Hey friends, it’s Amber here! Can you believe we are already at the end of January and heading into February? I’m sharing a super fun and cute Valentine’s Day project with you today as we head into the month of love and hearts. I hope it makes your day a little sweeter!
If there’s one thing I love about the various seasons and holidays throughout the year, big or small, it’s getting to decorate my home for them! And Valentine’s Day is no different. When I learned that our task was to create Valentine’s Day décor, I got excited and got to brainstorming some creative ideas that would be both pretty and purposeful. And there’s not a more perfect collection to use than the pretty La La Love collection!
I love the simple concept behind Valentine’s Day. All the hearts, candies, pink and red colors, love notes and such are just really fun. So, I decided to create some mini decorative crate boxes to place around my new house and fill them with little things like candies and love notes between me and my boyfriend!
I began by gathering a few mini wooden crate boxes along with some gorgeous patterned papers and embellishments from the La La Love collection. When I had all my supplies together, I used my paper trimmer to cut the patterned paper into strips that would fit across the wooden planks on the crates. I used one patterned paper for each crate. Then I used an adhesive tape runner to adhere the paper strips directly onto the planks.
Then came my favorite part, the embellishing! For the first mini crate, I wanted to make a box for me and my boyfriend to exchange love notes in. The Happy Valentine’s Day ephemera card with the puppy putting a letter in the mailbox seemed too perfect. I popped that up on some foam dots and adhered it onto the crate.
I then stuck down a cupcake puffy sticker slightly behind the left side of the card. On the inner side of the crate, I adhered another cute ephemera piece. To the right upper corner of the crate, I adhered a glitter heart, a wine bottle popped up on foam dots, and the cutest little cardstock envelope topped with a red puffy sticker heart. Perfect for a love note box, am I right?
I wanted to use my second mini crate to hold some candies, like tootsie rolls and heart lollipops! So, I went with a “sweets” theme for this box.
I started by using that cake puffy sticker to put on the upper center of the crate. Then I adhered the yellow Happy Love Day tag using foam dots to create some dimension, and layered it slightly over the right side of the cake. I also stuck down a couple thicker hearts. And to finish it off, I stuck on the “Sweet” thicker phrase! And there I had the cutest little “sweets” box for some Valentine’s Day candies.
For my third mini crate, I decided to use it to store my La La Love washi tape and place it on my desk as a cute and functional décor piece!
I began with this crate by adhering that large Love card directly onto the center using foam dots. I then used various embellishments to circle around the centered card.
The first thing I used was one of the adorable rubber paper clips! I clipped that right onto the Love card and I’m obsessed with how cute it looks. Behind the upper right corner of the Love card, I stuck down a red and yellow flower sticker. Toward the bottom right corner, I stuck down the XO sticker.
I used various hearts on the left side of the Love card – the large red puffy heart, a silver glitter heart, a pink thicker heart, and a little blue heart too! And to finish it off, I put the Love Is In The Air sticker toward the bottom!
I now have three adorable little mini crate boxes to place around my home as lovely little Valentine’s Day décor pieces. And the best part is that they’re as functional as they are pretty! I love that each has a purpose in facilitating the fun and lovey-doveyness of February.
I hope you feel inspired to get creative with the La La Love collection to create some cute décor to make your home a little sweeter!
Supplies: Crate Paper La La Love – Blush (344584), Heartbeat (344547), Bouquet (344545), Rubber Paper Clips (344561), Small Embellishments (344560), Puffy Stickers (344559), Ephemera pack (344555), Cardstock stickers (344554), Thickers (344552)