Happy Valentine's Day- C.A. Cupid from Ever After High

Happy Valentine's Day to my fellow doll bloggers!

What better day to share with you all some photos of one of my favorite Ever After High dolls, C.A. Cupid!  

I took a few photos of her in her box and right after I took her out so I could remember what she looked like before we lost accessories and her hair got wrecked.  #reallife

In Greek mythology, Eros was the Greek god of love, but his better known name in Roman mythology was Cupid.   C.A. Cupid is supposed to be the (adopted) daughter of Eros.
I just found out that her initials stand for Chariclo Arganthone.  :)

So, yeah...I'm just going to stop right here and do a big sigh because this is why I first fell in love with Ever After High.  Look at this design and packaging!!
Sadly, the quality of EAH has gone way down so I have pretty much finished collecting EAH for now.

I really love the way they used to design these doll boxes. 

On the back of the box there are some additional details about her personality (which little kids won't read, but older may find interesting).

I seriously did not want to take this doll out of her box because I liked her so much the way she was, but the girls were pressuring me.  We lost the little black ring within 5 minutes so eventually I ended up getting a second doll to keep in the box (for me)!

She's such a beautiful doll and I'm so happy to have her in my collection!  I really need to dig her out of the storage bin she's been hiding in and give her a proper makeover and place on the shelf soon.

I really hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day.
I am a huge fan of self-love and finding happiness and joy from within yourself so Valentine's Day has always annoyed me a teeny, tiny bit, even when I've had someone to celebrate with.
My husband and I have always felt it to be a bit forced and cheesy, so we didn't used to really celebrate it in the past.
Now that we have the girls, though, they just eat it up and love making cards and celebrating with us, so it's much more fun now. ;)

I hope you all have a great rest of your week!
xo Farrah 

Crocheting with Ingrid: Valentine Hearts

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!  Ingrid (Karito Kids Zoey doll) wanted to show you our crochet hearts we made in order to increase the festive vibe around here.
I don't really decorate at all for Valentine's Day, so I wanted to add a little something just for fun.

Ingrid is our crochet addict...she just learned so this was the perfect little project to get started.  ;)
It was a fun and easy and adds a cute touch to the family room.
The girls made some cute Valentine's at the library...very vintage looking!

I hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day spending the day with your partners, family, kids or indulging yourself.  I'm going to go get more chocolate right now! :)

Xoxo Farrah 

Hearts

I couldn't think of a better day to share this quick little story, then on Valentine's Day.   I had been contemplating whether or not to share as this is mostly a doll review blog, but then I figured...it's just for fun anyway so why not!? 

About 2 and a half years ago, a week after I had my daughter "Little Button", my father passed away unexpectedly from cardiac complications.  It completely shocked and rattled my world, but I was so incredibly fortunate enough to have a brand new, precious, sweet little newborn to focus on and love that my family and I dealt with his passing extremely well and in time, came to easily feel joy again whenever we think and share stories of him. 

He was very young, though, only 52 years old.

One of his most striking characteristics was that he had a really amazing sense of humor.  That is pretty much how everyone remembers him when they share their own personal memories of what their time with him was like. 

 Ever since then, I talk to him daily and feel his presence near me quite often.  He was a really funny, witty guy and extremely caring.  He was an amazing person and now that he has passed "to the other side" I almost feel like my relationship with him is even better.  Happier and clearer and without worry. 

Shortly after we moved here to the Farm, I went through a few weeks of uncertainty regarding an issue I was having in my personal life.  On this particular day a few months ago, I was really missing him and asked for a sign from him that all was well, that he really was there watching out for me and that I was on the "right path,"etc. 

Later that day, I got an urge to suddenly look at the ceiling in my office while I was working and there was a bright, heart-shaped sun "spot".  I had never seen anything like this!  Now I know it was just the way the sun happened to be shining through the curtains, but it was such a coincidence that I happened to catch it, at that moment because not long after, it had morphed into a different pattern. 

Since this day, I have never looked up at the ceiling again to see this exact shape or anything even resembling heart! 

When it happened, my mind immediately realized that this was a sign from my Dad and I had the most comforting feelings come over me.  Sort of like a "we're all in this together" feeling. ;}

Throughout the next few days, I continued to see heart shaped objects during my walks outside, so I started to tote my camera around as I knew I eventually wanted to do a blog post about it.  

I wanted to wish each and every one of you reading this today a very happy and loving Valentine's Day.  Whether you spend it with a spouse, partner, child, parent, pet or yourself, just know that there is always somebody that loves you-always :)  xo