HEART and seek....day 14

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!

day 14

 here is a little valentine i painted up for all my friends...

"i mustache you a question...will you be my valentine?"

well...we are at the end of HEART and seek...3rd edition

my sweet dad made me a HEART birdhouse for valentines.

he is really handy at everything, but especially awesome at wood working.

he left it unfinished so me and my girls can get all artsy on it.

he also gave me a hilarious card 

and a box of HEART chocolates from V chocolates.

a yummy local chocolatier in utah.

thanks daddy!!  i will totally be your valentine!!

thanks to all who played or followed along this year.

if nothing else..i hope i opened your eyes to be on the lookout for HEARTS

for, behind every HEART is love and it can be in the most unexpected places...

 like a flower pedal...

 or in your scrambled eggs...

 when you are sewing...

 or hiking in the desert...

 love can be found in the mundane things...like vacuuming.

 or cleaning up after a pizza party...

 don't forget to look up often...

 or pay attention the next time you visit the cemetary....

even the curb at target can offer some affection if you're open to it...

and don't cry over spilt milk...

there are HEARTS to be found there as well.

"heart" and seek - day 14

its the 14th friends.

             happy heart day to all of you!

i hope someone you love gives you some random LOVE today!

i hope you are able to find LOVE in unexpected places!

i hope you will be able to sit and find some rest in all the LOVE along your way!

i hope every step you take today {and every day} is filled with LOVE!

i hope you.ll remember to look up for LOVE!

{photo of a sycamore leaf found on a LOVE anniversary 

by christine at silver linings 4 me.  perfect!}

i hope you won.t forget that sometimes the LOVE comes 

"after" the really long drink!

i hope that LOVE will always be right beneath your feet!

{wonderful photo of the GREEN HEARTattack of LOVE....

by the amazing tara at aquamarine art.  please DO pay her a visit and wish her a most happy valentines day....this was one of my favorite HEART photos}

i hope that the LOVE in your life will always be sweet!

i hope that LOVE will blow right into your life...often.

so be on the lookout to enjoy the surprise...

before the wind picks it up and carries it away again to bless someone else!

i hope the LOVE that surrounds you, will always keep you "happy"!

{my 15 yr. old daughter tess sent me this one day from her room.

she said..."mom, this is the HEART that makes me the "happiest" today.

i love you!}  and i HEART you soooooo much, miss tessa!

i hope you will always keep your peepers open.

sometimes LOVE will surprise us so much we won.t believe our eyes.

that.s why it is so important that we always keep our gaze open to it...

it can move in and out of our lives as quickly as the clouds above!

{this seriously once in a lifetime photo was share with me by my unearth sister, lisa towery.  it earned it.s way to the famed "shutter sisters" blog as it should.

thank you ever so much lisa for keeping your eyes open and for sharing this LOVE gift with me!  i love you!}

i hope that as "we"continue down our own paths that "we" will recognize...especially...when GOD shows us HIS HEART.  HIS is the biggest of all, in my opinion.  His HEART is all around us.  always.  HE is so creative!  sometimes HE might be right there as we walk out our front door as my sweetest creative friend from "an artful journey"

...peggy krantz of passions of an odd chick...knows all too well.

"One day the sky opened up and showed me God's heart."

{peggy is a beautiful artist and an even more beautiful person.  she has a HEART full of gold.  the love she has for her children and her sweetHEART and God is so inspiring.  visit her and fill your HEART.}

i just want to tell you all how much fun this adventure of "HEART and seek" has been for me this year.  i LOVE that we have an army of friends out in the world keeping our eyes focused on LOVE and the good things in life that surround us.  you guys are thee best teammates i could ask for.

{start collecting for next year!!!}

cultivate your own HEART so that others will "see" it!!!

xoxo