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Some dog owners spent Tuesday watching their pets get hitched at The Pfister Hotel in an unconventional tribute to Valentine's Day.
VIDEO: Pfister Hotel offers unique nuptuals for puppy love
To get their dogs hitched at The Pfister Hotel, people paid about $3,500. That price bought them a "Puppy Love" package complete with a tuxedo, dress, photographer, ceremony, meal, and two-night stay for one happy canine couple.

One of the pairs -- the bride, Daisy, and the groom, Rhys -- got hitched, accompanied by an adoring wedding party.

They gave their paws of approval on a marriage certificate and were off to enjoy the reception.

The new offering from the Pfister came just after the hotel became pet-friendly.

"I mean, it's fun, totally not a serious thing," said Cassy Scrima of the Pfister Hotel. "It's just, I've got my two dogs. They love each other. I love them, and why not celebrate in this way that not many people can say that they've done?"

Before the well-known hotel welcomed pets, it had hosted sitting presidents, presidential candidates, and celebrities.

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If you're like me, you're probably scrolling through Instagram a couple times a day. A few days ago, I took the time to scroll through my own page. While deleting some pictures, I started to notice something odd. The more I looked at pictures of myself, the more I noticed that I looked completely different in the majority of them.

I tried not to think too much of it, but for some reason I just could not shake it off. I've had an Instagram for about five years, and of course I was going to change over the course of five years. However, I noticed substantial changes within a few months. I can truthfully say, Instagram made me forget what I actually look like.

I can look at pictures of myself as a child before I wore makeup or dyed my hair. I know that I have changed immensely, and that's no indication of what I look like as an adult. Now, as an adult, I don't even know what my natural hair color is. Instagram made me forget what I really, truly look like, because of "Beauty Gurus", filters, and the thousand something people who only know my first and last name.

"Beauty Gurus" are great, very talented, and fun to watch on YouTube. I often forgot that they were people too, not just images. For years I would scroll Instagram, looking for inspiration, and for whatever reason, that always involved me changing my hair. I've had purple, pink, green, red, brown, black, and many shades of blond hair. Sure, it's normal to experiment, but there's something so dysfunctional about the constant obsession of trying to look completely different. Makeup is also a huge factor when it comes to my Instagram.

I would watch a lot of makeup videos and try to look like those people when I posted. I found it difficult to look at myself when I took my makeup off and put my glasses on. I felt like I could never post a picture on Instagram where I had my hair up and my glasses on, or without any makeup.

I felt like I could not be myself on the internet.

I found myself trying to look like different people on my Instagram feed. Of course there are other social media platforms where people post pictures. But I believe that Instagram holds a higher standard than other social media platforms. I did a bit of research, I compared a few people's Facebook accounts to their Instagram accounts, and there were major differences.

I noticed on Facebook, there were far less solo pictures. Facebook seemed a lot more carefree and family friendly. Looking at my own Facebook account, I noticed that I only had one picture, and far less friends on there than on Instagram.

I can post anything I want on Facebook and not feel the need to delete it if it doesn't get a lot of likes, but on Instagram, that is not the case at all. When I post on Instagram, I often look at my picture for a while and ask, "Would ____ post a picture like this?" I realized that is extremely unhealthy, almost as bad as the amount of time I waste editing, which brings me to my next topic: filters.

Filters are great for people that know how to use them, and by that, I mean photographers. The more I think about it, the more I wish that filters could not be applied to a picture of a person's face. Black and white is fine, but filters that make your eyes look brighter, or skin tanner do nothing but harm to one's self-esteem.

My eyes are naturally a grayish color and sometimes in the light they look green, but on Instagram, they always look bright blue. Rest assured, I did not buy blue contacts, but rather played with filters to ensure that my eyes always looked blue.

The more I thought about my eye color dilemma, the more I realized that I needed to stop applying so many filters to my pictures. If I can't post a picture without wanting to change the color of my eyes, I should not post at all. I noticed that when people comment on my photos, I get a decent amount of people telling me I have pretty eyes. But that's only because of a filter.

Why do I feel the need to change my eyes for a thousand-something people that don't care about me?

I have over a thousand followers, which makes sense considering I have attended three colleges and two high schools. I know a lot of people.

Although I know a lot of people, I still don't know the majority of people following me. These people know nothing about me except my name, but for some reason, their opinion matters to me.

I noticed that the less I look like myself the more likes and comments I get. It took me a while to come to this realization, but when I did it was hard to swallow.

I'm the person who tells people they don't need makeup, that they need to be themselves, and yet I can't post a picture of myself without the proper angle, a full face of makeup, and a couple filters. Out of one thousand-something people, I hardly know a hundred of them. So, why am I changing for them?

I know I am not the only one who thinks this way. I know far too many people basing their self-worth off of an app invented in 2010. You are more than the amount of likes you get, and you have absolutely no reason to change.

If you want to dye your hair, dye it because YOU look good with that color, not because someone else does and you want to look like them. Apply makeup everyday? Let it be an art form, not a necessity that determines whether or not you leave the house. Filters are fine, but they should not be used on your face, you're as tan as you are, your teeth are as white as they are, and your eyes should not be changed.

Post more pictures of the people you love, the places you have been and the moments you will never forget, not pictures that do not display the real you. You don't need the opinion of your group chat before you post a picture, you don't have to stand sideways and suck in your stomach to look skinnier.

You need to be you. Do not let the amount of likes you get on Instagram make you lose sight of who you really are and what you truly look like.

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Using Valentine's Day As An Excuse To Take A Risk

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If you're like me, you're probably scrolling through Instagram a couple times a day. A few days ago, I took the time to scroll through my own page. While deleting some pictures, I started to notice something odd. The more I looked at pictures of myself, the more I noticed that I looked completely different in the majority of them.

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https://twitter.com/yolanda_gampp Yolanda Gampp (YouTube: 'How to Cake It') is putting a gory spin on sweet treats for #Valentines2016 She created a heart shaped cake, a human-heart shaped cake, covered in raspberry "blood" looking like it was ripped right outa your chest. ---------- http://j.mp/HorrorMagazine

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16 Valentine's Day Coupons You Can Give To Literally Anyone

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But now, I'm an adult. An adult with a renewed appreciation for gift coupons. Yes, they are relatively easy to make, but truly thoughtful ones can make for very meaningful, legit presents.

And while everyone wants breakfast in bed or a back massage, there are other things that people really want - they just maybe haven't asked for them.

With that, we made you some coupons that you can print out (click here and here for downloadable PDFs) and give to your person (or people) this Valentine's Day:

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Here's The Free Valentine's Day Gift You Can Give Literally Anyone

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Illustrator Emily McDowell is back with a new set of cards! In her usual style, she's open and honest, giving us a new way to appreciate hand written greeting cards. These aren't your usual cards, no, they're the equivalent of a breath of fresh air, cards you wish you could have come up with yourself (or had the guts to write.) Of course, there are a few of her adorably awkward cards thrown in. (That's how we first fell in love with Emily.)

"This release of 20 cards includes a lot of styles that are particularly near and dear to me," she tells us. "I had some really important non-mom maternal figures in my life growing up, and I'm a stepmom now. I've always felt like there weren't enough Mother's Day and Father's Day card options for step-parents, aunts and uncles, grandparents, godparents, etc., so it was great to get to make some. And now they exist!

"Despite owning a stationery company, I am also the WORST at sending birthday cards out on time, so there are a couple of belated birthday cards in there, which is a new category in my line. There's also a divorce card - another new category! I think my favorites of the bunch, though, are the baby congrats cards. I had a lot of fun writing to truths about pregnancy and new parenthood."

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Illustrator Emily McDowell is back with a new set of cards! In her usual style, she's open and honest, giving us a new way to appreciate hand written greeting cards. These aren't your usual cards, no, they're the equivalent of a breath of fresh air, cards you wish you could have come up with yourself (or had the guts to write.)

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Heart Notebooks + Japanese Book Binding Tutorial - Flax & Twine

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I'm so excited to bring another Japanese Book Binding Tutorial for you! This one with a Valentine's Day twist. This book binding is called the Noble binding, and is a little bit easier than the Hemp Binding, which I showed you last year. I adore these handmade notebooks. My daughter is a note writer. She loves receiving little love notes. These books are a perfect place to collect sweet nothing notes and drawings. Sometimes leaving a note at the top of the stairs is the only way I can get her out of bed in the morning! I'm pretty sure these books will help do the trick!

Line the front of the book with coordinating floral fabric to add a surprising but lovely feature to your book.

The big floral heart on the front is so fun. Alternatively, you could cut a shape into the cover to show the floral fabric underneath.

On the little heart version, I added a couple of extra holes for more yarn across the binding and doubled the binding strand for more heft. I like the fuzzy yarn against the paperboard.

Japanese book binding changes in nature as you alter the materials, from the paper to the covers to the binding thread. So many endless and beautiful ideas for gifts!

For Valentine's Day, have your kids fill this book with gift coupons (for example: take out the garbage, take the dog for a walk, empty the dishwasher, or BIG bear hug) and give it to Mom or Dad. Or, just fill the book with BIG heart-ful ideas and inspiration!

Japanese Book Binding Tutorial

Materials

Paperboard (upcycled cereal or cracker box)
Pencil
Needle
DMC Embroidery ThreadScissors ( like mine)
Fabric ( kokka floral, pink double gauze)
Fabric Glue
White paper ( white cotton rag paper would be especially nice)
Awl (I used a crafts weeder I had on hand which worked fine)
MS Bone Folder
Ruler

:: Individually fold three to four 8 1/2 x 11 pieces of paper in quarters and cut the folded edge along the top.
:: Cut 2 4.5″ x 5.75″ book covers out of paperboard. If covers are from a cereal box or printed paperboard, cut 2 more pieces of paperboard or decorative paper at the exact same size and glue to the back side of each cover.
:: Cut decorations out of fabric and glue to front of cover.
:: Let embellishments dry. You can also try embroidering into the paper covers.

:: On the cover, mark two lines, one 3/16″ from the edge and one 3/8″ from the edge. Mark four hole spots ( A, B, C, D) with a pencil along the 3/8″ line. The two outer spots ( A, D) should begin 5/8″ from the top and bottom of the book. Evenly space the other two hole marks ( B, C) in between the first two marks. Mark two dots ( 1, 2) on the 3/16″ line in between the edge of the book and the outer most dots ( A, D) on the 3/8″ line.

:: Cut additional fabric lining (4.25 x 5.5) for top of paper stack. Carefully stack the book contents together (front cover, fabric front page, bundles of inside pages and back cover).
:: Make sure the edges of the book contents are flush with the binding, and secure with two binder clips on the outer edge. Using an awl, poke holes through all layers in spots as indicated.
:: Separate stack in half and bring needle and thread through the center of the book and through hole B (see labeled guide above). Leave a two-inch tail (it will be tied off at the center of the book at the end).
:: Bring your needle and thread around the outside of the book and back through B from back to front.

:: Go around the top of the book, bringing needle through 1 from back to front.
:: Bring needle down through A from front to back.
:: Bring needle up through B from the back and exiting through the middle of the book where you started. Tie a knot tightly in the center of the book and tuck ends into the binding.
:: Use a ruler and a bone folder to score along the front of the cover and the back of the cover just to the inside of the binding to create a foldable edge for the covers to move more freely.

I find the whole process of Japanese book binding much easier than it looks. Definitely give it a whirl and spread some of that love around!

This post was created for MarthaStewart.com by Anne Weil of Flax & Twine as a Contributor. It was published there on February 3, 2016. Have fun exploring my profile and work there.

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Heart Notebooks + Japanese Book Binding Tutorial - Flax & Twine

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I'm so excited to bring another Japanese Book Binding Tutorial for you! This one with a Valentine's Day twist. This book binding is called the Noble binding, and is a little bit easier than the Hemp Binding, which I showed you last year. I adore these handmade notebooks.

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Send a care package to a long-distance friend

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Galentine’s Day: The Long Distance Way! | Amy Poehler's Smart Girls

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Ever since Leslie Knope introduced us to Galentine's Day on Parks and Rec, it's become the favorite holiday of pals all over the globe. Whether you celebrate Galentine's Day with a traditional Galentine's Day brunch, or you've made your own special traditions, it's a great way to celebrate the awesome women in your life. But what happens when one of your friends moves? How can you celebrate Galentine's Day with a long distance friend?

One of my work besties, Katie, recently moved across the country. We'd been through quite a bit together, and after surviving a huge reorganization at our company, we started a weekly lunch date called "Survivor's Lunch." When I found out she was moving, I was thrilled for all the exciting adventures that were waiting for her miles away, but it's still been hard saying goodbye to a good friend. What can I say? Survivor's Lunch has never been the same.

I decided that this Galentine's Day I'd work out a way to try to reduce the distance. Galentine's Day is all about celebrating your friends and enjoying time with buddies, but that can be incredibly hard when you're no longer a few minutes away from one another.

There are lots of ways to make Galentine's Day special, even if you and your friends are miles apart. If you both love cooking, you can do a shared brunch over Skype or Google Chat. After all, Leslie Knope has told us time and again how important breakfast foods are. But maybe you're like me and cooking just isn't your game. You can both watch a movie at the same time, or you can even try to arrange a surprise trip to actually hang out with your buddy on Galentine's Day! But for me, none of those seemed quite right for this Galentine's Day.

What am I doing for my long-distance friend this year? Since my friend moved away so recently, I decided to send her a care package. I didn't want to do anything to make her feel homesick, but I also wanted to make sure she knew she's still got friends who care about her - especially on this most important of friendship days. Nothing too big, just a few fun things to brighten up her Galentine's Day.

Galentine's Day is a big celebration of all of your friends, so also asked the third member of our Survivor's Lunch, Amy, to add some goodies to the care package. Maybe we can't have Survivor's Lunch together, and maybe we can't celebrate Galentine's Day together, but we can do our best to make sure our friends know they're cared about. After all, that's ultimately what Galentine's Day is all about, ladies celebrating ladies - even if there's quite a bit of distance between you. It's tough to have a friend living across the country, but it's important to support your friends when they set out to chase amazing, new opportunities.
How are you celebrating Galentine's Day with your long distance friends? Let me know how you can make the day special with your friends living far away in the comments!

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Galentine's Day: The Long Distance Way! - Amy Poehler's Smart Girls

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Ever since Leslie Knope introduced us to Galentine's Day on Parks and Rec, it's become the favorite holiday of pals all over the globe. Whether you celebrate Galentine's Day with a traditional Galentine's Day brunch, or you've made your own special traditions, it's a great way to celebrate the awesome women in your life.

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"A diver feeds red heart-shaped squid meat to an eagle ray during a feeding show ahead of Valentine's Day at the Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo on Feburary 12, 2013." via the Huffington Post
(Photo: YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images)