I know you’ve been waiting with baited breath to see what we came up with for Valentine’s this year. The concept came together for my daughter so well, but didn’t translate as well for my son, so I modified it to something he would think was cool.
Kisses from Kira Valentines
So this is the final product. I started by taking pictures of my kids in front of our red curtain, and did several takes with Kira until I had a picture that really looked like she was blowing a kiss.
I got the idea from somewhere in blogland, that you can put labels on Hershey’s kisses. You want the 3/4″ size. I found printable ones at Office Max, by Avery, and they have a Word template you can download online. I printed close-ups of my kids pictures on to the labels, some text, and we used these fun stamps from the dollar spot at Target to decorate the rest. They are also the perfect size for these labels.
Outta This World Valentines
“Kisses from Trenton” just wasn’t as cute as “Kisses from Kira”. And as hard as I tried to find an alliteration that would work (true love from Trenton, Tenderness from Trenton, Tickles from Trenton, etc.), nothing seemed to gel.
When I saw that we still had this alien stamp (also from the dollar spot at Target), I decided on the “outta this world” theme. This is the kid that had the rocket birthday, remember, so he thought it was pretty cool. This is what his Hershey kiss stickers looked like:
And here they are ready to go:
You are soooo cute! I just love to see creativity, but so often I am left thinking “this would have been so much better if they would have taken it a step farther…” But I never think this when I look at your stuff! They little ring around the heart like a planet- that’s the step I’m talking about! And the little stickers on the bottom of the kisses… I couldn’t say enough! Well done! You are so creative that you’re probably the one looking at my stuff thinking “just one step farther…” lol!
Kendra,you are too much!! These are the cutest things ever!
Wow! I am so impressed! Love these!
These really are cool valentines!I am really impressed! When my kids go to school I will just send them to Aunt Kendra to make the coolest valentines in the class! Just kidding! Love ya sis!
Leave it to you lady! You are amazing!
These are just adorable! LOVE them. Thanks for sharing this wonderful idea. 🙂
These are fabulous! A note went home for the Valentine “rules”-No candy was at the top. I was completely bummed that I couldn’t make the ipod Sweetheart boxes with peanut butter cup ear phones. So much to my dimay, my kids came home with tons of candy attached to their valentines! Why am I such a rule follower? I’m breaking it next year!!! Thanks for the inspiration!
Oh they turned out so cute–love them!
Super cute! I always love using my kids pictures in my crafts! And “kisses from Kira” is too cute! I also like the finishing touch of the images on the bottom of the kisses. It is always the little touches that finish a project off!!
Rebecca
Such a cute idea! WOW!
Love the Valentine’s! And thanks for the label tip on the Kisses, I’m going to remember that. And true party moms will raise insane kids. Mine have already planned out their next two birthday parties. 🙂
Wow! Wow! Wow!