The Greatest Love of all ~ A Valentine from God!

I've been looking for this tag/bookmark in my files all day
and have finally found it. I did not design it myself but it was sent
to me by a friend and I've had it in my files for years.
Enjoy!

Last year I also posted a similar bookmark,
click here to see it.

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♥ Happy St.Valentine's Day ♥

Picture from shared files/my Archives

I will not go into the history of how Valentine's Day evolved, I'm sure you can get all the details by doing a search but I will share with you one particular legend which happens to be my favourite.

There was one particular Valentine who was imprisoned and who actually sent the first "valentine" greeting himself after he fell in love with a young girl, possibly the jailor's daughter, who visited him during his confinement. Before his death, he wrote her a letter signed "From your Valentine," an expression that is still in use today.

Although the truth behind the 'Valentine' legends is quite confusing, the stories all emphasize his appeal as a sympathetic, heroic and, most importantly, romantic figure. And so we have Valentine's Day, a particular day in which we send cards to our beloved and dear ones.

Unfortunately, the day is too commercialised as are other feasts which causes unnecessary pressure. My motto is to show your loved ones that you love them every day by making every day special, by making every day count, by appreciating each other more.

To end I would also like to share some quotes I found today...

We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.
Lucretius

A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.
Ingrid Bergman

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.
Charles M. Schulz

Mmmmm, I love the last one ☺

♥♥♥HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!♥♥♥

Happy Valentine's Day

Here's a Bookmark for Valentine's Day...

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

Have you hugged your loved ones today?

Check out my very first poem for this year

written in memory of my dear Mum

A Valentine/Celebration Wreath

I may be posting this a little late for Valentine but I decided to do so anyway since this wreath can be used decorated in different ways for various holidays and occasions during the year. I still have mine up in the main hallway and looks very decorative. Just like changing the decorations on my year round tree, I could add seasonal or occasional decorative items to give this wreath a meaningful theme throughout the year.

Using a cardboard cake base for the main circle, I also cut some fun foam hearts in white and red and decorated them with designs using gold outliners. Here are some pictures to show the steps I used to make this wreath.

I would like to give credit to Diana Trupiano whose wreath inspired me to recyle one of my cake bases.

Here is the link to her lovely craft... http://www.craftybug.com/freeprojects/valentinewreath.htm

Now what shall we do with the centre part I cut off from the cake base? That is another story and another re-cycling project!