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I have loved Valentine's Day for as long as I can remember. I remember waking up early to decorate the box I'd put on my desk to collect valentines from classmates. Getting to stop doing classwork and just have a party was the best thing ever. Pink and red and glitter and hearts and kisses? These are my favorite things. When I was in junior high and high school my dad brought my sisters and me flowers we got to carry around at school. More recently I have made an effort to bring flowers or a little flowering plant to all of my coworkers on Valentine's Day. Spreading my joy of this holiday makes me happy. This wreath is a quick and inexpensive way to bring a little Valentine's Day joy to your home. All you need: metal wreath form (available at Dollar Tree) crepe paper ribbon glue hot glue I made two sizes of crepe paper rosettes, the larger in the darker pink, the smaller in the lighter pink. For the larger ones I tore a strip of crep...

So, so fun. One of my favorite movies sparked so many ideas for delightful party details. I am planning to create another The Goonies themed party later this year, and I am looking forward to using some of these techniques and crafting some things I wasn't able to do last time. The invitations: I chose a heavy textured paper, folded it in half and cut it in two. I had some thin foam sheets, which I cut into strips the same width as the red ribbon I purchased. I cut out and glued a little piece of paper colored silver to finish off the "suspenders" and give some fun dimension to the front of the invitations. The Superman logo and famous "Hey you guys!" quote in a Goonies font finished off the look. For the back of the invitation I printed out the treasure map. For some reason I only have a picture of the prototype and not the completed invitation, which is such a shame. This is fun, but it looked AMAZING when it was finished. The actual completed ...