Three Things + 1 : Lots of Love (and giveaways)

valentines Day is all about love not just romance so we have always included the kids...we love to get them sweet little treats and have a special dinner with them. The house is all decked out in hearts(handmade of course)

We always have heart shaped pasta, with garlic bread and we open up our presents which always include new Valentines jammies/nightgowns. We have a great collection going as this was a tradition my Mom did with me. Our kids always enjoy it and lately we have been adding valentine themed socks to go with the new jammies. They last a lot longer than flowers and chocolate. :) (not that I don't enjoy those)

I love those Elles studio new lines. Here in Australia, it's summer, so we developed a bit of a tradition of packing a cheese and wine picnic and heading down to the beach.

Fabulous giveaways, Ali! Thanks for the chance to win one..
I love that photo with the heartlights... too cool!
We don't ever go out for valentine's day... because everybody and his wife is doing that. The kids and I usually decorate the house, we make cards for each other, and we usually have something special for dinner, but that's about it.

I actually have never been big on Valentine's Day celebration but my husband is so I go with the flow now! We usually exchange cards and just spend nice quality time together at home.
Thank you.

My husband and I have the same birthday which is February 17. (We were born in the same hospital, same year, 11 hrs. apart:) We just kinda lump them all together and do our birthday & Valentine's at the same time. This year we will be traveling to visit friends where we use to live. It should be fun.

We don't have a lot of Valentine traditions, but I always make DH a handmade card. I love to just be creative and 'happy' during the process! :) I also forgo the Christmas cutout cookies and make heart cutouts at Valentine's Day.

You can't have Valentine's Day without cupcakes!!

I love that isophotography print, and all of the Elle's Studio stuff is just fab-o!
For Valentine's day I usually cook my hubby an elaborate dinner and usually some red velvet cupcakes for dessert.. that's his favorite :)

We spend this holiday at home with the kids as restaurants are always serving bad food with lots of waiting. we do make cards and light candles and have something special to enjoy together. Just tell each other you love them is a really good start

my husband and i dont' do much on valentines day. maybe a card and dinner, but now that we have kids we usually stay in. this year we're going to try to make fondu!
my favorite part of valentines day is making valentines and cookies with my preschoolers, which we then deliver to the seniors at our local senior center! its so cute to watch.
i also love all the pink :)

we usually don't do much other than exchange cards-but one year i did get a set of golf clubs--Very cool! :)

What a wonderful giveaway - thanks for the chance to win such great goodies. We don't do anything big, just little things with the kids. The kids and I try to come up with pink and red foods to eat - which always includes pink heart press cookies and strawberries, but also things like red bell peppers for the salad, red-skinned potatoes, and sometimes heart shaped pancakes with strawberries or raspberries. We also all like to make valentines, of course!

We hid fun and cute little gifts from "Cupid" that our kids hunt for. Similar to Easter Basket hiding. I don't know if other families hide the Easter baskets on Easter morning but we do and the kids love, so we adopting the same game for Valentines Day. Our 18 & 23 year old still love it just as much as the 11 & 4 year old do!

My husband and I have been together for 17 years, and on the first valentines day we were together, he got me a box of chocolates, jewelry, and perfume. He then said, "never expect this again. I don't do Valentines day, it is a Hallmark Holiday. Every Day should be Valentines day and if I don't make you feel loved and special everyday, then shame on me" and to this day, we have never celebrated another. And yes, everyday he makes me feel loved and cherished.

School parties!! We make homemade valentines for the kids classmates. I usually do heart pancakes (probably not this year since I'm working again....Hmmm...what day is Valentines?) I'll be using my new red dishes from taste of home! I love them! We don't do a huge deal, just enjoy the day!
Thanks for the chance!

I started cutting out red hearts and writing little thoughts on them, and hiding them where my husband and sons will find them. This was a big hit last year and I know they'll want it again this year!
I also make cards for each of them and make heart-shaped pancakes for breakfast and heart-shaped cakes for evening dessert.
Valentine's Day just makes me happy! I love the romance and sentiment of the "holiday" as well as the bright reds and pinks in the sea of white snow here in Michigan!
Thanks, Ali.
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not sure how we'll be celebrating this year. maybe heart shaped pancakes for breakfast? or dinner! yum. i love breakfast for dinner. :o) haven't entirely thought it out yet...working on our anniversary next week first...

Wow! Great giveaways as always :-)
My mom always used to give me flannel pjs for Valentine's Day growing up. Now I give HER the flannel pjs with some Dove chocolates :-)
Also, I am going to take my boyfriend to a fondue restaurant. Should be fun!

My husband and I have a special dinner--sometimes out, sometimes at home. Many of our celebrations center around food---hmm.
I like to give away kids valentines-to coworkers, family, friends. I love them and never grew out of them.
Thanks for the chance to win such fun stuff!