Valentine's card craft Archives - Northern California Style

I’m loving Valentine’s week! It’s just a fun time right before we take a week off of school for ski week here… I really get into making little treats, decorating the house ( I love this bowl, shown above, forever and always dig it out) and working on class cards with my younger son. Here’s what we are working on for class today…A fun little idea found on Pinterest- where else?

These were really simple and we cut blue paper to fit in clear bags with wavy scissors…

Griffin wrote, “I’m glad you’re in my school.” We filled them with Swedish fish and tied tops with blue yarn.

I think it’s so nice to make your own Valentines. These took almost no time. Last year we did this.

My camellias are blossoming like crazy now! We have pink, white and red and they seem to take turns blooming. The red started first. I am grateful to whomever planted these below our giant sequoia. They are one of my favorite things at this house. Isn’t it amazing how certain plants just sprout in the Winter? Nature’s calendar never ceases to wow me.

In other news, my son Griffin’s play was on stage after rehearsing since October! Groovy finished last week and was so fun. I’m really proud of him and all the kids who stuck it out so long.

Griffin after the show in costume with pals Abby and Seraphina.

Some of the moms of show kids worked the cast party dressed in 60s outfits… I got to wear a vintage 60’s poncho from the costume designer’s box. I wish I could have kept it! What a find.

I checked out Trader Joes’s today and couldn’t resist these primulas in these old recycled pots.

I can’t decide where I like them best.. For $3.99 these are a bargain…

…A great little Valentine gift too.

Yesterday, was one of the most fun events of the year to me, the SAP Ladies’ Day Lunch. The SAP Men’s Tennis Tournament has been held in the Bay Area for 125 years and sadly, will be no more. Women are invited for a special day to watch the professional men’s tennis and then have lunch hosted by Macys and La Crema Winery, meet players and take photos. We also received swag bags with generous full-sized Skinceuticals serum and cream.. Test driving it as we speak and I’ll let you know…( I think they were honing in on the most likely sun-damaged crowd- tennis players.)

This was a treat. I love tennis! At the lunch. Great wine too- Did I mention that?

Aussie and cutie, Lleyton Hewitt was fun to watch..It’s crazy how fast the men serve! I’d run if they put up one of those serve speedometers near me… It would be embarrassing to know how slow I actually am.