BOOK.  I am not judging anyone who has, I just can't.  So this is my version, I went though all the Valentine's Day cards that Sweet Daddy and I have given each other over the years and picked out my favorites.

I copied the things out of them that we had written to each other.

After I had all of my copies, I gathered my trusted jar of Mod Podge and a paint brush.

I ripped  around all the edges, because I didn't want any straight lines.

Then I recycled some cardboard into a heart form.

I started by covering all the edges, so that when I started applying the writing I wouldn't have to worry about the edges.

Next, I randomly placed the pieces.

I hung it with ribbon over the girls hand hearts.

I love that our words to each other are on display this Valentine's Day.  It was so much fun to go back and read them all,  there is one up there from before we were married.  I love my Valentine and treasure his words to me,  his love was mine yesterday, it is mine today and will be mine tomorrow.  I am blessed.

I hope you all have a Happy Valentine's Day and if you don't have a special someone yet, remimber you always have Him.

Valentine's Day Decoration

I made this sweet heart picture to go  over the kitchen sink to give the kitchen a little more sparkle.  It was super simple to make, with thing I had already.

We always have cheap canvases around the house ( this one had actually already been painted for something else, but Big Sister didn't like it so we painted over it).

 

After painting, I cut the center out of a heart doilie and lined the back of it with scrap book paper.

Next, I cut the scrapbook paper to match the heart and glued it to the canvas.  I Coated the canvas with Mod Podge and sprinkled with glitter, hot glued a ribbon to the back and hung it up. 

I love how cheery it makes this spot, now I smile everytime I do dishes.

HIS BANNER OVER ME IS LOVE

This year I decided to take a new approach to how we celebrate Valentine's Day.  I started to think about love, the true meaning of it, and where it comes from.  The answer was suddenly very clear to me, God is love, so we will celebrate God's love for Valentine's Day.  I don't want to set my girls up with unrealistic ideas of what romantic love can do for them, but instead flood them with the knowledge of where real, unfailing, and neverending love comes from.  True love, love that allows them to love others even the people who do not love them back.  Back at Christmas,  Alisa  made a banner with the names of God on it and Susie Harris made this sign that I have been drooling over.  These two women started my brain to thinking and I decided we could make a Valentine's banner with the names of God and verses about his love.  His banner over us is love.

Let me tell you girls how much fun it was to make.  I study my Bible regularly, but had never done a study just on God's unfailing love.  I challenge you to research how many times it is listed in the Bible.

( I love seeing the girls handwriting )

Everyone we know is going to fail us in some way or another, but His love is unfailing and everlasting, doesn't that bring you joy. 

His banner over you is love.

If you would like a beautiful reminder of His love check out Susie's DIY and make yourself a sign, to have as a reminder of his love.  I think this is the greatest piece of art and hope  one day to have one myself,  (that will require some sweet talking to my Sweet Hubby).

You can also see  His Banner Ove Me Is Love, year two