I’m not sure if it a a good thing or not, but as a food & lifestyle blogger I start thinking about holidays about 2 months before they happen. Since September/Back to School it has been a wild ride with Halloween, then Thanksgiving onto Christmas, New Years and now Valentine’s Day! Let’s not forget about all of the travel, work, kids, school and family activities.
Way before a holiday approaches my mind spins in all kinds of creative ways. I think about food, recipes, crafts & photography. All. The. Time.
I love sharing ideas that go way beyond recipes. My plan is to design more & give you DIY printables and crafts a bit more often.
I love all holidays, even simple “normal” days.
I also love to design little cherubs decked out in plaid.
Do you like chocolate truffles? I sure hope you do ’cause I love them. I have a great new truffle recipe I will be sharing soon. So you can make the ones you see in the photos.
That is assuming you want to….
In shades of pinks, blues, reds and greens these designs are versatile, sophisticated yet playful to suit many projects.
I have a thing for sparkle. I hope you are OK with that. You don’t have to use the foamy stickers if you don’t want to. They were all over my kitchen table from my daughters craft projects.
They are also hiding out in my purse. You can read more about that over at  the new blog That’s What We Said. It is a great place to share giggles with the creators Kristan Confessions of a Cookbook Queen & Shelly Cookies and Cup  Over there is a sneak peek at what I keep inside my purse.
For the mason jars I printed the flags and cherubs on card stock at about 80% of the full size. For the burlap wrapped flowers they were printed at 100%.
You can print these little flag tags and angels for yourself. Even better…for FREE. Best news you have heard all day. I know…
Just remember ~ all you need is….
Hugs are good too! XOXO
Here is the link to this Valentine’s Little Angels Design PDF on my Facebook page. I would love if you email or send some photos of your craft projects to me on Facebook if you use these designs. It would be so fun to see all of your creativity.
Important Usage Information
I am so pleased to share my graphics with you. Before you download here are a few important bits of information.
The downloadable pdfs in this post (as are all the photos, recipes and everything on this blog) are free for the looking and are for personal use only. They are strictly not for commercial use. If you wish to incorporate any of my designs, photos, graphics in your own personal projects & blogs, please credit me and include a link to MarlaMeridith.com and/or this page. You may not not distribute any of my downloadable files. As a courtesy please do not link directly to a downloadable file but rather to this page. Thanks for understanding and taking the time to read this. Enjoy! ~Marla
Valentine’s Day Links
- Chocolate Cherry Valentine’s Day Bark Confessions of a Cookbook Queen
- Easy Valentine’s Day Dessert | Caramel Banana Raspberry Napoleons TidyMom
- French Toast with Stewed Berries Yummy Mummy
- Strawberry 2 Ingredient Fudge Cookies and Cups
- Round Up: MarlaMeridith.com Valentine’s Recipes
- Valentine’s Treats with Rosa’s Yummy Yums MarlaMeridith.com
This post has been included in TidyMom’s I’m Lovin it Fridays
Cute printables.
Now if only I had a printer 🙂
I print NOTHING anymore! haha!
Oh, so cute! I love them. A pity I don’t have a color printer…
Cheers,
Rosa
So sweet and adorable! These will definitely come in handy 🙂 Thank you!
Hi Liren, thanks! I hope you can use them for your projects too 🙂
I love these Marla! Homemade Valentine’s are the best! 😀
Thanks Caroline. Homemade Valentine’s are fun! My kids have filled the kitchen table with their own. We are having so much fun with this!
Wow Marla, these printables are amazing! I would love to learn how to make them, you must have so much patience. Photoshop drives me nuts after just a couple of minutes… and I went to school for it!
Leanne, I am actually starting to strike up a better relationship with Photoshop. I used to really dislike it & now I am kinda obsessed with it. There is so much I do not know though….will take years of practice! I should take some classes in it come to think of it. Just need to find the time 😉
See, I may start THINKING about holidays ahead of time…but you actually act on them. These are so super pretty!
Joanne, I try girl. Sometimes I miss. Like the SuperBowl. I will miss. Is that a holiday though?
Oh, Marla! Those are darling!!!
Thanks Bridget…now if only I had your talents I could make little plaid cherub cookies. I will leave that one up to you 😉 I’ll stick with Illustrator, Photoshop and a camera!
No way.. This is way too sweet of you! Thanks for the printables! I am so excited now to decorate some mason jars!
Thank you !!!
xo.Britt
The Magnolia Pair
http://www.themagnoliapair.com
🙂
Hi Britt! So glad you stopped by and like the printables. Can’t wait to hear about your projects….and maybe take a peek?
You’ve done it again, lady face!
Thanks miss Bev 🙂 Glad you like ’em.
Oh these are just adorable! I love homemade gift tags and decorations and adding them to homemade food gifts, makes it look all the more perfect. I think it really shows you care.
Jennifer, it really does. The extra special homemade cards, tags, buttons, badges, ribbons, bows….etc. Sweet little touches say a whole lot!
These are darling!! Nothing wrong with being prepared and thinking ahead of time. I am the same way, two months in advance I am thinking of how to approach holidays in a unique and thoughtful way.
“A unique and thoughtful way” love that. My new motto. Thanks Allison!
Thank you, Marla! 🙂
Those are adorable! Thank you! I would love to print them and paste them on card stock to use as valentines day cards. On the back “designed by Marla”
Your creativity and talent is amazing!
Thanks Angie, I am so glad you enjoy them. There is oh so much you can do with things like this 🙂
Love the printables! So fun!
Oh Marla~
This post makes my HEART beam from Bainbridge to SUNNY California!
I’m speechless at the lovely~ness!
The burlap with the PINK & blue and red is just adorable!
Don’t think I didn’t spot those mini pom~poms! 😉
Too cute my dear adorable girl!
I just LOVE your style!
Can’t believe I missed what’s in YOUR BAG!!!
I’ll have to pop over!
I’m seriously PINNING every picture in this post!
LOVE the printables!
Yeah for more crafts on Family Fresh Crafting….I mean Cooking!
xoxoxoxoxo~
Teresa, your visits always brighten my day. Thanks so much for all of your great energy and sweetness! I am so happy that you went Pin Crazy on this post. I hope that lots of people enjoy my art & designs and can use them for their own projects. I thought that the natural/rustic burlap went well with the candy colors. Nice contrast. I love contrast!!
Hope you had fun with that BAG post. I had gobs of fun with that one! I was actually laughing as I wrote it.
I knew you would spot those itty bitty pom poms. Now I am obsessed like you!
Those are so cute! Sometimes I wonder where on earth you find time to do all of this! Don’t you ever sleep?
Jen, I do sleep. Actually really well because I make myself so tired!! Glad you like the crafts 🙂
Very Cute Marla! You are so creative!
These are just adorable! My question is “girl, where DO you find the time”?
Total inspiration!
Nancy, not sure where I find the time. But I do! The problem for me is relaxing & down time. I am not wired to do that!
so adorable Marla!
You are such a creative talent Marla – I wouldn’t be able to find any Valentine gift tags/cards as beautiful as these 😉
I love that you’ll be doing more of these crafty things for us. Love your style!
I wish I were just a little more crafty. I do dream about doing super cute projects like these. The printables are fantastic and so nice of you to offer for us to use and enjoy. Can’t wait for those gorgeous truffles;)xx
Such great ideas! Can’t wait for the truffles!
Oh..what a lovely display of creativity! Love the pinky look of the post, and yes blogging has made me think food..recipe..pictures 24×7 🙂
Love and hugs.
I LOVE you and KISS you! So pretty and you have made it so easy for everyone to be crafty xxx
Though I’m so not valentines day kind of girl but those printable of yoursK are so cute! Makes me want to celebrate for a change. You are so talented!
You are talented. DIY love. I’ll be passing this information on to my wife. Luckily, we do have a colour printer. Great idea M!
Thanks for linking up this week Marla! I featured you post in my wrap up http://tidymom.net/2012/valentines-day-crafts-food-decor/
have a fabulous Sunday!
Super cute & fun, Marla! Love the colors. How fun that would be to receive a beautiful jar of those truffles!!
Darling Printables! Thanks! I’d love for you to submit this to the M&T Spotlight http://www.makeandtakes.com/spotlight
Hi Sue!! Thanks, I will dash over to add these to your link up. Thanks for letting me know.
these are so pretty ! thanks a lot ! i share the link here : http://www.pinterest.com/lemondedis/valentines-freebies/