As a teenager, Valentines Day was … well… awkward! The peer pressure was intense. Did you get a Valentine card? How many?
Who From? If you got one and you
didn’t know who it was from there was a strange feeling of who is that stalking
me!! No wonder it felt awkward.
Looking into the history of Valentines Day the festival of
Lupercalia was celebrated by the Romans on February 15th and was all
about fertility it was decided in 496 by the Pope that February 14 would be the
feast day for St Valentine (presumably because the old Roman festival was still
being celebrated).
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| Beeswax Tea Lights Creative & Upcycling |
Today, as with many occasions, Valentines day has become
another day of the year when we are encouraged to spend money on our beloved. This year I am trying to stay frugal. For me nothing says romantic like candlelight
and moonlight! As it may be a little
chilly outside to stare at the moon with my beloved I will be enjoying
candlelight in the form of little heart shape tealights filled with natural
beeswax.
The beeswax is from local hives
and is filtered by use of a solar filter.
The warmth from the sun melts the wax which is then filtered to remove
any impurities. Check this YouTube video
which shows how it works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQbcglp85f4 Anything
that helps to promote bees is fine by me as they are vital for our UK food
production.
I am
also making a simple Valentines card by upcycling some of the many buttons I
have in my button stash. We all have
buttons from old clothes this is the ideal way to use them up. You don’t have
to go out and buy card in a bulk pack I managed to save some card that came
with some clothing (A shirt was folded round, it ok, its white on one side and
grey on the other but with the addition of an inside sheet of copy paper its
fine). The envelope is just some
recycled wrapping paper. Check out
upcycling project ideas on YouTube and Pinterest for envelopes and cards.
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| Vintage China Birdfeeder Creative & Upcycling |
For my beloved, I am looking at a gift for the
garden. Last year he did some
landscaping in the garden so now we have quite a lot of empty space. We decided that we are going to include more bird
and insect friendly planting so my choice of gift is a bird feeder that can
hang from the old apple tree (I make
these from vintage china so its rare that there are two the same!).
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| Roses growing in the garden |
I am also getting a
National Garden gift voucher so that some plants can be bought. I love the idea
of making the Valentines present something that will with careful nurturing
grow, it will be of benefit to other creatures and is something we can both
enjoy. It’s definitely in the spirit of
that old Roman festival of Lupercalia, appeals to my creative and upcycling
side and I know my beloved will like it!
If you
have any frugal, creative or upcycling ideas for Valentines day let me know its
good to hear from my readers.
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