Valentine's Day Decor

I have little to no Valentine's Day decor. I have a few things that my Mom has made me, and stuff from my room growing up that happens to work ok, but I really don't have that many decorations or cute things. What is not to like about pink and red decorations? Nothing! So, why don't I have any? It is baffling to me too. Here is what I have done this week.



I have been wanting to do this wreath since I first saw it on Just A Girl. She changes out the color of ribbon depending on the holiday or season and moves it around occasionally. I loved it and had just never tackled it. Well, I did and I think it turned out lovely. The only problem is that it is the same color as the door. I have been wanting to paint it black....hmmm.



This was a gift bag from Hobby Lobby that I loved and wanted to use it to decorate. I just cut one side of the gift bag off and hung it up. I think I might get rid of the ribbon and glue it to a canvas and sit it in an easel somewhere next year. Super cute and cheap!




I found this black and pink board at Hobby Lobby yesterday for $2 plus 40% off. Then, I had my sister-in-law, Amanda, use her silhouette to cut out the cute vinyl. Super cute, super easy, super cheap. Now I finally have some Valentine's Day decor.

Butterflies

For Christmas, Grandma Thomason got Catherine a butterfly garden. We sent away for the caterpillars and the girl's anxiously awaited for them to come in the mail. They finally came and the caterpillars looked like little black rice specks. Not very exciting when you are expecting to see caterpillars and butterflies. They grew so fast though, within about 10 days they had grown huge and were hanging upside down. After a few more days, a hard shell encased all of the caterpillars and they moved on to their pupa stage which was the grossest for me because I then had to transfer them from their enclosed little containers to the garden. This involved me ripping the paper they were attached to off of the lid and pinning it to the side of the net. They were nasty-looking and they wobbled and it really wasn't my favorite thing. Then, they hung there for almost 10 days before the first one hatched into a beautiful painted lady butterfly. We had two the first day, then by Sunday morning 9 had hatched. The last 3 hatched on Monday and now there are no more. We released them this morning. It was a very fun experience, but I am glad it is over. The girls want me to order more, but I think it might be a once a year sort of deal. They are so beautiful though and I got to hold them while I was letting them go which was really neat.