Last night, my daughter-in-law showed me a fun, cute idea. Not only is this a great idea for Valentine’s Day, it’s a great idea for those of us whose grand chickabiddies live far away. (I know that it’s too late for you to do anything about it this year. I’m showing it to you so you can be prepared for next year.)

Here’s a picture of what my grandson received in the mail.  (Was it from his aunt on the other side of the family?  From his other grandmother (who is a wonderful, wonderful grandma)?  I can’t remember . . . I was so taken with the idea that that information leaked out of my cranium.)

Wouldn’t this be swell if you’ve been an on the ball grandma like Grandma Briefs and have made a special mailbox for your grandchild? Not only would your grandchild have a super-duper mail box but a super-duper package to go in it!

This is just two pieces of plastic with a few items placed between them and then stitched shut on the sewing machine. This has a Valentine’s theme but you could do this for any holiday or just because you wanted to do something for your grandchildren that lived far away!

(I’m thrilled with the idea of sewing something.  This burning-off-all-of-my-fingerprints-with-second-degree-burns-from-the-glue-gun is getting rather irksome. . . .  If I were fingerprinted today, I’d have a whole different batch by next month . . .)

I hope you have a lovely day today.  May you all consume enough chocolate or candy to put you in a sugar-induced coma for at least a week.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Oh my! I just stumbled across the most fabulous site! It has brightened my day immensely. And just in time for Valentine’s Day, too.

Do you have an endearing term that you call someone that you love? (In the first years of our marriage, my sweet husband often referred to me a Buckwheat. Romantic, eh?) Now, here’s a way that I can get back at him return the loving pet name.

I went to the site Cutesy Pet Name Generator and typed in Craig’s name. Here is the pet name it generated for him.

Camel  muffins! Camel muffins! I laughed and laughed and laughed. And laughed.

You can generate gangsta names, taxi driver names, Mexican names, and pirate names. Fun, fun, fun. Sit with your grandchild at the computer, go to Cutesy Pet Name Generator, and see what fun names you can come up with. Or generate the names and send your grandsnookums an e-Valentine and address them by their new name.

Oh Camel Muffins, I think I love you . . . (Sing THAT to the tune Wild Thing by the Troggs!)

(We pause a moment for my heaving bosom and panting breath to calm . . .)

There. All better now. Upward and onward.

One of my readers made a comment on my last post. She shared a link to some cute, cute, cute Valentine’s Day bookmarks.

I’m not sure if you, Dear Reader, might have seen her comment.

So, here is a link to her free bookmarks to download, print, and enjoy. Thank you, thank you Eileen!!

Have you ever done origami? Well, here’s a delightful heart you can make. There’s still a small moment of time that you can help your grandchildren make some hearts to give to others on Valentine’s Day. It will certainly stand out from all of the commercial ones everyone gives. Be sure to scroll down to see other examples of origami hearts.

A fun variation of this is to use pictures that you have taken of your grandchildren or pictures from magazines.

Have you got some empty heart-shaped chocolate boxes hanging around the house? Decorating the tops with your grandchildren would be a fun activity. Glue a photo of your grandchild on the top. Or glue a picture from a magazine. Get geegaws and dodads from a craft store to glue on top. Then, have candy that you can put in it for your grandchild to take home and enjoy.

Camel Muffins . . . oh my . . .

Oh my!  My face is as red as the Valentine on the left . . . (and it’s not because of all of the blemishes, either.)

I created this post and put in the links.  Then I clicked on the save button.  I did.  I really did.  Well, I could have sworn that I clicked saved.

Then I went on my merry way with a HUGE writing assignment.

Alas, when I logged in today, I saw that some evil gremlin had sneaked in during the dark of night and clicked the publish button.  All that my reader saw were ugly, skin ‘n bones URLs. No fancy wordsmith-ing of descriptions. No outpouring of my own take on the ideas.

Oh, I’m so embarrassed! (Can any of you grandmothers name the book that line comes from??)) It’s almost as if the mailman caught me in my undies. An ugly sight indeed!

I’m taking a moment now to gussy up this site. I do apologize for inflicting ugly HTML code on you. . . (Please tell me you understand. Tell me you forgive me. If you don’t, I think I’ll have to go eat worms. . .)

Heart Pop-up Card

Valentine’s Day Printable Stickers

Valentine’s Day Paper Craft

Valentine’s Day Count Down Calendar – This is a tad late (ahem). So consider this a jump start for next year.

Cupid Card

And then I read what one of my readers has done for her son’s Valentine’s Day cards. This idea is SO STINKIN’ CUTE!!! You have just got to take a look at what she has done! (Mmm. . . funny thing. She is not a Grandma . . . Mothers using my ideas. Imagine that!)

And then Grandma Shelley commented about her “Love is in the Air” post showing the Valentine’s Day craft that she does for her grandchildren. (And I thought I was doing a great job of cutting Valentines from card stock and coloring on them with crayons with my grandson. . . Maybe Grandma Shelley will be MY grandma.  Maybe she’ll come organize my home!

I’ll say this now (in case I’m too wiped out after I get all this writing done) and I miss you on the exact day:

Happy Valentine’s Day!

It’s February, folks.  Thought that I’d better tell you in case you didn’t know . . .

And February means grandmothers are scrambling to find fun crafts, treats, and Valentines to make with — and for — grandchildren.

I must admit, I’m not a Martha Stewart fan.  Nothing against her personally.  Maybe I ought to try harder.  (Should I send her a Valentine to see if she would be my friend. No?  I didn’t think so.)

Even though I may not be gaga over Martha, I do occasionally think she (or her worker bees) come up with some great ideas.  I totally like her Heartstrings Valentine card.  Check out this picture of the cute, cute, card. Then you can go here to get the directions to make it.

Then there is her Glittered Heart.

And the Valentine’s Day Sign Card.

And Thumbtack Valentine Frame.

And Heart and Lollipop Flower.

And Accordion Hearts.

And Button Covers.

And Crayon Hearts.

With so many fun ideas here, maybe I need an attitude adjustment.  D’ya think?