Last Saturday I went to a sweet Galentine's party with a bunch of girlfriends, put on by my new friend Stephanie. She knows how to throw an amazing party. The highlights from the party were: chatting with old friends, making new friends, being without the kiddos, exchanging and receiving fun Valentine's gifts, and devilishly good chocolate cookies. I spent all Saturday morning working on my exchange. I sort of knew what I was going to do, but I did wing it a bit. I quickly sewed 12 bags from my stash of vintage fabric, made leather-covered hair pins and stuffed the bag. I put candies, hairpins and a "love you" sticker in each bag. I couldn't think of anything clever to put on my bag, so I hand-wrote "Be mine" on little slips of paper and used a safety pin to attach the tag and close the bag. I felt like it was nothing too terribly clever, but I did have a great time putting them all together. Are you passing out little Valentines this year? I'd love to see what you've done. Penelope and I will be working on her class Valentines together tonight. I love that she's getting old enough to enjoy and work on projects with me.