Free Easter Party Invitations

Click on the free Easter invitation template to see it full size and download it.
 
This free printable Easter invitation template features a white Easter egg nestled into a field of lovely purple flowers. I love the spring green and orchid color scheme and the way the white egg breaks up the profusion of color. The Easter egg and flowers theme makes the design versatile; it's sophisticated enough to use as an Easter brunch or dinner invitation, but it can also be used as an Easter egg hunt invite for the kids.

This Easter invitation design is an adjunct to my free Easter invitations collection, which contains four additional templates created from three designs. You'll find instructions for producing these invitations on that page or by clicking the yellow button at the bottom of this post. For extra fun, I've also posted videos on that page that give instructions for creating cute Easter cupcakes, decorations and crafts. You might find them helpful when preparing for your Easter party!

The beautiful purple flowers on this invitation came from Picnik, the free graphics program that anyone can use. To learn to make your own images, please read my tutorial that will teach you how to make your own clip art with Picnik.

Please also see the sidebar for links to more free invitation templates and plenty of free clip art!

Mothers Day Gifts for Gran, Granny, Grandma, Nan or Nanny!

Don't forget your grandma this Mother's Day! Cocoon Collection's brilliant range of gifts for grans (grandmas, grannys, grandmothers...whatever you call her in fact!) is on sale now, and you can treat her without breaking the bank.

Whatever your budget, we're sure we can help you put a smile on your Grandma's face this year - whether that's with a pamper pack, beautiful photo frames, jewellery, candles and room decorations, gardenening goodies or even our brand new range of kicthen accessories.

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Free Printable Baby Shower Invitations

Click on the free printable baby shower invitation template to see it full size and download it.

This free printable baby shower invitation features a busy bee presiding over a neutral color invitation that can be used for a baby shower for either a boy or a girl. It's in a square format, which gives it a fun feeling right off the bat. There's something about square invitations that I like. That's probably why so many of the free invitations in my collection are square! If you want to see the other five square baby shower invitations in my collection or read the instructions for printing the invitations, visit my free baby shower invitations hub or click the yellow button below. And if you'd like some matching clip art, visit my free baby clipart hub.

The cute little bee in this invitation came from Picnik, the free graphics program anyone can use. To learn how to create your own free graphics, check out my tutorial that teaches how to make your own clip art with Picnik.

Please also see the sidebar for more free invitation designs and lots of free clipart.

Free Printable St. Patricks Day Party Invitation

Click on the free printable St. Patrick's Day party invitation template to see it full size and download it.

This free St. Patrick's Day party invitation is as green as you can get. It features a leprechaun's green top hat and a green shamrock, so there will be no doubt of the occasion when your potential guests receive it in the mail. And if you want to make it even greener (the other kind of green), you can write in the particulars for your party, scan the art and e-mail it to people. That way you can save a tree while spreading some St. Patrick's Day cheer. And should you want to create party decorations to match the invitations, you'll find this same image (minus the wording) on my free St. Patrick's Day clip art hub. There are also many other free St. Patrick's Day images available for download on that page. All the images came from Picnik, the free graphics program anyone can use. If you want to use Picnik make your own free images, please read my tutorial on how to make your own clip art.

This St. Patrick's Day party invitation is in a square format. The art is large, so the invitation can be printed on virtually any size square. Your best bet is to buy your envelopes first, so you know how large to make it. To view instructions and tips for printing the invitation and/or to buy square envelopes from Amazon, please visit my printable party invitations hub or click the button below. Also, see the sidebar for more free printable invitations and lots of free clip art!

Valentine's Day Cards

Valentine's Day Cards

Valentine's Day is a time for showing those you love just how much you love them! Our fun and unique Valentine's day cards are sure to put a sweet smile on their face!

Valentine's Day Quotes

Valentine's Day Quotes

Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine! ~Thomas Hood

When love is not madness, it is not love. ~Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Many are the starrs I see, but in my eye no starr like thee. ~English saying used on poesy rings

Loving is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Wind, Sand, and Stars, 1939

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. ~Albert Einstein

I don't understand why Cupid was chosen to represent Valentine's Day. When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind is a short, chubby toddler coming at me with a weapon. ~Author

For you see, each day I love you more
Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.
~Rosemonde Gerard

Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end. ~Author Unknown

Love - a wildly misunderstood although highly desirable malfunction of the heart which weakens the brain, causes eyes to sparkle, cheeks to glow, blood pressure to rise and the lips to pucker. ~Author Unknown

I claim there ain't
Another Saint
As great as Valentine.
~Ogden Nash

Trip over love, you can get up. Fall in love and you fall forever. ~Author Unknown

Anyone can catch your eye, but it takes someone special to catch your heart. ~Author Unknown

A hundred hearts would be too few
To carry all my love for you.
~Author Unknown

You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip. ~Jonathan Carroll, "Outside the Dog Museum"

We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love. ~Author Unknown

Must, bid the Morn awake!
Sad Winter now declines,
Each bird doth choose a mate;
This day's Saint Valentine's.
For that good bishop's sake
Get up and let us see
What beauty it shall be
That Fortune us assigns.
~Michael Drayton

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. ~William Shakespeare

kisses are a better fate
than wisdom.
~e.e. cummings

If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular? ~Author Unknown

Who, being loved, is poor? ~Oscar Wilde

In melody divine,
My heart it beats to rapturous love,
I long to call you mine.
~Author Unknown

Grow old with me! The best is yet to be. ~Robert Browning

Without love, what are we worth? Eighty-nine cents! Eighty-nine cents worth of chemicals walking around lonely. ~M*A*S*H, Hawkeye

The hours I spend with you I look upon as sort of a perfumed garden, a dim twilight, and a fountain singing to it. You and you alone make me feel that I am alive. Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough. ~George Moore

We loved with a love that was more than love. ~Edgar Allan Poe

Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat. ~Ben Hecht

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. ~Henry Van Dyke

Are we not like two volumes of one book? ~Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

A bell is no bell 'til you ring it,
A song is no song 'til you sing it,
And love in your heart
Wasn’t put there to stay -
Love isn’t love
'Til you give it away.
~Oscar Hammerstein, Sound of Music, "You Are Sixteen (Reprise)"

I've fallen in love many times... always with you. ~Author Unknown

Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia. ~Judith Viorst, Redbook, 1975

What I need to live has been given to me by the earth. Why I need to live has been given to me by you. ~Author Unknown

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach. ~Elizabeth Barrett Browning

When you're in love you never really know whether your elation comes from the qualities of the one you love, or if it attributes them to her; whether the light which surrounds her like a halo comes from you, from her, or from the meeting of your sparks. ~Natalie Clifford Barney

Take away love and our earth is a tomb. ~Robert Browning

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place. ~Zora Neale Hurston

Love is a game that two can play and both win. ~Eva Gabor

Without love, the rich and poor live in the same house. ~Author Unknown

We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack. ~Marie Ebner Von Eschenbach, Aphorism

I love thee - I love thee,
'Tis all that I can say
It is my vision in the night,
My dreaming in the day.
~Thomas Hood

Love, and a cough, cannot be hid. ~George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum, 1651

Love unlocks doors and opens windows that weren't even there before. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966

Poetry spills from the cracks of a broken heart, but flows from one which is loved. ~Christopher Paul Rubero

A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb

Tell me how many beads there are
In a silver chain
Of evening rain,
Unravelled from the tumbling main,
And threading the eye of a yellow star: -
So many times do I love again.
~Thomas Lovell Beddoes

The heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of. ~Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 1670

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet. ~Plato

True love stories never have endings. ~Richard Bach

The eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love. ~Margaret Atwood

Nobody has ever measured, even poets, how much a heart can hold. ~Zelda Fitzgerald

Love is missing someone whenever you're apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close in heart. ~Kay Knudsen

Ah me! love can not be cured by herbs. ~Ovid

Soul meets soul on lovers' lips. ~Percy Bysshe Shelley

I need the starshine of your heavenly eyes,
After the day's great sun.
~Charles Hanson Towne

Love is the silent saying and saying of a single name. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960

Love would never be a promise of a rose garden unless it is showered with light of faith, water of sincerity and air of passion. ~Author Unknown

Sometimes we make love with our eyes. Sometimes we make love with our hands. Sometimes we make love with our bodies. Always we make love with our hearts. ~Author Unknown

The eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love. ~Margaret Atwood

You know when you have found your prince because you not only have a smile on your face but in your heart as well. ~Author Unknown

Love puts the fun in together, the sad in apart, and the joy in a heart. ~Author Unknown

Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law. ~Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy

Candle light, moon light, star light,
The brightest glow is from love light.
~Grey Livingston

A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it. ~Frank A. Clark

Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly. ~Rose Franken

Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb

I love you like crazy, baby
'Cuz I'd go crazy without you.
~Pixie Foudre

How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss, and all was said. ~Victor Hugo

It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves. ~John Bulwer

Love is not singular except in syllable. ~Marvin Taylor

They who meet on an April night are forever lost in love, if there's moonlight all about and there's no moon above. ~E.Y. "Yip" Harburg and Fred Saidy, dialogue just before the song "Old Devil Moon" in the musical Finian's Rainbow (Thanks, Katherine!)

Love me and the world is mine. ~David Reed

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. ~Robert Frost

Love is the poetry of the senses. ~Honoré de Balzac

Come live in my heart and pay no rent. ~Samuel Lover

True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. ~Erich Segal

Love is what you've been through with somebody. ~James Thurber, quoted in Life magazine, 1960

Love is being stupid together. ~Paul Valery

For twas not into my ear you whispered
But into my heart
Twas not my lips you kissed
But my soul
~Judy Garland

As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words. ~William Shakespeare

My heart to you is given:
Oh, do give yours to me;
We'll lock them up together,
And throw away the key.
~Frederick Saunders

Love is the greatest refreshment in life. ~Pablo Picasso

What the world really needs is more love and less paper work. ~Pearl Bailey

Give me a kisse, and to that kisse a score;
Then to that twenty, adde a hundred more;
A thousand to that hundred; so kisse on,
To make that thousand up a million;
Treble that million, and when that is done,
Let's kisse afresh, as when we first begun.
~Robert Herrick, "To Anthea (III)"

Falling in love is so hard on the knees. ~Aerosmith

Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination. ~Voltaire

The most beautiful view is the one I share with you. ~Author Unknown

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them. ~Stephen King

My whole heart for my whole life. ~French saying used on poesy rings

Like I've always said, love wouldn't be blind if the braille weren't so damned much fun. ~Armistead Maupin, Maybe the Moon

Love is metaphysical gravity. ~R. Buckminster Fuller

If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden. ~Attributed to Claudia Ghandi

Valentine's Day Poems

Valentine's Day Poems

Be my Valentine
I think of you often...I do,
From morning 'til evening I do,
When memories bring laughter
Or moments bring pain,
There is faithfulness, too, once again.

And time always shows me
And God always shows me
Both sunshine and rain,
How, we gain yearly
From the love we're share dearly.

So, my dear, my sweet bubbaloo,
Remember our love, dulce bubbaloo,
For we've come so far and there's so much to come
And I have love to yet give
For the life we will live...together.

Make little of what makes you cry,
Be sure that what makes you cry
Has greater desire and a more certain will
To pray for His help from above
and restore the feelings of love.

So let's stir up our passion today,
Let memories give way today,
To the now and the future
For the joys and hopes and for all
Send Valentine's Day Poem The times my heart hears you call.

I'm so glad,
I'm so glad,
I love you
You love me fine
Be my Valentine.

Valentine's Day Gift

Valentine's Day Gift

1. Chocolates
Chocolates are a great noncommittal gift. Get her a box that emits class, not something from the drugstore, and get her a variety box if you don't know whether she's a caramel girl or more into truffles.

2. Dog treats
When you've first met a girl, you're unlikely to know her likes, dislikes and diet restrictions. You always, however, know what kind of treats her dog (or any other pet she may have) will appreciate. Buying a gift that's healthy for her pet shows you're sensitive to her beloved buddy's well-being.

3. Flowers
While a bouquet of red roses may be a bit overzealous for a first date, other flowers may send your message perfectly. Do some research and choose carefully; gardenias denote secret love, orchids are always lovely, showing beauty and refinement, while yellow roses mean friendship. Just be sure to order your flowers early because Valentine’s Day can be a busy time for this industry.

4. Heart-shaped pendant
Pendants were practically designed for giving to new girlfriends: They’re sweet (but not too serious), pretty (but not distractingly eye-catching) and tailor-made to make her swoon on a daily basis.

5. Hand-dipped strawberries
Strawberries in chocolate are a trademark seduction treat; they wonderfully mix the romantic with sexual fantasy, without being as obvious as lingerie. Buy these pretty, tasty treats, and prepare to nestle down and share. Or better yet -- make them yourself.

6. Bed & breakfast getaway
Bed & breakfasts offer a unique mix of comfort and luxury. Moreover, plenty of B&Bs offer treats like wine tours and nature walks. If you’re looking to underscore the romance in a new relationship, a getaway is the way to do it -- and you will definitely sweep a new romantic partner off her feet with a local romantic trip.

Valentine's Day Ideas

Valentine's Day Ideas

1. Handmade Valentine's Day Gift Ideas

Nothing is quite as sweet as receiving a handmade gift. Valentine's Day in particular tends to be oversaturated with cheesy, cliched gifts, which is why a heartfelt, handmade present is extra special. Going the extra mile to craft or find the perfect handmade Valentine's Day gift idea doesn't have to be hard, however. With our four easy ideas, the ideal gifts for your loved ones is just a quick read away.


2. Top 5 Valentine's Gifts for Him

Do you have trouble finding the perfect Valentine's Day gift for your guy? Relax, we've got your covered. Read our Top 5 Unique Valentine's Day Gift List for Guys and find your man something he would have picked for himself.


3. Top 5 Valentine's Gifts for Her

What do women want? For Valentine's Day, what she wants depends largely on what type of a person she is. Although go-to gifts like roses, chocolates and jewelry are always welcome, they're not the most creative or personalized options. This year, give her something different that she'll love--just follow our guide below.


4. A Valentine Scavenger Hunt

Use these creative clues surrounding all things Valentine for a classic Valentine Scavenger Hunt that the kids will love.Lisa Kothari is the founder and president of Peppers and Pollywogs, a kids' party planning company that provides parents with ideas,entertainers, and interesting web-based tools (customized rhymes andcards for your invitations!) to make kids' party planning easy.


5. Homemade Valentine's Day Card Ideas

Homemade Valentine's Day cards are as heartwarming as they are unique. Store bought cards, though full of poetic waxing on the meaning of love and romance, can be impersonal and trite. A homemade card, on the other hand, speaks volumes about the care and effort that went into making it without the long-winded, cliche words about love.


6. Setting the Mood on Valentine's Day: Food, Flowers and Candles

Because Valentine's Day is all about love and expressing your feelings I prefer to keep the event itself low key and comfortable. At the same time the mood should be sensual, encouraging contact and communication. There are a few key elements that definitely help you to create this vibe: flowers, candles, and food that can be eaten (and fed to each other) with your fingers!


7. Valentine's Day Quotes and Sentiments

Flowers have a magical way of saying what words sometimes cannot. At the same time the words that accompany the flowers can have a power all their own. Those words can be heart wrenching or funny, a simple "I love you".


8. Homemade Valentine's Day Candy

What could be sweeter than to make your loved one homemade candy on Valentine's Day? Don't be intimidated if you've never made candy before. Some of these recipes are very easy and only require microwave cooking, or rather melting, while others employ traditional candy-making methods. The best part is that they are in holiday colors such as Pink Pecan Fudge, Red Velvet Rocky Road, or Scarlet Toffee perfect for Valentine's Day!


9. Five Fun Valentine's Day Cupcake Ideas

Show your love for your valentine by treating them to a delicious batch of cupcakes. We recommend using a recipe for red velvet since the color is perfect for Valentine's Day.


10. Aphrodisiac Valentine's Day Menu

Aphrodisiac menus are hot this time of year. So why not create a party for couples based on this theme? For a budget-friendly Valentine's Day party, host a potluck and ask guests to bring an aphrodisiac dish and explain the history behind it.


11. Valentine's Day Cookies

Give something sweet to your sweetheart on Valentine's Day. Make a batch of Linzer cookies that feature a cute little cut out heart or bake up "Secret Message" heart-shaped sandwich cookies where you can slip a little note inside to your Valentine.


12. Valentine's Day Italian Dinner for Two

Instead of joining the amorous masses at a restaurant this Valentine's Day, whip up a romantic Italian dinner for two at home. For an appetizer, serve artichoke bottoms topped with a puffed Gruyere cheese, followed by decadent Lobster Ravioli in a Brandy Cream Sauce, and end with Individual Ice Cream Cassata Hearts for dessert.


13. Cheap and Romantic Valentine's Day Ideas

You don't need to spend a lot to show someone how much you love them on Valentine's Day. Why spend money at a fancy restaurant when you could be even more romantic at home? Personalize an evening at home this Valentine's Day.


14. Sweet and Sexy Valentine's Day Ideas

Stumped about how to show your love to that special someone this Valentine's Day?Whether you're demure or daring and looking for steals or splurges, we've got you covered.Read on for unexpected yet simple ideas that will make your sweetie swoon.


15. Candy Hearts Crafts for Valentine's Day

You know Valentine's Day is near when you see the bags of conversation hearts lining the candy aisle, and you want to dig through them to find the sweetest - or silliest - phrases. These ubiquitous holiday candies do more than satisfy a sweet tooth. They also make great Valentine's Day crafts that adults and kids can enjoy. Make them to decorate your home or office, and don't forget to sneak a few while you work.

Chinese Valentine's Day

Chinese Valentine's Day

Chinese Valentine's Day is on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month in the Chinese calendar.

In China time zone,
Year 2009 is on August 26, 2009
Year 2010 is on August 16, 2010
Year 2011 is on August 6, 2011
Year 2012 is on August 23, 2012

Valentine's Day Pictures

Valentine's Day Pictures

Valentine's Day means something special for everyone. We hold memories from our childhood during which we gave our favorite valentine to our sweetheart, and we keep those memories alive by taking pictures of Valentine's Day.

Valentine's Day Movie 2010

Valentine's Day Movie 2010

Bradley Cooper, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Julia Roberts and Ashton Kutcher

A comedy about 10 people in Los Angeles whose lives intersect on the romantic holiday. The film is being fasttracked with hopes for a release on Valentine's Day 2010.

PG-13, 1 hr. 57 min.

Directed by: Garry Marshall

Release Date: February 12, 2010

Valentine's Day Greeting Card

Valentine's Day Greeting Card

1. Valentine's Day Greetings, Valentine's Day eCards - Everyone

2. Valentine's Day Greetings, Valentine's Day eCards - Family

3. Valentine's Day Greetings, Valentine's Day eCards - Flirting

4. Valentine's Day Greetings, Valentine's Day eCards - Friends

5. Valentine's Day Greetings, Valentine's Day eCards - Humor

6. Valentine's Day Greetings, Valentine's Day eCards - Love

7. Valentine's Day Greetings, Valentine's Day eCards - Marry Me

8. Valentine's Day Greetings, Valentine's Day eCards - Miss You

Valentine Sms Messages

Valentine Sms Messages

1. Taste of water & love of a person

“The taste of water can be
enjoyed only when we are thirsty..!”
Same way,
“The Love of a Persons
will be known when we are Alone”


2. We Dont Succeed In Our 1st Love!

We Dont Succeed In Our 1st Love!
Becoz We Lack Certain Qualites.
But
After Achieving Those Qualities,
We Never Love Again!


3. Love is like playing the piano.

Love is like playing the piano.
First you must learn to
play by the rules,

then you must forget the
rules and lay from your heart.

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY


4. Super most example of love.

The Super most example of love in My life.

‘When apples were 4 & we were 5,
then my mother said,
‘I dont like Apples.’
(Bu Ali Sina)


5. The person who loves u

The person who loves you a lot
will always do TWO things EXTREMELY for you
Silently CARING..
&
openly HURTING..
to make you PERFECT..


6. Effect of loving or hating persons

Loving hundred wrong persons
may not even effect your life,
but
hating one right person
will leave you a broken
throughout your life. . .!


7. God made us body parts for a reason

God made us body parts for a reason.
Eyes : to look at you
Hands : to pray for you
Mind : to remember you
Heart : to miss you
and…
Legs : to kick you if u ever forget me!!

Valentine Day Cards

Valentine Day Cards

1. You And Me!
A heartwarming Valentine's Day message.

2. For That Special Someone On V'day!
For that beautiful someone on Valentine's Day!

3. A Romantic Valentine's Day Wish!
Wish your spouse or sweetheart on Valentine's Day with this ecard.

4. A Kiss For You On Valentine's Day!
Send this elegant ecard to your sweetheart to say 'I love you' with a kiss this Valentine's Day.

5. Happy Valentine's Day Sweetheart!
Wish your sweetheart a special day through this ecard on Valentine's Day.

6. A Valentine's Day Love Song!
Make your sweetheart's day with this love song on Valentine's Day.

7. For One Person In Your Heart On V'day!
An 'I love You' card on Valentine's Day.

8. Valentine Thoughts!
Let your valentine know who's on your mind on this day.

9. This Hug's For You On Valentine's Day!
Say it with a hug this Valentine's Day!

10. Valentine's Day Friendship Quote!
A delightful friendship ecard on Valentine's Day.

11. Friendship & Togetherness On V'day!
With this heartfelt Valentine's Day ecard tell your friend how much his/ her friendship means to you.

12. For Your Spouse!
Wish your sweetheart a V'day with this romantic message.

13. For Your Friend On Valentine's Day!
With this Valentine's Day ecard tell your friend how much you treasure his/ her friendship.

14. Warm Hugs & Love On Valentine's Day!
Send this cute wish to your mom/ aunt/ grand mom on Valentine's Day.