we got news today that the lockdown is extended until the 7th of March so no date nights anytime soon. This is why I started this series on the blog – click here for the 1rst post – to get creative at home to spend quality time with your significant other.
So for today´s post our topic is playing games – whether it is a board game like D&D or Monopoly, a Playstation Game or another game like billard. It´s the time you are spending together that counts. Without your phone. Making an effort by dressing up. This is very important at these times, you spend all the time at home and nothing new happens so very soon your only topic will be who takes out the trash.
Playing billard together brought back so many memories. The last time we played billard was on our second date and now we are married for 2 and a half years and have a baby so time has passed pretty quick.
Although we weren´t very good at the beginning it was so much fun and we enjoyed our one on one time. Don´t forget to switch up your game from time to time. Get off that sofa into some real pants and do something together and I don´t mean watch a movie.
Think about it and see you tomorrow and as we are talking of movies now, I am sharing my top 9 reality TV shows from Netflix on Friday.
today marks my last Valentine´s Day post for this year but also the best one too (at least for me). To be honest this was one of the things I got excited when I was pregnant with Emilia. I love to gift little holiday themed things / baskets (not only to my child) to other people in my life but getting baby items is definitely on the cuter side. The little basket is not only for playing / snacking but also a teachable moment. I know she is too small to fully understand what´s going on this year but I also know how happy Emilia gets when I show her a new toy or book she gets to keep so this will definitely warm my mama heart.
Anyways if you are not interested in making the basket by yourself you can skip the next paragraph where I am sharing what you will need to get crafty asap.
What you will need
Congratulations! You are trying to accomplish this by yourself rather than buying. I have to admit I thought it would be super easy but there are definitely some tricky parts. So let´s start with the felt. I got it from an etsy shop. Make sure to get a thickness of 4 or 5 mm otherwise it will be to thin and won´t hold up. You will need a very sharp scissor to cut it. I had to go over to my parents house cause obviously all of ours are too blunt.
The meassurments should be as you need it. I just put down the tallest object which was the book in our case and went with the width plus some additional space of a few mm. You will need three pieces of the bigger parts (front, back and bottom piece) and two pieces of the small parts (the two side pieces). If you want to you can also make a handle but I didn´t do one. Another cute feature I added are the hearts on the back and the front. I got the template from Pinterest.
After you cut out all your pieces it is time to heat up your glue gun. The glue dries fast on the felt so you should work quick. Another tip from my side – don´t use too much glue. It dries white and you will see it on the sides if it leaks. The hearts are higher than the sides but that was intended to add some dimension.
Overall I am very pleased with the look of my little Valentine´s Day basket for Emilia. But to be honest I am sure she is going to rip it apart in no time cause that is what she love to do at the moment. Nevertheless I gave my best to give her a great first Valentine´s Day present.
What to put in the basket
This is the second fun part (maybe a little too much fun for me) – filling the basket. I went with snacks, a Valentine´s Day themed pekaboo book, cute little house shoes with an embroidered heart, a Peppa Pig stuffed animal and a little wooden toy.
I can´t wait to give it to her and see how happy she will be.
Are you planning anything for your kids. Heart shaped pancakes or doughnuts would be so cool too but she isn´t eating any of that yet.
With Valentine´s Day right around the corner everything seems to be red and pink so how about a much more moody and dramatic eyeshadow look ?! I got the Urban Decay Naked Reloaded Eyeshadow palette for my birthday and have been playing with it ever since. The shadows are so smooth and highly pigmented that is truly something I love. There are plenty of glittery blush hues, nudes that match everything and mysterious mauve hues.
I am no pro in make-up. I am learning by the day and love to try out new products to see how they work for me.
The shades I used are:
Crease – Burn
Under Eye Line – Angel Fire
Inner Eye – Bribe
Upper Eye – Blur
Highlighting – Angel Fire
In terms of brushes I use the ones I can find in the moment I need them cause somehow they always disappear but for brands I love to use Mikasa and Real Techniques.
We are not going out for Valentine´s Day cause everything will be still closed so I would love to know what you guys are doing? Do you even like Valentine´s Day? I have heard very different opinions throughout the years.
Going to share an adorable kids idea tomorrow to make their Valentine´s Day even sweeter.
Valentine´s Day is exactly one week away and I know that we are staying home cause we will still be in lockdown but nevertheless I am going to dress up and enjoy my take-away food with every inch of my body.
But for all of my gals who want to dress up or are allowed to go to dinner I am sharing this set (and some more) of cute and affordable Valentine´s Day earrings. I personally love a great statement earring as much as my lipsticks so this was a no brainer to get heart themed earrings for the day of love.
Now lets see what we´ve got – a great mix between pearls, letters, hearts and velvet.
I got the set of eight and I shared some of them in the photos I took above. Do you guys have any plans? Maybe we could do something we haven´t thougth about and isn´t closed of restricted.
See you tomorrow. Enjoy the last hours of your weekend.
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