Handmade Watercolor Valentines

Need a last minute, handmade valentine idea that doesn’t involve miniature, origami Eiffel Towers or tutoring from a professional pastry chef? We think these watercolor valentines from Nest of Posies are perfection!

With a few heart shaped vinyl stickers, some watercolors, and paper, valentines for the class are a few brush strokes away, and mostly kid-created without the complaining. Yep, perfection.

Visit nestofposies.com to get the entire tutorial. To make the project even easier, the message could be printed with your home printer instead of stamping, and the sticker placed over the printed message during the painting.

XOXO.

Teacups- Party Ideas

Dainty vintage tea cups can be found at flea markets and quaint antiques and second- hand stores. Today, we present some ideas for using these beauties at your next party to show off their vintage glam and dress up the party table.

Teacup Candles

Follow an easy tutorial from Georgica Pond to create this loveliness on your own party table. Bonus, you’ll be able to use all the broken and less than perfect candles in your home!

A Sweetly Vintage Tea-Cup-Cake Party Idea

Simply dress a cupcake in a coordinating cupcake wrapper. Then, tuck the cupcake along with a delicate bag of tea inside a vintage teacup. This also makes a thoughtfully unique gift, perfect for the teacher on Valentine’s Day!

Photo: Style Me Pretty

Teacup Flower Vases

Teacups make graceful, petite bud vases. Scattered in numbers across the center of the table, in combination with tea lights, they make a stunning statement on the party table.

Teacup Place Cards

Place cards double as a pretty party favor at each place setting with these teacups planted with tiny succulents from Hall Weddings & Events. Tags, labeled with each guest’s name, mark the place settings in a beautifully simple fashion.

Turn those teacups into treasures!

Gumball Machine Valentines for the Class

OK, so we’ve said the perfect valentine for the class is inedible, but sometimes cuteness trumps that requirement!

We made gumball machines from upside-down mini cupcake wrappers and a clear, plastic ornament filled with a few candies. A sweet message can be written on the cupcake wrapper before assembling. We put our message on the inside, but if you choose to glue the ornament to the wrapper, a tag or message on the outside would be better.

Class Valentines

Here are some gumball themed suggestions for catchy words of love to write on your sweet gumball machine valentines for the class.

You blow me away, Valentine!

I chews you.

You’re so BubBLy!

I’ll just POP the question… will you be my valentine?

Let’s have a ball!

Visit our Valentine’s Day Pinterest board to gather even more ideas!