FOOD ERASERS CLASS VALENTINES (FREE PRINTABLE)

More non-candy class valentines for ya! We both stumbled on these erasers in the dollar section at Target at HAD to use them somehow! What's more fun than everything in miniature? 

If you can't find these exact erasers at Target or with the link that we have below, more ideas are our food tattoos HERE, food key chains, charms, or stickers. Or you could tie to a box of donuts because - duh. We go together like... burgers and fries, milk and cookies, peas and carrots, peanut butter and jelly... you get the idea.

Scroll down for sources and the free download!

The erasers don't really stick with tape well, so we just threw them in a bag and taped the back with washi tape. Easy peasy!

SOURCES:

VALENTINE CARD: Download HERE and print on card stock for best results.

BAGS: You can purchase clear bags at any craft stores or buy HERE in size 3" x 5".

ERASERS: We found these erasers in the dollar section at Target!! You can also purchase HERE.

WASHI TAPE: Tape be found anywhere on Etsy, craft stores, or of course, Target... THIS burger and fries tape is to. die. for.

CUTTING BOARD: THIS is our fav!

Download our other class Valentine's Day designs below by clicking on the titles:

1. Balloon Valentines

 2. Sticker Valentines

 3. Harry Potter Valentines

4. Matchbox Car Valentines

5. Pirates Booty Valentines

6. I Pick You Valentine

7. Yoda Best Valentine

8. Valentines Nap Time Card

MAX'S COW PARTY!

My little baby turned 2!! Eek! His favorite thing in the whole wide world (besides his big bro) are COWS. He has an entire backpack full of cow figurines that attend all of our outings. With every person he meets, he tells them about cows or the one time he pet a cow or cows say moo... I could go on. There was no other choice but to make him a cute little cow party and celebrate with family!

Cow PBJ's, farm veggies, and cow cheese! I just used a cow cookie cutter to cut out the bread and black food dye for the spots. Just dab a corner of a paper towel in the food dye and dot on the bread.

 Milk bar anyone? Vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry.

 This is what I call a deconstructed cow cake... easy peasy. I used pink frosting and pink jelly beans for the udder :)
I cut out squiggles of black paper for the table decoration.

I had some leftover tattoo favors from Max's little preschool buddies that I used as table decoration. Moooo Max is 2! We do custom packaging like this in our Etsy shop!

 Our party hat DIY is HERE. Just decorate with black squiggly shapes and a pink "2".

 Max's "aunt" Ashley got him this bouncy cow for his birthday! He obviously LOVED it!

I made Max his tee shirt with the tattoo image printed on iron-on transfer paper.

Sources - click below:

Cow balloon 

Letter balloons by Northstar Balloons

Plates

Napkins

Candle

Hats - DIY

- L

PARTY IN AN ENVELOPE

It was my boys' last day of preschool today! It's actually a year-round school, but it was their last day with their current teachers who have loved and cared for them like they were family. I think it's always the most meaningful to write a handwritten note, but to step it up a notch, I added a little handmade banner and confetti to let them know they were THE BEST! My sister and I have this thing with "the best". It's the best donut, it's the best movie, it's the best book... we tend to think a lot of things are "the best", and these teachers really were the best!!

You could totally use this idea for any occasion by switching up the saying on the banner. How cute would it be to get a "congrats" or "happy birthday" party in an envelope?! I'd for sure go [delightfully] inappropriate when sending it to some of my friends... but we'll keep the blog PG.

Here's what you need:

Pencil

Paper scraps

Scissors

String

Hole punch

2 pieces of washi tape

Time: 20 minutes

You can freehand cutting the letters or trace them out with pencil. I actually have a cutting machine but wanted it to look more homemade. I made the letters about 2 inches tall.

Using the scraps from cutting out the letters simply cut little squares to make confetti.

Punch holes through the top of the letters and string.

 Tape one end of the string to a piece of cardstock and wrap the letters around it, securing the other end with tape when finished.

Fill envelope with confetti (and add a handwritten note)!

Voila! You've made the tiniest party in an envelope! 

We'd love to see what you come up with! Tag us on instagram @loveandlion so we can see!

-L

MODERN MINT & NEUTRAL BABY SHOWER

We LOVE planning parties, especially baby showers! It's so special and important to shower that mama-to-be with lots of love and thoughtful details. I was honored to co-host with 2 fabulous ladies, Dara and Emily, friends of the guest of honor, Leeron. It will be the second boy for Leeron, but we didn't want to go all blue blue blue. We went with white, neutrals, and pops of mint and sage green. 

Lauren of Rock Paper Scissors designed the invitation, and I really went off of that for decor. It always starts with the invitation for me! The big letter "R" is just a paper mache letter from the craft store... use painters tape to mask off a straight line, paint, and remove tape. 

Diagonals, squares, and triangles mixed with all white flowers and live moss made for a simple and pretty party! 

The drink tags were my fav! Guests remembered which drink was theirs by the baby picture of the mama and pop-to-be and the color tag. Leeron's amazing husband, Matt, secretly emailed me their baby pics, I changed them to black and white in photoshop and cropped to a square. Just punch a hole in the corner of the picture and the colored square and tie with string. The color tag was nice so that you didn't have to have a different baby pic for each guests. Just use different colors for each pic. Leeron was so surprised (and immediately removed that one embarrassing photo from her tween years)!

Use painters tape to mask off a diagonal line. Paint and remove tape when dry! Super simple!

Every baby shower needs a diaper cake, right? See our TUTORIAL HERE. I used double stick tape to add on the triangles of leftover scraps from the garlands to keep that geo-mod vibe.

Cake topper by Rock Paper Scissors to match the invite.

Every party needs Campfire Crispies, especially a baby shower when you can be punny and say "She's about to POP!" These were SO. GOOD. Fluffernutter flavor: toasted marshmallow and peanut butter with a white chocolate peanut butter coating. Droooool. Order HERE.

And of course us being us, we needed a tattoo station with the party's hashtag (from our little shop HERE)! 

Here's the actual party! It was at night, so I took the photos above so you could see the details!

 The simplest projects make the biggest impact. Jenni and I have done these live moss letters several times. Simply cut the tops of paper mache letters you can find in any craft store, and stuff with live moss from your florist!

Even though Leeron couldn't enjoy it, we all loved the signature cocktail "The Leeroni".

Hostesses with the mostesses: Dara, me, Leeron, Emily

The gorgeous and glowing mama-to-be, Leeron!

Loved throwing this baby shower for a very deserving mama!!!

-L