Valentine's Day

Be My Valentine

Valentine's Day is just around the corner.  Soon love ones and sweethearts will come together to express their love and affections for one another.

There will be candle lit dinners or maybe a romantic dinner for two or maybe a simple romantic quiet picnic for two.

In keeping with my goal for this year, I am planning on making a book and/or journal a month.  This month's theme is a Valentine Writing Journal.

I kept this little journal (5" X 7") very simple.  It starts off with a little tuck spot and a Valentine's Poem.

Writing pages have been added for writing.

Some flip outs and fold outs.

A Belly Band in the back to hole a small glassine bag of bits and pieced of ephemera.

So, what is Valentine's Day and when did it start?

Valentine's Day is a day when people show their affections for one another by sending cards, flowers and/or chocolates with messages of love.

At the end of the 5th century, Pope Gelasius declared February 14, "St. Valentine's Day", and since then February 14 has been a day of celebration whether it be religious or romantic.

The history of Valentine's Day, and the story of its patron saint, is shrouded in mystery.  We do know that February has long been celebrated as a month of romance, and that St. Valentin's Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman Tradition.

The day is popular in the United States as well as Britain, Canada and Australia.  It is also celebrated in other countries including Argentina, France, Mexico and South Korea.  In the Philippines, it is the most common wedding anniversary, and mass weddings of hundreds of couples are not uncommon on that date.

So, what do  you have planned for Valentine's Day?