With January coming to an end and February right around the corner, I’m finding so many things relating to Valentine’s Day, love, and sweethearts.

First off, here are these adorable floral message boquets created by emersonmade. Each flower is handstitched and hand dyed, and they are just absolutely adorable! They create things for wedding and will also be coming out with clothing apparel this year. I cannot wait to see it, but honestly I’d be afraid to wear it out! I wouldn’t want to destroy something as adorable as these.

Secondly is the adorable story of Joel Kimmel’s proposal to his girlfriend. After five years of begin together, he proposed to his girlfriend Chantal not long after New Year’s. He came up with such a creative and clever idea, I’m not sure I’ll ever hear another like it again. He found a book from 1883, and being an illustrator himself, he designed some pages to tell a story that would lead up to the revealing of the ring. The best part about it all is that they are both illustrators and work side-by-side, and she never knew what he was up to.

I highly encourage you all check out the rest of the story at his website here.

As for myself, this will be one of the first years I will be single when Valentine’s Day rolls around. For roughly the past, oh let’s say 5 years, I’ve been in a relationship of some sort. It’s just how it always kind of worked out really. I have to admit though that I’m kind of happy for this sort of change.  Instead of focusing on a significant other, I will be focusing on myself and the lovely friends who have truly helped me these past few years. Sometimes I feel that sharing that type of love is often overlooked when Valentine’s Day rolls around, and I will fully embrace it this year. Often I come up with little creative gifts, but this year my mind is focused on one thing: food! I haven’t cooked or baked, and it’s starting to drive me crazy. Cooking and baking is also a way that I like to show people how much I care for them. As I’ve been looking up some delicious recipes, I stumbled upon this entry by Tartelette called ‘Sugar Coma - Get Your Fix in Atlanta!’, and after looking at this entry I am really craving something deliciously sweet, possibly chocolately, yummy goodness, and also wishing I lived in Atlanta! Here are some of the delicious (and well photographed!) pictures from Helen’s adventures:

Again, check out Helen’s lovely blog or her portfolio.