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Surprise Your Little Valentine With These 3 Sweet Creative Ideas.

Hello, Creative Friends!

Valentine's Day is this Tuesday which makes it a great time to create something simple to remind your special little sweeties you love them! Whether it’s a homemade card, a fun treat, or a super cool piece of art…

Surprise Your Little Valentine With These 3 Sweet Creative Ideas.

  1. Fortunately, I Love You: Whip up a batch of custom fortune cookies with this recipe from Fifteen Spatulas, add a saccharine message for your little darling, and watch while a big surprise smile lights up their face this Valentine’s Day.

  2. Nothing Bundt Love: Need a quick card to print and give to a tiny Valentine? Here is a downloadable and printable “Wishing You Nothing Bundt Love” card for all the darling angels on your Valentine's list. The best part is it’s completely FREE because I love all of you!

  3. XOXO Your Tween: If you have a tween or teen that needs some special attention, grab the watercolors, paper, and brushes and sit down and make this DIY XOXO painting from Art Bar. Frame it and hang it in their room as a sweet surprise they will enjoy not only on Valentine’s Day but year around!

Drop me a message and let me know what you are working on and what you will do to surprise your little Valentine.

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Keep going, creative friends!

xoxo,

Andra

This Is How Galentine's Day Can Make The Heart And The Mind Happy.

Hey Beautiful Friends, 

Happy Galentine's Day! What are you doing to celebrate your greatest Gal Pals?

Galentine’s Day is the perfect excuse to get the squad together remotely, drink bubbly, and just dance the day away. However, with all the ups and downs this year, some of our girlfriends might not be in the mood to jump on a Zoom call, move around and shake their maracas.

It’s hard to have fun when the mind isn’t in a great place!

That’s why my yogi friend Renee Gauthier and I have created a FREE 5-Day “Love Your Mind” Instagram challenge.

Join us this coming week, Monday, February 15th - Friday, February 19th to pick up tips on how to destress and get creative.

Here’s how it works:

Jump on Instagram and tag a friend who needs this and feel the love.

See you on Monday Galentines!

xoxo, Andra

P.S. Check out Renee’s fabulous Live Yoga Class schedule this week and my Skillshare Class “How To Unlock Creative Magic Everyday!” get started on creating Love In Your Mind this week.

Here Is How To Win At Valentine's Day This Year.
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Hi, Friends-

Can you believe Valentine’s Day is right around the corner?

February is tomorrow!

Where does the time go?

Well, if you are a bit like me, you might be trying to plan something thoughtful to give your Valentine. Finding a good Valentine’s Day gift can be complicated! Sure, a box of gooey truffles always makes Valentine’s Day delicious or a bottle of chilled bubbly always sets the heart and head spinning!

Both are good options but will they win the heart of our Valentine?

Maybe or Maybe not.

That’s why, this year, I created four different beautiful Valentine’s Day art prints available to purchase at INPRNT. *

These Fleurs de la Saint-Valentine art prints will make your sweet Valentine swoon. They were inspired by monochromatic bouquets of flowers found at french markets.

Here are the four prints available for purchase.


Fleurs de la Saint-Valentine - Amethyst

Fleurs de la Saint-Valentine - Amethyst

Fleurs de la Saint-Valentine - Rose

Fleurs de la Saint-Valentine - Rose

Fleurs de la Saint-Valentine - Peacock

Fleurs de la Saint-Valentine - Peacock

Fleurs de la Saint-Valentine - Coral

Fleurs de la Saint-Valentine - Coral

Here is another way to win now for Valentine’s Day.

January 31st, 2021 - February 2nd, 2021 you will get 10% off your order with this special code:

2HKMQUX

These prints are is gallery-quality giclée art prints on 100% cotton rag archival paper, printed with archival inks. Each art print is listed by sheet size and features a minimum one-inch border and the print can be purchased with a frame for an additional cost.

* Please note shipping times may be delayed from INPRNT due to covid restrictions and the slow down with mail service. Delivery by a particular day is not guaranteed.


Well, I hope your special someone enjoys their Fleurs de la Saint-Valentine art print, and don’t forget to use the code above to get 10% off your INPRNT order.

Until soon friends.


Day 34 - Say Anything, Valentine.

Day 34 - Hey Cupids. Valentines Day is getting close. Is there a better way to show your Valentine your unbridled love than through music? Insert flirty wink here.

With music and Valentine's day on the brain, today's project is to create a super cool Valentine portable speaker from a few @Starbucks cups from your coffee run today. Remember the movie Say Anything (affiliate link) from 1989? If you haven't watched the movie, or it's been a decade, it's about dreamy teenage love at it's best. Oh, John Cusack. Sigh.

To get inspired on how romantic portable speakers can be, check out the sound on this video and watch Say Anything (affiliate link).

Sweet right?

Now let's get down to making today's project. If @Starbucks cups have been saved, then the hard part is done. Make note that any paper or plastic cup can be used. It doesn't need to be @Starbucks but the @Starbucks logo on the large plastic cups just happens to be the size of the paper towel roll which will be inserted into the cup. When you use the @Starbucks cups, cutting the correct size hole then becomes easier. Here are the other supplies needed for the speaker and the directions. Get ready to pump up the volume. Happy creating!

All The Supplies You Will Need To Make Your Valentine Say Anything: paper towel roll, tape, scissors,  sheet of decorative paper or printer paper, a smart phone, 2 disposable cups, a Sharpie® pen and sticker glitter hearts. 

All The Supplies You Will Need To Make Your Valentine Say Anything: paper towel roll, tape, scissors,  sheet of decorative paper or printer paper, a smart phone, 2 disposable cups, a Sharpie® pen and sticker glitter hearts. 

Pump Up the Jam For Your Valentine.

Pump Up the Jam For Your Valentine.

Day 23 - Hey Girl. Hey Valentine.

Day 23 - Listen up boys. This post is for you. Do you have a goddess in your life? Maybe a bright shinning little girl who lights up your life? A hip teenage chic that rocks your world? Or a woman that puts the "Whoa!man" in woman? 

Well, Valentine's Day is only a few weeks away, let's make her feel like Channing Tatum just popped over to do her laundry. In other words, extra special! Do you need some help getting started on making Valentine's Day amazing? Sure. Got it. It's hard to to know what we want and how to make a woman happy but today's project is made to help.

Today, create a sweet Valentine's gift list for the special lady or ladies in your life. Pull out your notebooks and get thinking. To help you get started, below are suggestions to guarantee you will look better than Chris Hemsworth dressed in a suit, holding a furry kitten and a chocolate heart. Ladies, if you are reading this, what's your Valentine's wish?