It’s down to the wire now! How are your Valentines plans? We’ve got you covered for free printable valentines. In fact, we have three coming atcha today! But one you’ll have to sign up for our newsletter to get it. (Sign up on the top right of the blog!).

We are clearly inspired by Salvation Mountain and the wonderfully bright and kitsch aesthetic of it all. (Evidence #1, #2, #3) and thought their message of love was perfect for this month of love. These free printable Valentine cards are perfect for sending your peace and love to your Valentine’s sweetheart (or flower child). Once again, Caitlin knocked it out of the park with these front and back patterned cards. Just print them on cardstock and you’re good to go!

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You know those people who produce work that make your jaw drop? Each and every time? And it’s not just their work, but it’s their entire life, what they wear, what they say, and where they go? These people change the way you think for the better. They push limits and live in their own creative world. This week I’m doing a round up of the 9 Most Inspiring Creatives on Instagram. There are others but I wanted to limit this list to 9 and I’ll add to it. Surely there are more that I need to know about. Who are some of your most inspiring creatives?

See the full list below.

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Now’s as good of a time as any to proclaim my love for Snapchat, or “The Snaps” as I like to call it. Up until I started to use it a few months ago I had only heard terrible things about it. Like it’s for teens to take nakkie photos of themselves. BUT, like all forms of social media, adults have slowly started to realize the joys of it and have latched on. And immediately, the teenagers skiped town (but maybe not. Paul just sent me this article. Ha! I think because he’s mostly ashamed of my antics). Whereas Instagram is a place for beautiful pictures, Snapchat is a place for not pretty pics ie: my hair when I wake up. To me, it’s my “safe place” for dancing, singing, karaoking, rambling, and showing you the goings on in the world of Lars. I say “safe place” because I don’t actually believe that people watch my videos, though I know they do, so I tend to act in a way that I don’t think anyone is watching. As they say “dance like no one’s watching” and on Snapchat, I do.  Read on →

The month of love deserves some special desktop wallpapers, right? Caitlin made some cute patterns based on our trip to Salvation Mountain last month. Download and put them up on your desktop to enjoy! There are 4 to choose from!

Download all the Valentine’s desktop wallpapers here! 

See more Valentine’s Day projects here!

Designs by Caitlin Boyes

Last week I featured our trip to Salvation Mountain over the holiday break. I was super inspired by colors and patterns of Leonard Knight’s painted mountain, which is covered with stripes and flowers and trees, everything my #CraftTheRainbow heart could desire. It felt like an explosion of everything going on inside my brain.

Like I mentioned last week in my State of the Blog Address, one of my goals that I’m choosing to focus on this year is keeping to my own inspiration, versus the floods of inspiration that come immediately from Pinterest or Instagram so I decided to put paint to paper after our trip. My sister had painted some plain papier mache trays out at my parent’s house and I quickly claimed them and applied some patterns and colors as inspired by Salvation Mountain (that’s what sisters are for, right?!). Because another goal of mine is to be more organized (like the rest of the world for the first month of the year) I’m using these trays for paperwork and such. I’ll let you know how it goes.

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