Easy Valentine's Day Centerpiece

Wow, here I go again...more Valentine's Day decorations! Am I driving you nuts yet?! Sorry, but I feel like I should get these all out of the way at once, in plenty of time for February 14th in case you want to use some of these ideas for your own home!

Here's another inexpensive-couldn't-be-easier idea for you...and yes, MORE conversation hearts are involved (I told you I bought a bajillion bags, didn't I?).

Glass hurricanes filled with conversation hearts and a candle, wrapped with ribbon. Oh my goodness, I just blew your mind, right?! ;) I mean, what CAN'T you do with some hurricanes? If you don't have some, I highly recommend you run and grab yourself some - every single holiday/season, you are set! I got mine at Michaels, but they're everywhere. Remember what I did for some fall decor?

Lentils, kidney beans, and yellow split peas, candles, and some jute.
And for Christmas, I used the large one for my centerpiece...

Stuck some mini potpurri filler in there, placed it on a cake stand, wrapped some berry garland and jute (AGAIN!) around it, tucked some fresh (leftover from our tree) greens around the base and called it a day. I just LOVE these guys!

Okay, back to Valentine's Day...here's a trick that I was SO pumped about - probably most of you do this in some form already, but I thought I was pretty darn smart when I came up with it.

Yup, I sure did go outside to my recycling bin in 10 degree weather to dig up an empty can for the candle to sit on. I thought, there's got to be a way so I don't have to use SOOO many candies, and I was pattin' myself on the back for this one, let me tell you...wow, I'm entirely too easily amused...moving on...

I wish I had all the same color candles, but I didn't, so the big one is red, and the smaller ones on the side are white. Not the end of the world;)

I've had that heart runner for a couple years now (pretty sure I got it at Target). Pretty easy and inexpensive way to make our dining room table look festive!

Speaking of easy and inexpensive, here's our chandelier at the moment:

Just picked up some of that wire-y flashy heart garland at the Dollar Store, a 6 pack of flashy hearts (for a buck as well), and the ribbon to tie them was -you guessed it- a dollar too! ;)

So that about wraps it up. Spent a few bucks, and have myself a festive dining room table. Not bad! Not the most elegant, but it is fun, and when you've got little kids, fun trumps elegance any day. They get such a kick when we get decorations out for each holiday, and while they're running around this joint, I will continue to try my best and make it fun for them. I always loved how my mom would deck out our dining room for every holiday...even St. Patrick's Day. Memories I still have and think of fondly, and I hope I'm doing the same for these kiddos!

Ok, it's naptime in this house, so I'm gonna try and get one last Valentine's Day project complete...the half-completed mantel is driving me batty I tell you! Then I promise...that *should* be it with all the hearts for a while;)

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