Lovely Lace Hanging Heart

Hi Friends, Hope you had a Happy Valentine's Day. I'm a little late getting this post out, but I wanted to share this with you on this special day that we celebrate all things lovely and romantic. And what could be sweeter than a precious hanging heart made from vintage lace?

Romantic Vintage Valentine Review

Today I thought I'd share a few fun pics from previous Valentine posts. This first one is from last year on the Cookbook Nook with some vintage Valentine cottage elements. 

Vintage Valentine Jewelry and Art

Monday at the All About Home Link Party I featured a post with a wonderful piece of Valentine Art. It was created in the style of antique and vintage art pieces created with vintage jewelry pieces and buttons. Traditionally these were created with a black or dark velvet or velveteen background.  Often times we see these for Christmas in the shape of a Christmas tree, but this was done in a heart design that I absolutely fell in love with.

Romantic Valentine Review

Hi Friends, are you doing any Valentine's Day decor at your place? Well, I'm still decorating around here and putting away a few of the Christmas holdouts, so today I thought I'd share a few pics from previous posts. This first one is from last year on the Cookbook Nook with some Valentine fun. 

February Inspiration at All About Home #27

Hi Friends, I hope you all had a fun Valentine's Day weekend. We stayed low-key and enjoyed a dinner in with a movie. Thanks so much for coming by each week to share what you've been up to. There's still a lot of romantic Valentine inspiration from last week, so I'm sharing a little of that as features this week. We're all looking forward to Spring, and I know it will be making a showing soon. 

Vintage Paper Heart Garland with Love

A few weeks ago I was admiring a post from Angie at Postcards from the Ridge and fell in love with a vintage paper garland she had purchased from Etsy a few years ago. Now, I don't want to be labeled a "copy cat", but I went right to the Etsy Shop, LaCasaMia, and ordered one for myself. I DO love vintage ephemera and paper collage pieces, so I was so excited to see it arrive a few days ago all the way from Belgium.

A Vintage Valentine Entry

I had fun bringing out my vintage Valentine pieces for this "new" Entry display. We will have been here, at the new cottage for almost a year. I've decorated and celebrated all the other holidays here, so this is the last holiday that's "new" to this house.

Celebrating Valentine's Day at All About Home #26

Hi Friends, so glad you're here!

Do you have big plans for Valentine's Day? Yay, it falls on Friday this year so I'm sure more of us will be out with our sweeties and friends. Whatever you have planned, have a fun weekend!

Share the Love with a Valentine Link Party

Hi Friends and welcome to the Valentine's Day Link Party, put together by our hostess Amber, from Follow the Yellow Brick Home. Do you have Valentine's Day posts to share with everyone? Decor, recipes, DIY, vintage valentines and crafts? Join the fun and share your Valentine posts with us! Scroll on down, The Linky is here at the end of this post.

Sharing a few images from my Valentine's Day archive.

Love Tokens

Please keep the links Valentine's Day related and as a courtesy 

please place a backlink to this blog within your post. 

Thanks for joining in,

Let's have some fun!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Weekend Inspiration and a Valentine Linky Invitation

Hi Friends, January was definitely a gray and gloomy month here in Missouri. We were cold and icy most of the time and the first part of February has been the same. I gave my decor a rest during January with mostly neutrals, but I've enjoyed bringing out the romantic reds and pinks of Valentine's Day. I have a few more Valentine vignettes to share with you all before next week, so here are a few pics from the top of the cookbook nook in the Hearth Room.

Farmhouse Table Valentine Tableau

My Garden Room farmhouse table needed a new look once February arrived. I'd been using my rustic vintage wooden ice cream-maker bucket which I've loved, but I wanted something a little more garden-y and "french-y" for Valentine's Day. I cleared the table top and tried something fresh for February.

Hello February at All About Home #25

Hi Friends, so glad you're here!
Everyone glad we're on to February? January is always a hard month because we have the anticlimax of "after Christmas" and things just seem sort of blah to a lot of us. I'm ready for all the fun of Valentine's Day and some "sweet" inspiration.  You too? so you've come to the right place. Let's have some fun this month!

Vintage Valentine Vignette

I've been trying to round up some of my Valentine's Day decor and realizing a box is likely hidden underneath a stack of boxes in my storage room. I know... story of my life these last 6 or so years. I know exactly what's missing, I just don't know where it is. So I'm using a few vintage cupid pieces that were easy to get my hands on in the china closet.

A Vintage Romance

Hard to believe that it's actually February.

 I thought I just brought out the new calendar.

It looks like one more holiday will be here with no chance to decorate either house. Nothing like having 2 houses and both of them not in a place that I could put anything other than a bouquet or a box of chocolates. Which by the way, either of those would be fine with me. So instead I'm sharing some past photos for a little Valentine inspiration.

Valentine Entry

I have a few vintage favorite pieces I've used for Valentine's for years.

I mix and match and move them around each year, and this year

I'm using my vintage ceramic mold here as an accent on the Dining Room Table.

Share the Love...

I don't go "all out" for Valentine's Day. I don't think many of us do unless we have kiddos that have fun with it, and expect to see decorations for every holiday that comes along. I enjoy bringing some reds and pinks and vintage items into the decor, especially here in the Kitchen Sitting Area. That's the place where I can indulge my holiday decorating gene to the fullest. 

Vintage Valentine "Love"

I'm getting a few things together for Valentine's Day here in the Kitchen Sitting Area,

 but it's taking me a little longer this last week to get things accomplished. 

So, I thought I'd share a little Valentine's Love while I'm getting the rest of it together.

Visual Valentines

I love to go shopping, and part of the fun is checking out the store window displays, especially the holiday ones. Creativity and Visual Displays go hand in hand when it comes to merchandising, and what could be more of a challenge that taking a large empty space and transforming it into a shopping fantasy. It's been awhile since I've been shopping in St. Louis, but I was wondering what kind of Valentine fun I was missing. Anthropologie and Louis Vuitton are always ones you can count on to be out-of-the-box amazing. Here are a few images from some Valentine Inspired store window displays...

all images from my Pinterest board, Valentines

and here are a few images of Valentine fun from blogposts, past.

And just to round things out,

 I decided to go ahead and display my red transferware in my new old/cupboard.

Have a wonderful Valentine's Evening...

hug hug

kiss kiss,