Valentine’s Day redux

On Valentine’s Day, we’re going to do something different.

No gifts. No flowers. No dining out.

This year, we might still wear something reddish and drink a sparkler, but we’re staying home. Could sound rather humdrum—but I’m excited because this will be a creative and meaningful Valentine’s Day.

We’ll start by making a tasty vegetarian lasagna (from my own spontaneous “recipe”) and a chopped salad with veggies fresh from the farmers’ market. Then after dinner, we’ll clear off the table and <drum roll> … make our own Valentine’s Day cards with our own personal messages right on the spot!

I’m thinking about it now because I need to capture “art supplies” from our cupboards, recycling bin, and elsewhere:

• cardboard cereal boxes
• address label stickers
• ribbons from recently opened packages
• greenery from the garden
• dried beans
• wrapping paper
• raffia
• magazines
• catalogs
• highlighters
• colored pencils
• glue

What fun!

If you can think of anything else that might be already in the house to use as art supplies, please let me know.

Although it is early, I wish you all a very happy Valentine’s Day 2013.

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