Valentine cards

Thank you all, now I know the Englisch word for 'kartelschaar' it's 'pinking shears'! I'll try not to forget.



This give away valentine sweetheart is for Kathryn from Our shabby cottage.

Valentine cards, we do not have the tradition to send them.
But when I was in the Hema I fell in love with this box with lovely cards,



So I might send some this year..



Than I thought about this old vintage card I ones bought on a market.



I love the way they painted the pictures in those days.
Have a good start of the week everyone!

Valentine swap!

I am so happy!
Today, When I came home from work there it was! A parcel from my valentine swap partner Vanessa who lives in the U.K.
I'm so lucky, look what she made me,



Isn't it pretty! I want to frame it and give it a special place.
But there was more....



these wonderful chocolates (I had to share them with the whole family).......



and she also sent me a stash of brightly coloured fabric, some lovely band and buttons and a sweet little flower. I love all the presents! What a succes this swap was, Thank you Vanessa!! And thank you Lucy for organizing!

This swap was so much fun...as you can see in the sidebar I signed up for the next one!

(if you want to know what I made for Vanessa Just look here!

Happy valentine !

In our country we don't have a long valentine tradition. Here valantine is starting to get popular by young people.(my dougther is very occupied with it) but mostly it's a commercial thing.
I think the valentine thought is a wonderful thing. A little book said that valentine is in origin a fertility feast celebrated in early spring time. Of course the heart is the most usual symbole for valentine, but did you know the crocus is also a valentine symbol (of carefree early love)



And that gloves were the usual gift for valentine in the 17th and 18th century.
I also red valentines day ones called 'bird-weddingday', people seemed to believe in those days that the malebird choose its female. And the most early valentine-cards are from the 16th centuary.



I don't think my dh will think about valentine's day today so I'll bought myself a little choclate and made these to decorated the house....







And for my valentine-swap-partner Vanessa from "monda loves" , I made this........



Sorry, it's only a little peek. I want it to be a suprise!
Happy valentine everyone!!