Grandparent {or any adult} valentine gift

V-Day is in T minus two days and I already finished my Valentines! We like to get the grandma's a little  something and surprise them at work with it. This year our lemon tree went crazy! We had SO MANY huge lemons (ponderosa lemons) and no idea what to do with them, so we got out the faithful old juicer. When I was brainstorming ideas for grandma-treats I had an epiphany, why not share a little lemony goodness! Maybe the grandma's will want to return the good deed with some lemon-flavored treats (hint, hint!)

I found this free printable at see vanessa craft. I just glued them to the top and tied a little bakers twine bow around the jar to finish it off. 

Easy Valentine- check. 

Useful Valentine-check. 

Cheap Valentine- check

Paired with a sweet painting done by z-baby, I think the grandma's will LOVE their gift. And more importantly I think they will FEEL the love we have for them!

Happy day of love!

xo

Rachel

Love is my religion

I so enjoy celebrating love!

I heard the most fitting song on Pandora this morning 

"Love is my Religion"

sung by Bob Marley's son Izzy.

Love is my religion... 

God is love.

so today is kind of religious right?!

I know I am stretching it :)

My hubby has been asking for a really simple gift the last few months.

He wanted a journal.

Which kind of weirded me out when he asked for it

because he truly is not a sharer of emotion.

He eased my confusion when he finally explained that he

wanted the journal to write down interesting quotes and thoughts 

he has been reading. (He is addicted to Mark Twain right now!)

I have had a long romance with journaling so I was 

VERY excited to shop for this special gift.

I decided to go classic and got him a softcover moleskine.

This is a kind of boring gift... I wanted to find a way to

make it a little bit more sentimental.

I was looking through my trusty ole' Better Homes and Gardens 

when I saw the CUTEST idea.

To make a library card inspired valentines card.

They even gave a template to print out.

I decided to make one for the back of Brent's journal.

I printed out the card and filled it in with ten things I love about my baby...

And yes the first thing is his legs...

I know that is weird for a girl to like but what can I say ;)

I'm a legs girl!

Then I made a cute little envelope to put the card in.

I went ahead and glued it to the back cover so he could keep it with him always.

I thought it turned out really cute!

It was an easy way to make a simple gift more personal.

I can't wait to use this idea again when I give someone a book.

You can do so many different things besides list why you love someone-

seriously endless possibilities!

I hope you like it!

AND

I hope you are having a fabulous valentines day!!

~happy loving!