Valentine's to Share!

Remember the valentine I was working on? My original intent was to simply cut it out and deliver as is. Then I came across this post from Paige Balcer at Shutter Sisters; a free valentine template made for a square photo. A square photo! I mean what could be more perfect?!!

So I downloaded the template, juggled it around to fit my photo and voila! A card was born. Paige printed her cards on scrapbook paper. I didn't have any about so did the next best thing; the backside of the card is a digital background. (You can find free digital scrapbooking files here). We went with the traditional blue for boys and pink for girls.

Here are the cards all folded up:


I did shrink the cards so three would fit per page (ever-frugal momma!!).

If you want to make your own go over to Shutter Sisters and get the template. If you don't have a photo of your own you are welcome to download my card for printing and cutting out. Of course you'll have to find a background to use. Here is a link for the girl version and one for the boy version.

I'm thrilled to have these done and it's not yet even February. One more thing checked off the never-ending to do list.

How are your valentines coming along?

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Because You Are Sweet ...

Last night I worked. The evening was slow. We had little to do. Then nine o'clock rolled around. I do not know what was magical about that hour but the patients began barreling in. A Shar Pei fever, a linear foreign body, an asthmatic cat, a shih tzu with coccidia, a rock foreign body ... now I am very tired and definitely ready for bed.

A coherent post will be a bit of a challenge until I get some rest. In the meantime I thought I'd share the valentines I'm working on for my daughter's 3rd grade class. I plan to print four to a page on sticker paper. Then I'll cut them out with pinking shears and stick them on a fun paper background. My daughter will fill out the back with personal notes and we'll attach some sort of candy.

And, because you are so sweet, I'm also sharing these with you -- a valentine's freebie. Click here to access the valentine above and here to access the one below. They are on my Flickr account under a creative commons license. You may use them as you like.



Also check out this cute idea! I may have to figure out how to incorporate that into my valentine.

As for me ... right now I can't wait to be here. Have a wonderful day!