Valentine's Day Swap 2012 Link-Up!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYONE!! <3

I have to spend all day at school, but before I go I wanted to get up the swap link-up. If you participated in the swap please link to your post talking about your swap goodies below.  I can't wait to see what everyone received! :D

My partner was the lovely Courtney from Chase All Your Dreams. When this HUGE box showed up on my doorstep I was super excited and immediately had to open it.  She sent a lot of cute items, wrapped up in equally cute wrapping. She even sent me some home-baked cookies...I mean, come on!

Thank you so much Courtney!!! <3 <3 <3 <3

Valetine's Sale!

Now through January 14th you can get

20% off your entire order in my shop!

[a little Valentine's Day cheer from me to you <3]

Just a little reminder...

You have until midnight tonight [EST] to sign up for my Valentine's Day Swap! Thanks to everyone that already has--it's going to be a blast. :D

Valentine's Day Swap 2012!

Last Sunday I mentioned I had a fun Valentine's Day surprise coming up, and this is it!

As some of you may know I rang in the new year as a single lady. We both knew it was the right decision and I'm incredibly optimistic about what the future holds.

...but what does this have to do with this swap? Well, I enjoy Valentine's Day--I enjoy the colors, the decor, the chocolates, everything! So just because I won't have a significant other to celebrate with this year, doesn't mean that is going to stop me from enjoying every minute of it, and I want to enjoy it with all of you. ;D

 

About the Swap

This Valentine's Day Swap is to create a package for your partner that encompasses this fun holiday. Handmade or store bought items are fine, and the only item everyone is required to include is a card.

All participants will get a little information blurb about their swap partner to help get an idea of what their partner would like in a package. There will also be a link-up day so people can show off what they received!

Requirements

-Must include a card.

-You must have an active blog to participate in this swap.

-Packages need to have a minimum $20 total value. [not including the card or shipping]

-This is a pretty fast swap, so make sure you have the time to participate before signing up!

Dates

Sign-Up Deadline: Tuesday, January 17th by midnight [EST]

Partners Paired Up: Thursday, January 19th

Ship Deadline: Monday, January 30th

Link-Up: Tuesday, February 14th.

                                         Form                                        

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Valentine Weekend

This weekend was spent filled with food, adventures, and quality time with my boyfriend! Since Matt and I's anniversary falls on the 13th we decided to celebrate Valentine's Day on Sunday along with it and then stay in Monday evening.

 On Saturday we decided to try a new restaurant for lunch. It wasn't very good...but I'm hopefully the next place we pick will make up for it. After lunch we decided to do a bit of GeoCaching before the sun went down. If you've never heard of this it's where people hide caches [they are everywhere--all around the world!] and then give you coordinates on how to find it through a GPS device. Tiny treasure hunts! Some are just logs but the bigger caches allow you to take and leave small goodies. It's a great way to see parts of your city you would never have a reason to go to otherwise, plus I love having to be all stealthy so that the Muggles don't catch you! [that's what non-Geocachers are called]

Matt and I have already found parks we never new existed and learned some interesting history about our city. I really like the idea that I can do this while I'm traveling as well. It's a great activity if you have small children too because there are several caches created with them in mind. I highly recommend you all to check out GeoCaching if you enjoy getting outside and exploring. :D

Haha, it became cold fast when the sun went down

On Sunday we got up and did...MORE GEOCACHING!  Seriously, I'm addicted. Once we worked up an appetite we had some dinner at The Real Chow Baby.

Matt took a tiny green Sharpie from this cache.

 

I really liked my nails but didn't get a better picture. :\

Monday morning we woke up bright and early to go get some doughnuts at Sublime Doughnuts. Since it was Valentin's Day they were giving all the ladies a rose with their order and most of the doughnuts were heart shaped. awww

Later that day the mail came and I had two lovely Valentine cards--one from Olivia and Jenny at Lovely At Your Side and one from Danielle at Fancy Biscuit! The card at the bottom is from Matt that he handmade just for me. [based on a pet name I have. heh]

So all in all I had a fantastic Valentine's weekend!  Hope everyone had a great time as well--whether you celebrated the holiday or not. :)