I put a link to the last GAL-lery at the top for inspiration, and I will @ those who participated last year in case they missed that we are doing it again.
@gozer Thank you for thinking of me! Last night I was looking at digital valentine designs my son could pass out for the holiday. Originally I was going to get Boodha Butter Balm, but, dang, for thirty kids that is expensive. We’re going with gel pens that smell like strawberry since they were on sale at a local art supply place.
Other than that, I have been thinking about what I’m sending to my family. My niece and her gf were gushing to me about how they love my correspondence for the majority of the holidays. It made my day.
Long story short, I will be making valentines. I’ll put a reminder in my phone closer to the sign up end and see if I’ve made enough by then. It would be twenty total if I added three for this swap!
I’m hoping to make some headway on this at creative happy hour tonight. I now hate my original XS idea, but I’m hoping something new will emerge while I work on cards .
The library’s makerspace has a monthly creative happy hour with snacks and mocktails. It was pretty subdued this month; we had a big snow Sunday/yesterday, which I
suspect kept some people.
I’m not sure I can bring myself to write “Happy Galentine’s Day”. Valentine’s Day has been my favorite holiday since HS when I’d make cards and hand them out to all my friends. In my 20’s I’d make cards and gifts for all my coworkers, and once tried to make enough for everyone at a feast I was attending. I only managed like 70, so only gave them to ppl I knew… and one guy I didn’t know that was right in the middle of a bunch of friends. I ended up getting a bf out of that haha. Though usually I’ve been single for the holiday.
Allllll this to say I stopped at Dollar Tree tonight, saw allllll the Valentine’s Day stuff, geeked out - I took photos and sent to friends - then bought stuff (including craft supplies)
I also love gnomes and … bought myself the sparkle hat guy. Regret not getting the other. But I’m going back tomorrow. He needs to sit on my desk sending love my way all day while I work.
We had another snow storm so i took the opportunity to work on my cards. I have about 30 minutes of crafting left to do. The roads will be icy tomorrow so i am taking another crafting day.