Hugs & Kisses in Miniature White Roses

Who doesn't love hugs and kisses? I just finished these sweet X's and O's, to hang on the wall in our hallway, for Valentine's day.

 

You can find wooden letters, like these, just about anywhere these days.

  I painted them in an ivory for the background and hot glued on miniature, silk roses and a pair of french scripted, card stock, hearts onto each one.

They flank the wall rack vignette on both sides.

I've done several posts with the tin heart wall pocket that I made.

The tiny, heart shaped box is another little glammed up piece that I did and I always love to display old cards of Love!

The vignette is directly across from our bedroom foyer.

I think I'll move them, into our bedroom, after Valentine's day. They'll be sweet on the wall over our bed. ...after all, that's where a lot of hugging and kissing takes place! ;)

xoxoxo

 Love, Hugs and Kisses,
JP

and Gucci, too!

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Salt Dough Hearts and a Valentine Vignette in a Terrarium

The day to celebrate romance is getting near and it was time to play around with hearts. 
Salt dough Valentine's with words of love to hang and display became my creations with an added touch of glitz.

The assortment of hearts then became my props to display for this post and now off to the shop they will go!

A mix of accents create romance and glam, with paper lace, rhinestone hearts and fluffy, little feathers.

The dough was stamped and the holes were made prior to their baking,

The words were selected hoping to sell some as a pair :)

These are especially dear to my heart....a "Savage Garden" hit from 1997!

And who can resist these favorite expressions of the heart?

or these?

Here they are on display in our kitchen's bay window....just for my "shoot" of the day.

I'm keeping winter in the house through Valentine's Day, this year.

I love my precious, little snowmen and I'm not ready to put them away!

I love using our terrarium for so many different vignettes and seasonal displays.

The little love birds were our very first ornaments that we purchased together.

Last year's Terrarium of Love can be seen here...if you have the time ;)

Vintage hearts from my collection...a rhinestone pin and foil wrapped chocolate add a little "candy for the eyes!"

Love~Love~Love

I need to make one more with...."intimacy"...when two become one.
It's my all time sentimental favorite!!!

Monday will be a day of pillows....hearts of course! Ones that I've been wanting to do for over a year now...I'm gonna have to keep one of them, too!

  Love, Hugs and Kisses,

JP

and Gucci, too!

 To see more of my holiday inspirations you can check out my November & December 2013 and 2012 archives that can be found the left of this page!

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A Beautiful Day!

Mother's Day was a beautiful day filled with LOVE from my girls and relaxing in our
 "garden cafe."

We finally finished our spring clean up, so it was a pleasure to enjoy the "back to normal" sounds of the waterfall and beautiful garden surroundings. We will now look forward to many more, fun gatherings, for the next several months, with our family and friends!

The pergola was a perfect place for my photo shoot the other day. I was able to get some great shots of my beautiful, estate sale finds. I love the way the leaves cast such beautiful shadows in the shaded area beneath the pergola!

This entire set of 18th century, porcelain "necessities" can, now, be yours, through my store 

JP designs

Next post

My Day with Ribbons and Lace

 Til next time...Have a wonderful day!

JP