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January 30, 2018 - Updated May 7, 2019 // 24 Comments

A Heart Themed Valentine's Day Gift Guide

I did a bunch of gift guides around Christmas-time and I decided that instead of doing a typical gift guide for Valentine’s Day that I would do a heart-themed gift guide (or a treat yo-self guide) for Valentine’s Day because I just love heart-shaped things and I love being festive. Even way back before I met Will in college I loved Valentine’s Day….I know everyone gets bummed out by it when single but I never did. I always treated myself to my own chocolate and did a face mask in a comfy robe or something. Or a girls night out. Or literally anything besides wallow about being single….there were plenty of other days of the year to do that haha.

Clothes & Accessories

So I actually have that second pair of pjs in my cart right now because they are suuuper cute but the satin-y ones look pretty comfy too. I NEED that multi-colored heart dress from Modcloth. I feel like the pizza tee is super cute, too.

One of my favorite things in the world is festive socks for every holiday. Will and I always like to find some every year for each holiday. I think I’m going to get the Avocuddle ones and the T-rex ones! I’m obsessed with the two Dune black heart bags from Asos.

I think I’m buying myself jewelry this Valentine’s Day because some of these are so cute. I need those Kate Spade studs and I, like the rest of the world, am in love with rose gold so that initials pendant necklace and watch need to be mine.

 


For The Home

I always think about decorating for Fall/Halloween and Christmas but I never do anything for Valentine’s Day but the lady I work for decorates so cute for Valentine’s Day so I feel like I need to up my game!

 

One of our Valentine’s Day traditions that Will and I started was that we always have breakfast for dinner (we refuse to go out on the night of Valentine’s Day) and I think I’m going to get this heart-shaped waffle maker and surprise HIM with some breakfast for once. I have been wanting a picnic basket and I THINK THIS IS THE ONE. I keep trying to scour yard sales for that sort of thing but I rarely find what I’m looking for.  ALSO…one of my Things I’ve been slacking on that we talked about in my Make Winter Suck Less post is to learn how to bake. My day off lands the day before Valentine’s Day so I think I want to make some heart-shaped baked goods. And I totally need those measuring cups and spoons because half of ours are plastic and have become things Riley likes to play with.

Random Things I Thought Were Cute

Can we talk about that cute book box??

 

 

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  1. Charlotte Anne Brand says

    January 30, 2018 at 10:32 am

    I love this! There are so many gorgeous gift ideas here. I love the heart shaped waffle maker – I don’t have a partner so I might just buy that for myself haha! Great post lovely, I’m sure this will help many people this Valentines Day <3
    Charlotte | https://charlotteidek.com

    Reply
  2. Molly Tullis says

    January 30, 2018 at 11:51 am

    I love those socks! So cute and cozy.

    Reply
  3. Amanda Maynard says

    January 30, 2018 at 12:29 pm

    You have so many great pieces on here! I actually really want those ASOS heart PJS for a VDay night in

    Reply
  4. Kerri says

    January 30, 2018 at 1:07 pm

    That heart ring is everything! I love it!

    Reply
  5. Zoë says

    January 30, 2018 at 2:29 pm

    Ah I love this… It’s all super romantic. I wonder if I forward it to my husband if he’ll see the thinly veiled hint I’d be sending him haha!

    Reply
  6. Cristina - Memories of the Pacific says

    January 30, 2018 at 2:42 pm

    The ASOS heart PJs are so cute! I’m going to show them to my hubby 😉

    Reply
  7. Macy says

    January 30, 2018 at 3:11 pm

    This is a great post! I’ve never seen a gift guide done this way and it is so creative! I can’t wait to see more!

    Reply
  8. Jennifer Maune says

    January 30, 2018 at 3:46 pm

    I love that you have some more unusual and unique choices on your gift guide plus those adorable Kate Spade pave earrings! LOL

    Reply
  9. Marlynn | UrbanBlissLife says

    January 30, 2018 at 5:41 pm

    So cute! Love all of the socks!

    Reply
  10. Ruthie Ridley says

    January 30, 2018 at 6:40 pm

    I am loving all of your pics here!! SO much fun!!

    Reply
  11. Vivian says

    January 30, 2018 at 9:35 pm

    All of the pjs you’ve picked out are SO cute! And I love the heart wreaths~

    Vivian | LIVE IN LOVE
    IG | @viviyunn_

    ~

    Reply
  12. Jenny says

    January 30, 2018 at 10:21 pm

    I love it all! I can’t pick a favorite.

    Reply
  13. Anna @ The Bibliotaph says

    January 30, 2018 at 11:07 pm

    This is such a helpful guide! Thanks you! Also, I LOVE the Modcloth dresses.

    Reply
  14. Indrani says

    January 31, 2018 at 8:39 am

    Whoa what a lot of gift ideas for V-Day! I just want to splurge on myself with most of these stuffs. 🙂

    Reply
  15. Dagmara says

    January 31, 2018 at 10:41 am

    So many cute items. I really like the home decor pieces. Who doesn’t like heart shaped waffles with the strawberries. Thank you for sharing!

    Reply
  16. Michelle therrien says

    January 31, 2018 at 11:03 am

    Nice article, love having other.gift.options. also a huge sock.lover one can never have too many fun socks.i now have learned to knit my own even more fun

    Reply
  17. Carrie | Clean Eating Kitchen says

    January 31, 2018 at 11:21 am

    I love those heart PJs form ASOS! You can never have enough PJs!

    Reply
  18. Maddy says

    January 31, 2018 at 2:15 pm

    I am loving those home accessories!

    Reply
  19. sarah camille says

    January 31, 2018 at 4:06 pm

    You have so many adorable finds! I love the socks and heart phone case and pillows most of all. 🙂

    Reply
  20. Shawn says

    January 31, 2018 at 4:28 pm

    Awesome post! I love the gift ideas that you’ve highlighted. The heart-shaped fuzzy pillow and Heart PJs are definitely on my list.

    Reply
  21. Aitza B says

    January 31, 2018 at 4:56 pm

    Love the socks! My best friend and I always gift each other socks

    Reply
  22. Lisa says

    January 31, 2018 at 5:35 pm

    Love the socks!!

    Reply
  23. Michelle says

    February 1, 2018 at 10:34 am

    I never get into Valentine’s Day, but I would certainly take some of those cozy socks! My big one for the spring months is St. Patrick’s Day. With a last name of Shannon, I feel it is my duty to decorate the house with as much Irish/green as I can possibly find without it looking like a trashy bar!

    (I had a love affair with ModCloth. Then they were purchased by Walmart and I just can’t buy from them anymore. It breaks my heart, but my loathing for the big W is just too great. Their stuff is still super cute though!)

    Reply
  24. Jennifer | Mrs Q Book Addict says

    February 1, 2018 at 2:54 pm

    SO many cute gifts! Those Kate Spade heart studs are gorgeous!

    Reply

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These indie bookshops are so vital to our communities and I know everyone’s situation is different so this isn’t to shame but That Website can’t replace what can be created in these book spaces. Shop local when you are able! #indiebookshop #bookshop #bookshopping #independentbookstore
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The Trouble With Anna — I enjoyed this delightful little historical romance about a heroine who is carving out her independence only to find out, when her grandfather dies, that he tied her inheritance/future to marrying her best friend’s brother — a not-so-happy surprise for both of them. I could understand why they both had some guardness/walls up and I enjoyed watching them slowly start to lower them.

Mayhem and the Mortal - I’m not too far into this romantic fantasy but it is one of my most anticipated that came out last month and I’m excited to dig in more.

Hamnet — I know, I know. For April I decided not to make a traditional TBR list of books I wanted to read but instead give myself some prompts to guide my reading (bc I’m overwhelmed with all my choices at hand) without feeling rigid. One of the prompts was to read a book I HAD TO BUY but is still unread. So going to finally get to it. Have you read this one or watched the movie?

What are you currently reading?
I had been waiting for the perfect time to read th I had been waiting for the perfect time to read this one after Random House sent me a finished copy as TJR is a longtime auto-buy author.  I found myself caught up in all the space joy and wonder and feeling quite parasocial about the Artemis crew...I decided now was the time.

I had no idea what I was getting into.

I hadn’t really known what it was about but I didn’t really need to given its TJR & the fact it was 1980s NASA & astronauts.

But this book was about love to me - romantic love, platonic love, familial love, love for something bigger than yourself, love for the person you are & are becoming, love in the face of obstacles, love for what lights you up.

Having been invested in real life astronauts & their journey lately really made this book even more vivid to me — seeing the bonds of the crew so deeply, feeling the fragility that exists while they are doing this wondrous & crazy thing that often still boggles my mind that we can do.

And, hardest to put into words, that feeling of awe in the expansive nature & capabilities of love & the universe that I felt when a husband named a crater after his late wife which doubly helped me understand how Joan & Vanessa felt looking back at earth.

It made me sob & feel everything about being a human so deeply basically from that Frances/Joan phone call at 86% of the way through until the final words. Like could not breathe.

*might be a tiny bit spoilery so beware:

I think the way she wrote this was so impactful bc we start out knowing something bad happens &it’s not even that far when we know that some of them def won’t make it back & some are alive in peril.

I was like “oof” when *it* happens early on. But each and every chapter where we learn more about these ppl & their relationships felt agonizing & I was retroactively grieving for them more deeply every turn of the page.

The hurt and grief just compounds from a moment that was sad from the jump to something that had dug in deep to me.

To know what happens right before this mission makes the mission control bits even more excruciating. Makes the peril a character is in hit even harder than just “oh that must be scary!”. 

I loved it. I needed it bad.
The theme of Q1 was “just go with it” — it being m The theme of Q1 was “just go with it” — it being my reading whims, quirks and troubles.

Interesting things:

1. January started out rough. I only read 1 physical book and leaned very heavy into audiobooks only. At first it was distressing that my brain -thanks to current events and their effect on my mind - couldn’t work out how to sit down and read with my eyeballs but I was like…let’s just roll with it and wait for it to pass. So I waited and enjoyed a ton of audiobooks.

2. I don’t think I’ve ever read so many thrillers and mysteries in a quarter. It’s a genre I love but I’m normally quite more balanced. However, it’s what I was craving and what my brain was tolerating so…I just went with it.

3. I have always been a reader led by my moods (both how I feel reading wise and personally). This quarter was FERAL. Like the most feral mood reading ever. I couldn’t even categorize it. I’d decide on one book enthusiastically and suddenly I was like…absolutely not that.

4. I read way less fantasy than normal which was WEIRD but I felt like I also wasn’t surprised given my brain space.

5. I really started to resent people even more who said “it’s a book account stop talking about politics etc”. Babe, I’m a human who gives a shit but ALSO this has and always been an account of MY reading life. And my reading life was profoundly affected by the things that were going on in this country. Like they have been before - whether it’s been current events or things like having a kid, being depressed, slumps, etc.

6. I return to the fact that, for me, I am happiest when I pay attention to my reading whims. The end of the month I had a very specific reading mood (wanted time travel element but not a heavy time travel book) and I decided to pick up A Rip Through Time at the end of the month and I’m now halfway through book 4. Having the best time ever!!! 

Anyways, tell me how your reading life was in Q1! Fave books? Biggest surprises??
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I’m intrigued by Fast Lane especially since it’s being adapted for a tv series. I’m seeing comparisons to Elle Kennedy’s Off Campus series which I did love!

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A book recommendation for all my historical fictio A book recommendation for all my historical fiction readers - The Briar Club by Kate Quinn. My holy grail historical author came through for me again. I can’t express how much I cared for and was pulled into the lives of these women living in a boardinghouse in DC during the McCarthy era just as much as I was racing to find out what happened in this house. The tension mounted as we got to what actually happened?? Masterful. Truly. #historicalfiction #bookrec #bookrecommendation #historicalfictionbooks @williammorrowbooks
Made a fun family day out of Independent Bookstore Made a fun family day out of Independent Bookstore Day and hit up new faves @maveybooks and what used to be my second home when I lived closer @childrensbookworld which was so nice to be back home 🥹🥹

Book shopping is great but I can’t express how incredible building community is and indie bookshops do just that. I always wanted my own version of Cheers and, while not a bar where everybody knows my name, CBW was that place for me for almost a decade when I built community by going to YA book events there and moderating events. And while I am not able to get there as often as I was before I became a mom and we moved further away, It’s been so special to be able to share this beloved space with Riley.

These indie bookshops are so vital to our communities and I know everyone’s situation is different so this isn’t to shame but That Website can’t replace what can be created in these book spaces. Shop local when you are able! #indiebookshop #bookshop #bookshopping #independentbookstore
Ok technically I’m lying. My last read was technic Ok technically I’m lying. My last read was technically ATMOSPHERE but I feel like between my stories and my dedicated post to it, I’d rather talk about the book I read before it but didn’t update y’all on.

The Trouble With Anna — I enjoyed this delightful little historical romance about a heroine who is carving out her independence only to find out, when her grandfather dies, that he tied her inheritance/future to marrying her best friend’s brother — a not-so-happy surprise for both of them. I could understand why they both had some guardness/walls up and I enjoyed watching them slowly start to lower them.

Mayhem and the Mortal - I’m not too far into this romantic fantasy but it is one of my most anticipated that came out last month and I’m excited to dig in more.

Hamnet — I know, I know. For April I decided not to make a traditional TBR list of books I wanted to read but instead give myself some prompts to guide my reading (bc I’m overwhelmed with all my choices at hand) without feeling rigid. One of the prompts was to read a book I HAD TO BUY but is still unread. So going to finally get to it. Have you read this one or watched the movie?

What are you currently reading?
I had been waiting for the perfect time to read th I had been waiting for the perfect time to read this one after Random House sent me a finished copy as TJR is a longtime auto-buy author.  I found myself caught up in all the space joy and wonder and feeling quite parasocial about the Artemis crew...I decided now was the time.

I had no idea what I was getting into.

I hadn’t really known what it was about but I didn’t really need to given its TJR & the fact it was 1980s NASA & astronauts.

But this book was about love to me - romantic love, platonic love, familial love, love for something bigger than yourself, love for the person you are & are becoming, love in the face of obstacles, love for what lights you up.

Having been invested in real life astronauts & their journey lately really made this book even more vivid to me — seeing the bonds of the crew so deeply, feeling the fragility that exists while they are doing this wondrous & crazy thing that often still boggles my mind that we can do.

And, hardest to put into words, that feeling of awe in the expansive nature & capabilities of love & the universe that I felt when a husband named a crater after his late wife which doubly helped me understand how Joan & Vanessa felt looking back at earth.

It made me sob & feel everything about being a human so deeply basically from that Frances/Joan phone call at 86% of the way through until the final words. Like could not breathe.

*might be a tiny bit spoilery so beware:

I think the way she wrote this was so impactful bc we start out knowing something bad happens &it’s not even that far when we know that some of them def won’t make it back & some are alive in peril.

I was like “oof” when *it* happens early on. But each and every chapter where we learn more about these ppl & their relationships felt agonizing & I was retroactively grieving for them more deeply every turn of the page.

The hurt and grief just compounds from a moment that was sad from the jump to something that had dug in deep to me.

To know what happens right before this mission makes the mission control bits even more excruciating. Makes the peril a character is in hit even harder than just “oh that must be scary!”. 

I loved it. I needed it bad.
The theme of Q1 was “just go with it” — it being m The theme of Q1 was “just go with it” — it being my reading whims, quirks and troubles.

Interesting things:

1. January started out rough. I only read 1 physical book and leaned very heavy into audiobooks only. At first it was distressing that my brain -thanks to current events and their effect on my mind - couldn’t work out how to sit down and read with my eyeballs but I was like…let’s just roll with it and wait for it to pass. So I waited and enjoyed a ton of audiobooks.

2. I don’t think I’ve ever read so many thrillers and mysteries in a quarter. It’s a genre I love but I’m normally quite more balanced. However, it’s what I was craving and what my brain was tolerating so…I just went with it.

3. I have always been a reader led by my moods (both how I feel reading wise and personally). This quarter was FERAL. Like the most feral mood reading ever. I couldn’t even categorize it. I’d decide on one book enthusiastically and suddenly I was like…absolutely not that.

4. I read way less fantasy than normal which was WEIRD but I felt like I also wasn’t surprised given my brain space.

5. I really started to resent people even more who said “it’s a book account stop talking about politics etc”. Babe, I’m a human who gives a shit but ALSO this has and always been an account of MY reading life. And my reading life was profoundly affected by the things that were going on in this country. Like they have been before - whether it’s been current events or things like having a kid, being depressed, slumps, etc.

6. I return to the fact that, for me, I am happiest when I pay attention to my reading whims. The end of the month I had a very specific reading mood (wanted time travel element but not a heavy time travel book) and I decided to pick up A Rip Through Time at the end of the month and I’m now halfway through book 4. Having the best time ever!!! 

Anyways, tell me how your reading life was in Q1! Fave books? Biggest surprises??
New historical fiction books on my radar for April New historical fiction books on my radar for April and I feel like there is quite a bit of variety. Any of these on your TBR? #historicalfictionbooks #historicalfiction #newbookrelease #newbookreleases
Being someone who reads based on their ever shifti Being someone who reads based on their ever shifting reading moods (sometimes very feral) makes library holds and tbrs very hard. It’s the worst when 5 weeks ago I would have gobbled the library hold up but now when the hold comes in I’m like…I think not. #readersofinstagram #readerproblems #librarylife #librarybooks #moodreader

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