Valentine,You Must Allow Me To Tell You…
...how much I LOVE framed quotes! I think they are incredibly sweet and perfect. I have had them highlighted for a while now and tucked away , awaiting the perfect way and time to display them. Then I found a couple of ideas online and while I liked the quotes, the colours were not to my liking. I decided to make my own printables, for My Valentine, The Husband....whom I have come to adore over the last ten years, each day more than the day before. Our recent shared grief has caused us to be bonded stronger than ever.
The Husband and I both enjoy literature, and to read- so I thought it extremely fitting to give. The quotes I chose are the ones that I love the best, and the ones that I honestly feel. You might have others, but I decided to share these ones with you in case you would like to use them.
I have these three printables that I have made for my valentine, that I want to share with you as well. What are printables?? You can click on the image below that you like and then download, then you can print them on card stock to give to your favourite valentine as a card, or print on paper and frame to give to your valentine.
I will post the other two printables over the next bit, you are welcome to print as you would like, if you do find clever uses, that I have not thought of- please do share your ideas with me.
I have other valentine ideas that I will be sharing as well, forget the need to feel pressured into buying expensive items for your valentine, try and make something you know he or she will love. Putting time and work into your gift will surely please. Below I have four options of this same quote, that way you can select which look you like best, choosing your favourite coloured one and with or without texture.
"In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."
— Jane Austen (Pride And Prejudice)
This first pintable below is a romantic quote from the Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice. Mr. Darcy is the classic heart throb, so print these for your very own Mr. Darcy. You may have to play with your printer settings a little to get size and colour right for your frame. I chose to print mine on matte photo paper, and my printer had a setting specifically for that. I also chose to increase the size of the image by selecting the 'border-less' option. You may have to work with it a bit, as I don't know what your options are. I also chose these floating frames because I love how forgiving they are while having that matted feel.
Click on any of these options below to go to an image you can download and print:
Do you have a favourite book quote for your valentine?? Share it with me.
Pin ItThanksgiving Book Feast Giveaway!
We all love yummy food, especially when it is cooked with time and care and excellent ingredients. And what is even better is when those recipes come from cookbooks that make you want to just cook food for your family all day long!
I have two of those type of cookbooks to offer to you my reader. Hachette has offered me three sets of these two cookbooks for a giveaway. Yes that's right! Each of three winners will get BOTH cookbooks, both. That is a good thing because after looking though mine I have no idea which I would have told you to choose over the other, although chocolate does always win out over actual meals for me- so that would probably be my choice.

These are the books:
How to Roast a Lamb: Greek Classic Cooking By Michael Psilakis, Barbara Kafka
Chocolate: A Love Story: 65 Chocolate Dessert Recipes from Max Brenner's Private Collection By Max Brenner, Yonatan Factor
Throughout the next couple of weeks I will highlight each of these books by cooking a scrumptious recipe of my choice to share with you! I know you are drooling already, so here is how to enter to the giveaway for one set of your own books.
Two ways to enter the giveaway:
- Comment on this post telling me what your all time favourite cookbook is, and why. (for one entry)
- Tweet about the giveaway with a link back to this post. (for one entry)
(leave a separate comment here telling me you tweeted)
Sorry, open only to US and Canadian residents, and no P.O boxes please. All entries must be in by the 29th of November the winner will be chosen 30th of November. Check back then to see if you got lucky!!
EDIT: WINNERS :)
Thank you to all the entrants!!!! Stay posted, I know there will be more goodies for me to offer you.
I am a Powell’s affiliate and I do receive a percentage of the sales of any book you buy using my links. Thank you!
thanks!
Thank you to all of you who stepped up and gave me a list of your favourite books!! I'm looking forward to getting my hands on those. fo sho!
For those who have yet to leave a list...or still want to leave another list...KEEP THEM COMING!! It is never too late! Oh, and from now on know if you ever read a book that you absolutely love, I'd love to know.
At some point I will post my favourite 10 books of all time...I just have to figure out which ones they are.
Thank you tons!
Franny and Zooey
Oh, my. If you have not read this book: Franny and Zooey by JD Salinger, you are completely missing out. READ IT. Not for me, for you. Even if you have read Salinger before...that is not a valid excuse, you will not encounter an even-close-to-decent-excuse, so give up. I promise that you will like it, or even love it...
this is not a choice...it is a "must read or your head will pop off kind of book"!
So I guess you know what you must do now.
let's not test it.
tell me what you think, maybe some of you have read it already?
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

I just started reading this book, it is for anyone interested in what they are eating, living simply, subsistence farming, choosing to buy locally...etc...
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver is about one author's journey along "a year of food life", the choices her family made and why they did it. I have just started it and really, really like it. I can relate to a ton of things she talks about.
have any of you read it?! what did you think?
oh, if not...you should.



























