Happy Valentine's Day

I hope everyone is enjoying a Happy Valentine's Day, whether it's with your sweetheart, your kids, your parents, or your friends

Snuuggle Bunny & his sweatheart/best friend the Princess

 I'm a big believer in handmade Valentines.  Way back when Computer Genius and I first started dating, I let him know that he didn't need to buy me an extravagant gift.  All he needed to do was make me a Valentine.  I just like knowing that he spent an hour with paper, scissors, and glue thinking about me.  So every year he makes me a Valentine and buys me the perfect thing.   He's pretty awesome.

And every year I make him a handmade Valentine.  For this year's Valentine, I assembled scrapbook paper, a doily,

and 6 inches of clearanced rickrack type ribbon.

I usedglue dots lines to attach the ribbon to the Valentine.  I love using glue dots in crafting, and the lines are the perfect thing for holding strips of ribbons.

I cut out some of the floral rosettes from the doily,

and placed them on top of the ribbon flower stems.  Here's this year's simple sweet floral Valentine.

Inside there's a quote from Henry David Thoreau and some mushy stuff from me for CG's eyes only.

What are your Valentine's traditions?  Do you always get flowers, or go for a special dinner?  Or do you insist on handmade cards, too?

Thanks for popping in and crafting with me.  Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!