So you all know how cheap I am right? I mean thrifty. I love to spoil my kids and other peoples kids…but I try to do so in the thriftiest way possible. I also love to draw and do hand lettering, obviously…so I combined all those things and came up with these Valentine’s Day printables!

You can download these Valentine pages and have your kids color them in to give them to their friends!! Or just tape some crayons to the Valentine and let their friends do the coloring! I would love to see how your kids use all these different Valentines. 

I had so much fun creating these! I actually have three different sets of FREE valentines for you to choose from! You can download the basic heart designs right here in this blog post! Then be sure you are signed up for my Freebie Library to find the other two sets!

If you use these printables, I would love to see it! Share your photos with the tag #purejoycreative so I can find them on facebook or instagram! I really enjoy being able to provide these free resources. Please be sure to use them only for personal use, and direct friends to this page to download their own copies directly! Thanks so much!

If you are looking for even MORE love-inspired items for Valentines Day (or any other day!) you can find more to choose from in my shop. I have bookmarks, art prints and more for you to choose from. Find the full selection HERE.

Hey friends, it’s my 40th birthday and one of YOU is getting the gift! A few years ago I was honored to be asked by Concordia Publishing House to draw some margins for The Enduring Word Journaling Bible. And today, one of you is going to win your very own copy. I was so excited to get the opportunity to add to this beautiful Bible and the other artists are so stinking talented, you will love the whole Bible. Thanks for entering and telling your friends. This giveaway will only last one day so enter quickly!!

Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.

Psalm 100:4

Taking time to Give Thanks!

Friends, as the week of Thanksgiving has arrived I wanted to take a moment to share some of the things I am grateful for this year. I have been tremendously blessed by my Savior, Jesus Christ. My family has been blessed with good health, safe travels, and many many moments of unforgettable memories made. We have also been blessed with so many wonderful “ordinary” moments. 

I am grateful for the faith in Jesus that my parents have instilled in me and taught me as a young girl. Now I get to share that same faith and the stories, truth, love and grace about Jesus with my own kids. We are blessed to be in a church body that loves Jesus. A congregation seeking the truth and wanting to learn more and more about His free gifts and how we can share them with others. 

I am so thankful for the gifts of creativity!

God has completely blessed my socks off with the ability, desire and opportunity to teach something I love to young people. I get to help them use their creativity in ways they didn’t know was possible or necessary. 

My small business is starting to take off in new ways. I have been extremely blessed with a tech guru who is helping me find my way in the big bad world of marketing, website sales and taming the chaos of my creative right brain. I am so thankful for the sales, the connections and most importantly the creativity to help you tell your stories. It is such a blessing that you invite me into your family rooms, cell phones, church pews and many other places with the little pieces of art I have been given the ability to produce.  

Thanking YOU for your support!

I feel like saying Thank you is simply not enough. As always my list could go on and on but I think you understand that the greatest blessings in my life are all gifts from my Lord and Savior. He has blessed me more abundantly than I deserve and ALL glory belongs to Him. Thank you friends for your support. Your prayers and encouragement mean the world to me.

So, here is a little gift for you to show my appreciation. This piece is being given to you free of charge (you just need to be a newsletter subscriber) and you can download it in either black and white or color (or both). I would definitely be thankful if you could share with me how you decide to use it! (Don’t forget to use the hashtag #purejoycreative if you share on social media so I can find it.) 

Download your free print

You can find both files in my Freebie Library! If you don’t have access yet, get your password by signing up for my newsletter. You are encouraged to share, but please don’t just send the file to your friends. Direct them here to get a copy of their own…it is free after all. I pray that you have a truly blessed Thanksgiving. May your celebrations always center around the one who has given us the greatest blessing of all time in the death and resurrection of His Son.