February 5, 2011

"heart" and seek - day 5

{photo found here }
when i was a little girl valentines were never ever bought from a store.
my mom would get a new pack of "construction" paper and i would have to pick out all the reds and whites and pinks.  there would be crate paper so we could cut it into little squares and wrap it around the eraser side of a pencil then we would glue it down onto unsuspecting HEART forms.  there was glitter...lots of messy glitter that we could find in cracks and crevices months later.   and doilies.  i loved doilies.  i still love doilies.  i remember how hard it was to separate them into just one.  they liked to stick together those doilies did.   saved cards from years gone by were trimmed down and given new life on my homemade valentines.  markers were obviously a must have and the most important tool was a big bottle of wonderful old elmers glue.   i can remember using so much glue that sometimes my valentines would still be soggy when i delivered them....and speaking of DELIVERING...
am i the only one in america who "skipped" to their friends homes,  valentines swinging from a brown paper bag and carefully tip-toed onto the porch and ever so gently laid my glorious piece of love art down on the mat just perfectly...rang the bell...and RAN LIKE MAD????
my kids tell me every year when i make them do this with me...
"mom!!!  this is doorbell ditching!!!  we are gonna get C-A-U-G-H-T!!!"
"that.s part of the fun!!!"  i say as i ring the next door neighbors bell 
and leave them in the dust!!!

so this leads me into day 5 of "HEART and seek"
this little game is leaving me a tad nostalgic.  see...every time i get a new email i hear a little "bell" sound {it.s usually annoying}  but not this month.  no!  this month i run to the computer.  throw open my mailbox and see if i have a new HEART surprise from you guys!  it makes me feel like i am little all over again.  
this wonderful happy budda HEART love came to my facebook mailbox from 
the oh so talented and super beautiful kelly barton.  please check out her website as she always has the most wonderful wisdom and fun to share.
...not to mention her art ROCKS.
the next time my doorbell rang i ran to see who was there and lucky day for me!
someone had left me, not one, but two love surprises.
that someone is one of my besties in the whole world...kolleen harrison
from HEARTwing sisters. {wink wink...she should have a lot of HEARTS right}   on a recent walk these HEARTs snuck up on K.  she thought it was especially kind of them to come in pairs and she even suggested looking at it as a smiley face and the one HEART is the mouth.  do you see it?
as she continued her walk she found the best HEART attack ever...
she said it so beautifully in her own wise words...
"HI SWEET CHEEKS.....SO TODAY ON MY WALK I STUMBLED UPON THIS SWEET HEART THAT LOOKS LIKE IT IS FLOATING ON A STRING.  
I STOPPED....TOOK IT IN AND THOUGHT THIS IS HOW I FEEL WHEN MY KIDS SMILE AT ME OR SCOTT TAKES MY HAND OR A FRIEND CALLS JUST TO CHECK IN....
I FEEL LIKE MY HEART IS FLOATING!"
i could have not said it more perfectly myself kolleen!
part of the joy of this "HEART and seek" for me...is watching all of you open your eyes to the love around you.  many of you have said that once you started actively looking for HEARTS, you began to see them everywhere.  isn.t that awesome!  such is the case with this teensy tiny paper love from
 jennifer at giggling in the rain.  i adore the fact that she noticed a HEART so small and seemingly insignificant...yet it DID make a BIG difference in her day.  i promise if you take a visit to jennifer.s blog you will be giving your own HEART a huge gift.   jennifer.s words are like chocolate!

keep looking for love my friends...it might be so tiny you have to squint or it could be right under your feet.  LOVE IS EVERYWHERE!


cultivate the ability to see love in small spaces


12 comments:

  1. honeeeeey,
    you are
    soooooo
    C-A-U-G-H-T!
    & seen.
    you & your
    doilies!
    & may i say,
    you shine
    like the sun.
    a heart sun.
    ~
    & i visited kelly's site/
    l o v e l y...
    & of course i am
    so gifted to know
    the gorjuss kolleen.
    ahhhhh.
    ~
    xoxoo

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  2. thank you for sharing so many hearts and spreading so much joy! I've been out of the loop for a few day...in the hospital getting my thyroid removed. returning home and reading your posts from the last couple of days is filling MY heart!

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  3. Oh, Chrissy, I love your childhood traditions! I was not schooled in the sweet art of homemade valentines. Nope - we bought em at the store, signed our names and brought them all to school in a big bag to exchange. No deliveries, doorbell ringing, none of that. I can see I totally missed out!! Anyway, love that you are carrying on the tradition and adding lots more of your own. So happy to know some of your HEART-y friends as well!! Hugs and hearts to you!!!!

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  4. ok chrissy,
    i am going to try your challenge. i have found a few {hearts} but have only posted about my first day. http://conniecapron.blogspot.com/2011/02/finding-heartsmy-way.html

    i am going to try really hard to search for these wonderful little {hearts}.
    happy {heart} hunting!!
    love you!
    {{hugs}}
    connie

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  5. this post made me smile and made me realize i need to open my eyes a little wider ;-)

    xo-

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  6. oh chrissy you are just the cutest. I love that you would ring doorbells and run. what a sweet idea. I am sure the person who opened the door was very happily surprised.

    Thank you so much for adding in my little heart. It really did make my day.

    Loving you big time. xoxo
    Jennifer

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  7. we always purchased valentines when i was growing up :-(
    BUT when i became a mama to five wonderful munchkins we ALWAYS made homemade valentines- such HAPPY memories for me and now my daughters make valentines with their munchkins.
    LOVE this post sweet chrissy!

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  8. your excitement just leaps out of this page! so fun!

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  9. oh how i can see you you "doorbell ditching"!!! I LOVE IT!!!!

    you are creating such wonderful memories with your babes......they are so blessed to have you as their mama and

    me....

    well i am beyond blessed to have you as my bestie!!!

    i am in such fabulous "heart" company....thank you for posting my little concrete finds!!!

    oxoxoxoxo
    love you
    k

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  10. I agree...your kids are so lucky to have you as their mama! This heart business is making my heart happy. XO
    (I didn't realize that I should email you...how did I miss that?)

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  11. love you chrissy. and thank you for the shout out. if you saw me tearing that magazine page into a heart you would have been giggling. it took me two attempts. it is so amazing how something so small can bring so much love and smiles...hmmmm...

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  12. I'm now officially on the Heart Hunt! Love you Chrissy!

    I loved picturing you as a little girl, skipping over with your brown bag of love...I know you must've been the cutest little girl, so full of goodness <3

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thank you so very much!