Valentines Day Round-up Part Four

And so it is Valentines Day. May your day be filled with love – in whatever form it chooses to manifest itself.

I leave you, darling reader, with my favourite Valentines Day cards for 2013. Mwa!

#1 – Animal Valentines Card by Draw For Toffee.
#2 – You’ve Stolen My Heart by Quill and Fox.
#3 – Holding Hands by Hello Small World.
#4 – Fly Fishing Lure Card by Hartland Brooklyn Card Co..
#5 – I Can’t Believe I Found You by Sophie Blackall.

Miranti’s Valentine picks for him

Valentines Day is fast approaching, lovers, and call me sentimental but I love this sweet lil day. It’s such a wonderful reminder to celebrate love… however you choose to do so. I’m a big fan of sweet and funny handwritten notes, cooking an amazing dinner together, and a bit of candlelight. How do you like to celebrate?

When it comes to V-Day there are never any shortages of pretty things for the ladies but what about the fellas? It can be difficult to find a suitable gift for the man in your life. Of course, you could buy him chocolates, a t-shirt, that CD… but what kind of stationery blog would this be if we encouraged you to do that?

Show your sweetheart some love by impressing him with a gift that is both good looking and functional. Oh yes, it’s possible. There are no shortages of stylish gifts of the stationery variety. Here are some of my favourite finds

1. Typo Get Mugged Vintage Comic Mug
2. I-Trio Pen – Touch Pad Stylus & Ballpoint
3. Corban & Blair iPad cover
4. Suck UK Sharpener Desk Tidy
5. ACME Home&Studio by Frank Lloyd Wright Business Card Case
6. RawBKNY iPhone Wood Skin (Bamboo)

Wishing you all lots of love this Valentines Day!

Miranti Kayess

Freebie – Valentines Patterns

With Valentines Day just 13 days away I thought it would be a great time to start spreading the lovey dovey spirit. What better way to do this than by sharing some free valentine patterns created by designer Katrina Alana.

Download, print them and use them to make a card, personalise gift wrap, tags or another crafty endeavour. I’d love to see your creations so be sure to share them on Facebook.



Click on the thumbnails above to download the individual patterns or

You can see more of Katrina’s designs at her blog and at her Etsy store.

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Valentines Round-up part two

Hello hello. Last day of January huh? I don’t want to even think about how fast this first month of the year has gone by. On the plus side it’s only 15 days until Valentines Day! Crazy!
This morning I’m sharing Valentines goodies that feature a heart motif. My favourite? Definitely the anatomical heart envelopes by isavirtue (so cool).

#1 – Anatomic heart envelopes by isavirtue.
#2 – Be Mine by Fluid Ink Letterpress.
#3 – Valentine’s day card with two cross stitched hearts by Love + J.
#4 – I Love You Hearts by Card Mix.