Origami hearts

I love Valentine's Day. Not so much as a romantic holiday, but a fun day to celebrate love and friendship. I have so many sweet memories of making valentines with my daughters and it is one tradition that I never want to stop ... even if my girls are now grown.

I am working on a wedding where we will be hanging 1000 cranes and it inspired me to do a little origami of my own. Origami hearts, that is. I didn't make 1000, but I did make quite a few. 

I filled each heart with a little love note and put them in boxes for my daughters, my granddaughter and my Goddaughter. 

I put my granddaughter's in a little suitcase box that I found at Target. It is in her favorite color (green) and I made her heart's out of ladybug paper.

I used paper from the craft store and some that I already had and then picked up a few more specialty papers from Paper Source. I also used some wrapping paper and pages torn from an old book ...

 I got the directions on how to make them here.

And just like when I used to make valentines with my girls, I worked late into the night to finish the ones I will be giving out to some special friends ...

I hope you are feeling very loved today! Happy Valentine's Day everyone!