It's February...you know what that means

Out come the Valentine's decorations!! Here, at my casa, it's nothing compared to Halloween or Christmas, but I do have to have something out to get in the mood of the season. Oh, and of course, February means my annual Shrimp Fest. Each year for the last 10 years, I've indulged in fresh, deep fat fried, Gulf Shrimp for my birthday. LOL I look forward to that special treat and find myself counting off the days of the calender. But, I'll get back to talkin' red stuff for now. When I was at Dollar Tree last week to purchase the cooking utensil, the splatter screen, for the outdoor bird feeder wreath project, I checked out to see if there was anything I could use to spruce up the tables and hutch for Valentine's Day. And they had on display some new items that caught my eye. Table Scatter. And not the felt type or the metallic foil type. These were molded plastic. Hearts!! Coming in packages of red hearts and packages of pink hearts. I bought a couple of the red ones. Once I got 'em home and opened them to scatter around on the dining room table for a centerpiece, I was wishing I'd bought a couple bags of the pink ones too. The day we went to the beach, I stopped at another Dollar Tree and they had no such thing. On to another Dollar Tree...they too had none. So, I had to make a special trip on another day to go back to the one store I found the red ones; hoping they hadn't sold out of them. They didn't, I bought two bags of the pink ones. Phew...close call. I was set in panic mode after stopping at two other stores. rofl So, now that I had the pink hearts also, I added them to the centerpiece. Small cork topped red heart glass bottles, metallic wire garland of pinks and reds twisted around the bottles, the table scatter all atop a white lace table runner. It's really pretty when the late afternoon sun hits the spot and the sunlight glistens through the red glass. And the garland twinkles in the sunlight and reflects on the table top. Festive, and simple enough to be tasteful and not cluttering the table. Then, I'll move to another room. On the fireplace mantel, I have just my silver, antique candle holders with red candles [of course] and a ruby glass vase holding a vine of baby's breath and red rose buds. This vase and the candle holders are sitting on top of a triple set of red linens that are folded in triangles and draped over the wood carving of the mantel. Also, in the living room, the coffee table has a touch of the red for the holiday...in terms of "love". Long ago, I purchased at Hobby Lobby [maybe it was Michael's] a cute little duo of amour. Two mice. The girl mouse has in her hand, one single stemmed red rose. The boy mouse has in his hand a bouquet of roses for his love interest. They're quite small, about 3 inches in height, made of ceramic, with iron tails that curl around. I put with this, also atop some red linens, and scattered some pink and red hearts table scatter. On the dining room hutch I added some Valentine ribbon that surrounds a couple pieces of carnival glass bowls and added some of the hearts into the center of the bowls. [I have no photo of that on the hutch tho]. And that's the extent of my Valentine decor. Online I found a crochet pattern for heart shaped coasters, but don't know if I'll get to making them in time for the 14th. We'll see.

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