This week I’m posting five different in-a-boxes and each one will be available for you to win. Today’s box features a logo designed by Jamie of A Pair of Pears and carries the fixings for a pancake breakfast.

To be eligible to win all you need to do before Thursday, February 21st is:
- Comment on this post complimenting me on what a great job I’ve done for 5 years (or a simple “pick me!” will suffice)
- For additional entries: like YAMF on Facebook, tweet a link to this post using the hashtag #youaremyfaveturns5, pin one of the photos directly from the post, and/or check out my feed on instagram to re-gram a photo of the box

Winner will be chosen randomly and then contacted by me via email.

Whether you’ve been a reader for five years or five minutes, thanks!

sources: frying pan, orange juicer, kitchen timer, color pop juice glasses, egg crate, juice jar, pancake mix, Shinzi Katoh placemats

YAMF just reached the five year mark earlier this month so let’s celebrate! This week I’m posting five different in-a-boxes and each one will be available for you to win. Today’s box features all the fixings you’d need to wrap up a package all pretty.

One of my favorite parts about this week is that each box will feature a custom logo created by some talented designers. Today’s pretty script was done by Lauren of A Fabulous Fete.

To be eligible to win all you need to do before Wednesday, February 20th is:
- Comment on this post complimenting me on what a great job I’ve done for 5 years (or a simple “pick me!” will suffice)
- For additional entries: like YAMF on Facebook, tweet a link to this post using the hashtag #youaremyfaveturns5, and/or check out my feed on instagram to re-gram a photo of the box

Winner will be chosen randomly and then contacted by me via email.

Whether you’ve been a reader for five years or five minutes, thanks!

sources: Oh Hello Friend stamp, Rifle Paper Co labels, Smock Paper thank you notes, heirloom scissors, SMASH label maker, all the rest is from Paper Source

Since Alt was a few weeks ago, beforehand I needed to update my business cards to include my newish logo. I turned all creative powers over to Kirsten and she came up with this clever (I can say that because she created them) pocket window, interactive design. I had Ryan assembling them late into the night before I left for SLC. Although they didn’t stand out among the swag cards of Alt (people were practically handing out their kidney, packaged with baker’s twine), I like how they turned out.

If you can’t see, the fill in the blanks read:

blog
create
curate
quote liz lemon
party
shimmy
put things in boxes

The cards of Alt Summit were fantastic by the way, I wasn’t dissing them. Ez did a nice round-up.

Next week I’ll be celebrating 5 years of yamf so come back and cue the confetti.

PS Just in case you need some ideas for Monday.

We have a closet the size of a small room in our third bedroom and my goal is to make it into an office. A better label would probably be, a room where my craft and party supplies are corralled, but office sounds like I work. My plan is to line the walls with pegboard for an every changing display and I’m using these rooms as inspiration. It’s probably harder than it looks to make it look so stylish and not like a hardware store but that’s the kind of project I’ll volunteer myself for. I know, so noble of me.

images: The Design Files, Family Living, Kate Spade,Titlee

Today’s post is from Joy of Frock Files. I now resolve to have breakfast in bed more often. 

At my house, we have coffee in bed every morning. There’s something peaceful about having a quiet moment to sip away before kicking into high gear. But all too often, our coffee cups go sliding off of the breakfast tray, creating a bit of chaos and causing an extra load of laundry. Needless to say, it’s not a great start to the day.

My solution: a little table with four legs and a non-slip surface. I used a Xonex writing mat, which is pretty enough to look at but also grippy enough to keep my cups and plates from moving around. And my favorite Rifle Paper Co. wrapping paper gets a permanent home here thanks to the magic of Mod Podge.

So now I get to have my coffee with an extra bit of sweetness — and no spills.

Supplies
- 1 Xonex writing mat
- 1 17.5” x 19.75” piece of wood
- 4 Waddell table legs (4”)
- 4 Waddell mounting plates
- Mod Podge
- 2 sponge brushes
- Super Glue
- Paint and painter’s tape (optional)

1. Start by painting your table legs the color of your choice. I had some charcoal grey leftover from painting my office walls, so I used that, but the varieties are endless! Follow the first coat with a second one.

2. Coat the unprinted side of your paper and the top of your wood with Mod Podge. I used plywood, but I’d suggest using a cutting board, shelf, or some other finished piece of wood, which will cut down on air bubbles from unevenness.

3. Lay the paper down with the coated side up, then put the coated side of the wood face down on top of it. Turn over and smooth out any air bubbles.

4. Cut the corners of the paper diagonally, leaving ⅛” at the edge. Coat the paper and the edge of the wood with glue and fold over. Do the same with the top portion, then continue with the other three sides.

5. Cut a piece of paper large enough to cover the uncovered bottom portion of the wood, then Mod Podge that. Then coat the entire piece of wood with Mod Podge. Allow to dry for five minutes, then add another coat.

6. Drill the mounting plates in at 1 centimeter from each corner. Attach the legs.

7. Attach the Xonex mat using Super Glue.

8. Enjoy breakfast in bed sans stress.

It turns out that this little table is great for writing letters and late night couch snacking, too.

See more from Joy on Frock Files

I’m lucky to have started collaborating with My Little Paris and even luckier that they send me a My Little Box monthly. Just look at some of the contents from the last couple of boxes -

I of course love the goodies but what I love even more is seeing how everything is branded and packaged, not one detail is overlooked. It is all just so sunny, like the dancing people on the colored pencil tube. All of the illustrations are done by Kanako Kuno who even drew a portrait of me. I adore her style.

Subscriptions for the boxes are currently only available in France and Belgium but they’re working to expand their reach. I’ll keep you updated since I know you readers in the US would probably love seeing one of these in your mailbox.

Today concludes my nothing says I love you like (blank) series and I think I saved the best for last. Because if a happy heart man doing a cartwheel doesn’t say I love you, I don’t know what does.

This flip book was designed by Kirsten and since she’s such a swell gal, you can download them for free right here. So print, cut, and flip for a happy Valentine’s Day.

I also shared these on the Etsy blog today. Hooray!

You have less than a week to get the Valentine’s Day spirit. These posts will help you:
Lovey, dovey DIYs
10 (more) clever printable valentines (make sure your printer ink is full)
How to wrap that gift to your special someone
Best of the week, the love edition

And in case you’re Valentined out:
Best of (last) week!
Washi tape makes everything better

I like projects that make a big impact but that require very few supplies and can be done while watching everything saved up on your DVR. Take for instance, a wall of love notes for your Valentine. Mushy, gushy love notes.

Click here for my full tutorial on Julep.

Print by The Big Harumph on Etsy

In the spirit of Valentine’s Day I’ve been thinking about meet cutes, a term I only became familiar with after watching The Holiday but then became obsessed with using it every chance I got. I wouldn’t say the first meeting between Ryan and I was necessarily claims for romantic comedy rights: a dim lit basement, uncoordinated dancing happening around us, me commenting he looks like David Duchovney and him trying to impress me with the fact that there’s a Blodgett Canyon in Montana. Nonetheless, I’m sure there are some classic meet cute stories you have to share, so spill it. I’m feeling romantic today.

This short Par Chance film from Tancori has a meet cute all girls dream of.

PS I find it amusing how often Mindy Kaling brings up the topic of meet cutes on her show and on Twitter. Apparently she even sent out a meet cute kit with her Christmas cards last year. Ha!

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I made a similar cake for New Year’s Eve a few years ago but I thought I’d revisit it since the phrase, “you are smashing,” is so fitting for Valentine’s Day and perfectly corny.

To make your own you’ll need:
- small bowl (I think plastic works best)
- white candy coating
- oil
- Airheads candy
- small heart cookie cutter

1. Oil up the inside of your bowl. This is essential so the coating can easily be removed.
2. Melt candy coating according to package instructions (I needed two squares for one mini bowl). Pour about 3/4 of it into the prepared bowl, using a spoon to help coat the sides.
3. Place in freezer until hardened. Take out and fill in any bare or sparse spots with leftover melted candy coating. Put back in freezer. It will look bumpy and uneven like the photo but the side that counts will be smooth.

4. While waiting for the shell to freeze, use your cookie cutter to cut out hearts from the Airheads candy.

5. Take the bowl out of the freezer and gently turn upside down, the shell should easily slide out and be a nice smooth dome.
6. Use your Airheads hearts to decorate the cake. All you need to do is gently push them on to stick.

7. Place your surprise (some diamond earrings would be nice) onto the cake stand and position the cake over it.
8. Attach a smashing note to a toy mallet or wooden spoon and set it next to the cake.

9. Let the recipient smash away for a fun surprise.

This one is mini (compare to Beck’s hand) so individually sized. I think it would be fun to use them as place settings. And now I have a party to throw just for that reason.