Happy February! While I don't pay much attention to Valentine's Day from a commercial standpoint -- Jon and I don't exchange gifts -- the day does offer a fun inspiration point for crafts and food around our house. (Plus, I love the colors red and pink!) As I've mentioned before, I adore Pinterest and decided to round up 10 pretty craft and treat ideas that caught my pinning eye. Oh, and if you need a Pinterest invite, drop me a line and I'll be happy to send you one! Enjoy!

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Posted by Christine Koh on 1 Feb 2012 | Permalink | Comments (1) | Filed in Arts & Crafts; Holidays; Home; Recipes; Valentine's Day
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What a fun episode of Life.Style this week! I chatted about finding and nurturing relationships with Kristen Chase, author of The Mominatrix's Guide to Sex, and Meredith Goldstein of the Boston Globe Love Letters column. During the show we discussed everything from common issues for those in or looking for relationships, advice for those seeking or trying to maintain relationships, and the pulse on Hallmark holidays such as Valentine's Day. Check out the episode for full commentary and inspiration, and for easy reference, below are the conversation point links that were shared during the interviews. Enjoy!

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Posted by Christine Koh on 12 Feb 2011 | Permalink | Comments (0) | Filed in Books & Entertainment; Family Issues; For Grownups; Holidays; Life.Style with Christine Koh; Valentine's Day; Web (Admin)
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In contrast to Jon and my low key approach, Laurel is totally cranked up about celebrating Valentine's Day. If you're in a similar boat, and are looking for a family-friendly Valentine's outing, what about the Odyssey's Valentine's brunch cruise? You'll achieve a sense of escape (undoubtedly welcome, given the recent plague of snowstorms...) without the fuss of needing to pack. I haven't yet experienced the Odyssey, but I dig the idea of cruising along against the backdrop of our city skyline while listening to live music, enjoying brunch I didn't have to cook, not worrying about washing dishes, and gazing lovingly at Jon while Laurel ogles the chocolate fountain.

And how cool is this? The Odyssey kindly is offering one lucky winner a family four-pack of tickets for the Valentine's Odyssey brunch cruise. Here's how to enter to win:

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Posted by Christine Koh on 7 Feb 2011 | Permalink | Comments (1) | Filed in Food & Drink; Fun Indoors; Holidays; Local; Valentine's Day
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As regular readers know, Laurel adores crafts. She also adores holidays. In fact, one of the unexpectedly excellent qualities of the potted Christmas tree I pushed for this year (we plan on planting the tree come spring) is that once we took down the Christmas decorations, Laurel realized she had a blank canvas for...you guessed it...making it a Valentine's Day tree. (Actually, she first suggested creating a Martin Luther King Day tree except it took us too long to remove the Christmas decorations.)

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Posted by Christine Koh on 24 Jan 2011 | Permalink | Comments (2) | Filed in Art Supplies & Toys; Holidays; Valentine's Day
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Today, parent educator Hetti Wohlgemuth of Alphabet Soup 4 Parents shares simple love lessons for Valentine’s Day:

Whether you are cynical or sentimental about Valentine’s Day, a day that inspires reflection about relationships seems worthwhile to me. Subsequently, here I share four simple love lessons to embrace on Valentine’s Day and every day.

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Posted by Christine Koh on 13 Feb 2010 | Permalink | Comments (3) | Filed in Family Issues; Holidays; Valentine's Day
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Though we’re very crafty at home, I love when Laurel comes home with new ideas from her art classes at school. And last week I was blown away by the awesomeness of this rosebud Valentine project. These Valentines are a tad time consuming if you make the hearts as big as Laurel did (about ¾ of a sheet of paper) so she’s just making a few for some special sweethearts. Alternatively, you could make them smaller (perhaps cutting 8.5 x 11” sheets of paper into four equal pieces and cutting hearts from those rectangles). The effect will still be spectacularly heartfelt. Here’s the how-to:

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Posted by Christine Koh on 11 Feb 2010 | Permalink | Comments (6) | Filed in Arts & Crafts; Holidays; Home; Valentine's Day
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As you may have gathered from yesterday’s Valentine’s Day post, I think it’s important to spread the love within your family and also to those in need. And the cool folks over at Hill House are inviting families to do just that at their free, open to the public Valentine’s Day party tomorrow (3-6pm). In addition to Valentine’s crafts and activities, families are invited to write letters and donate items for a care package drive to support military troops via New England Caring for our Military.

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Posted by Christine Koh on 10 Feb 2010 | Permalink | Comments (0) | Filed in Fun Indoors; Holidays; Local; Valentine's Day
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As a designer and people person, I do love Valentine's Day for its focus on relationships and heartfelt, crafty tokens. I recently guest posted at Care.com’s blog about my favorite family-friendly ways to celebrate Valentine's Day. I hope you enjoy the post! And for additional awesome ideas for Valentine’s Day, check out the following fabulous links:

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Posted by Christine Koh on 9 Feb 2010 | Permalink | Comments (4) | Filed in Holidays; Valentine's Day
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