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How convenient that Valentine’s Day is on a Monday this year, the day of the week when we traditionally post inspiration boards! I decided to mix the customary deep V-Day red with a summer green. And isn’t that heart cake amazing?!

The Details

First row, left to right: arrangement by Flowerwild; salt water taffy jar photo by Limelight Photography via Style Me Pretty; cafe chairs

Second row: heart cake by I Am Baker; love-letter inspired stationery suite by Ruby & Willow via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Third row: favor bags via flickr; red lips photo by Jose Villa by Once Wed

If you’re looking for a fun, very easy project for your valentine, try these felt fortune cookies I made last year! DIY here!

1

Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road,
Healthy, free, the world before me,
The long brown path leading wherever I choose.

9

Allons! we must not stop here,
However sweet these laid-up stores, however convenient this dwelling
we cannot remain here,
However shelter’d this port and however calm these waters we must
not anchor here,
However welcome the hospitality that surrounds us we are permitted
to receive it but a little while.

11

Listen! I will be honest with you,
I do not offer the old smooth prizes, but offer rough new prizes,
These are the days that must happen to you:
You shall not heap up what is call’d riches,
You shall scatter with lavish hand all that you earn or achieve…

15

Allons! the road is before us!
Camerado, I give you my hand!
I give you my love more precious than money,
I give you myself before preaching or law;
Will you give me yourself? will you come travel with me?
Shall we stick by each other as long as we live?

— Walt Whitman

Just a little love note to send you off into Valentine’s weekend. If you’re interested in reading the whole thing, click here. Photo by Millie Holloman.

For those of you that loved the first one, here’s another polka-dot lovely for spring. At $158, though, I think I’ll take the other one.

P.S. Bonus! If you buy this dress, you’ll be super stylish. Nordstrom lists fit-and-flare dresses as one of its 10 best trends for spring!