Decorated Valentine's Day Tree

With the extreme cold and snow we've been having

this winter, I've pretty much just been hibernating and
trying to stay warm.

But I do continue to go to work at my office job each day

and as you may know I

decorate our office tree for each holiday.

So of course I wanted to share 

the Valentine Tree.

For this tree I wanted all things love and romantic 
that one envisions for Valentine's Day...

 that famous heart-shaped box of chocolates
hearts 
cupids
hugs, kisses
bouquets of roses

gifts of jewelry

all with a bit of a "vintage" because

I love the victorian style Valentine images that are available on line. 

 I found some free printables here and 
at the Graphics Fairy here.

I mounted them on poster board,

 added some glitter and sparkly tinsel style pipe cleaners
and a little red satin bow at the top. 

I cut cupids, Xs and Os (hugs & kisses) 
from glittered foam sheets

I had a few small candy boxes that I 

 would hang on the tree.

Then I made a few more non-functioning candy boxes 

(they don't actually open). 

To make these I cut two hearts from poster board

and glued them together with a 1 inch strip in between;

then decorated the tops with silk roses, ribbon

and Christmas tinsel.

As you scroll down you will see 

two more candy boxes...

this one hangs next to a candy bonbon ornament

(styrofoam ball wrapped in decorative

tissue and clear cellophane, twisted at the ends)

this one one hangs next to another handmade

fake candy truffle

See my tutorial on how to make

these truffle ornaments here.

I found these gold glittered gift boxes at a

dollar store and knew they'd be

perfect for this tree....

I imagined they were for gifting jewelry

so I found a template here  from minieco.co

for a 3D folded paper diamond and glued it onto

a ball mason type canning jar ring lid.

I tucked a few bouquets of roses (silk)

between the tree branches
wrapped with the same tissue paper
as the candy bonbons.

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Wishing you and your special 

Valentine a wonderful day!!!