Valentine Vignette

For many years, I suffered from an aversion to all things Valentine-y. Working as a floral designer will do that to a person. In a flower shop, the weeks leading up to February 14th are so saturated with roses, chocolates, roses, cupids, hearts, and more roses, that it was hard to enjoy any fun Valentine-decor in my own home.

Fortunately, I have gotten over my anti-amore tendencies and can know embrace it "whole-heartedly."

{I big puffy heart puns, by the way!} 

I've never decorated the open shelving in our kitchen before. It is usually home to my big mixing bowls and various household detritus. When I cleared them off for this project I found no less than one broken door knob, two paper clips, a dry-erase marker, and an earring. It was high time to do a bit of sprucing up!

 You may have noticed the happy couple in the photo on the top shelf... that's Chris and I on the day we eloped, nearly 14 years ago. We ran away to Hawaii and got married on a beach in Maui at sunset. It was quite romantic.

 I felt morally obligated to put a bowl of {boring} fruit next to the platter of {sweet, delicious, mouthwatering} cookies.  It's good to have options, but I make no promises that the cookies will still be there when the kids get home.

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