Your funny valentines...

This year we are grownups. For serious. Now that we have a house and jobs with health insurance, it seems fitting that we would send out holiday cards, except that we didn't actually make the deadline for what other people consider the major holidays. Instead, I have decided to follow in Julia Child's footsteps and send Valentines to all my big-hearted friends and family.

Also, I wouldn't be a proper lunatic unless I made my own. In my wanderings of the web, I've found many adorable valentines for inspiration. I was specifically looking for cards I could mail with one stamp, which meant that I couldn't fit sacks of candy, which is apparently what every cool kid does these days. I was also hoping to choose my puns carefully (I choo-choo-choose you! Um. No thank you, Ralph Wiggam)

From Indigo Bunting, along with many other adorable and minimalist designs. 

These food cards make me happier than a fat kid with a cupcake. (pssst. SK? Do we have any cupcakes? What about regular cake? I'll take it. )

"You fog my spectacles."
A nerdy valentine from BitRebels

This makes me greater than or equal to delighted.

From ZakkaLife

Ok, so I said I wasn't going to do any of the candy stuff, but I can't let this one fly by. (heh) I mean it has a little mask and cape.

Sweet stamped notes from EatDrinkChic

EatDrinkChic is full of eye-candy and inspiration. I should just live there.

Vintage-ish Love Notes from BHLDN

The MVP of this bunch, in my opinion, is "Just for the record, I think you rock." With a vinyl record.

From Dandee Designs. 

My students would go nutso for this one, but I'm not sure I would have the energy to make that many bracelets. 

From Kraze4Paper on Etsy, $12

Owls! Peeking eyes! Brown paper!

Paul and Julia Child

Courtesy of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.

Finally, the original inspiration - Paul and Julia themselves. So sweet, right? 

Are you sending any love notes?