Love Day: Home Decor

With Valentine's Day on its way, we're given another opportunity to get out the craft supplies and create!

I believe God gives each and every person their own special gifts. A few of my mother-in-law's gifts include: cooking, baking, and homemaking. This post features some decor from the home of my mother-in-law, Rose Perron. What I love about her decor: cuteness and low-cost. The only items she bought were the candy; she made use of the materials she already had around the house.

Get inspired :)

Heart Bulletin Board
Paper hearts cover the bulletin board in her dining room.

Materials:
*Scrapbook paper
*Brown kraft paper
*Red paper heart doilies
*Decorative edge scissors

What she did:
She covered her board with brown kraft paper. Using 12 x 12 decorative scrapbook paper, in various pinks and reds, she folded the paper in half and cut out half-heart shapes, leaving her with symmetrical hearts. Instead of using the typical bulletin border strips, she traced over an old border and used scrapbook paper. She mixed in some red paper heart doilies for more variety.

She already had all of the materials. The doilies were a clearance item from last year's after-Valentine's-Day-sale at Hobby Lobby. She plans to return to Hobby Lobby again this week and stock up on clearance items again for next year.

Chalkboard

Using white and pink chalk on her chalkboard also adds to the Valentine's Day decor.  

Napkins

Decorated napkins are placed next to each plate.

She picked up a bunch of antique napkins from the St. Vincent DePaul store for only $5, neatly folded them, and tied them with "Love" ribbons (another clearance item from Hobby Lobby last year).

Name Tag Hearts
The pink bags of chocolate add a lot of color, but the homemade name tags add that special touch. Each family member had a bag of candy on their plate.

She made bows out of sparkly ribbon (another Hobby Lobby purchase). She cut out hearts from scrapbook paper, then stapled the bows and hearts to the bags.

Table Hearts and Lace Tablecloth
An elegant, pink tablecloth covered with paper hearts enhances the decorated table.

Making use of knitted sweater material, given to her by her mother-in-law, she turns it into a tablecloth. She used her decorative edge scissors to cut out more hearts from cardstock and scrapbook paper.

 

Candles

The red and white candles set the mood for a fantastic Valentine's dinner! 

Dinner and Dessert
Even the food matched the decor!