Sharing even more love.

Hi Fellow Crafters

Here is just something else I decided to send to school with the boys for Valentines. I found the heart balloons when I was clearing out a draw (bought them ages ago), early last week and the butterfly Valentine's I downloaded from Skip to my Lou -> here.

 

They were super easy to make and very well received.

Happy crafting.

Valentine gifts for classmates- for my eldest at least

Hi Fellow Crafters

Well it's been quiet a week. I landed up having an emergency appendectomy on Tuesday night, so have been down and out since then, but today I had had enough of no crafting.

I realized my boys would need to hand out their classmates Valentine's on Friday as Valentine's Day falls on a Sunday this year. I love teaching the boys the need to tell people they are special and if we as moms don't teach them to be romantic who else will? So not having much energy at the moment I settled on something quick and easy, heart bags.

 

I love working with felt so I used a pattern and tutorial you can find -> HERE for the bag and a tutorial you can find -> HERE (this site rocks, get ready to stay a while) for the flowers. I started off hand stiching the bags but decided that due to the quantity I would machine stitch the rest.

For the tags I used muslin/calico and my copics and wrote my messages on them, I then tore them and stitched them onto the heart along with the flowers and leaves before putting the bags together. With the bag with the two flowers I got a little more creative and if you look closely you will see liitle pearl beads sewn into their centers.


What is going inside? I found these cute jelly bean hearts and am also wanting to add hair clips with some felt roses if I can find the time and energy.

 

Aren't the jelly beans great :-)

I'm linking this to so be sure to check out the other links there too.

Happy Crafting

So Fortunate to have you as a teacher (free template and tutorial- too)

Hi Fellow Crafters

Creative Jewish Mom Blog has started an International Blog Linking Party hosted every Sunday. Head on over to her blog - here and play!

I was inspired by this post for this idea.

So Fortunate to have you as my Teacher.

It is pretty small but a single fortune cookie fits inside perfectly! I bought mine ready made bu there are many blogs that show you how to make your own if you have the time, both edible and non-edible : ).

 

 

 What I did:

1. I printed out the template I designed (yours free to download at the end of this post), and cut it out along the solid lines.

2. Score along all dashed lines with your favorite scoring tool and fold using your bone folder.

 

3. Fold sides up ensuring the small side flaps are on the outside.

4. Holding the small side flaps together (see above) make a hole to insert a brad/eyelet.

 

5. If you want to add a handle do so now.

TIP: Ensure handle is long enough to open the box.

6. Repeat step 4 and 5 on the opposite side.

7. Close the top of the box by hooking the two curved parts together.

8. All folded up and closed.

I also made this one. If you think about it you can substitute teacher with countless other words such as My husband, in my life, as my son/daughter.... 

 

Here is the template FREE to use (personal use only please). I have also included the circle word stamp too :-) (to make them yours just right click on each and click on the Save image as... option)

 

Happy Valentine crafting.

Scrunchy Heart- Flashback (and a tutorial)

Hi Fellow Crafters'

Today I saw polystyrene cut out hearts that brought back memories of scrunchy wreaths I once made using polystyrene rings. I wondered if the cut out hearts would work just as well, but to no avail, so I came u with plan B. I had these

lying around from another project and the idea came to me to make the scrunchy valentine hearts using them. This is what I landed up with.

This is what I did.

Step 1: Cut a piece of fabric 3" X 60".

Step 2: Fold the cut piece in half lengthwise and sew leaving a 1/2" seam.

Step 3: Use pinking shears to cut along sewn edge. You now have the outer casing of the heart.

Step 4: Take 2 of the pipe cleaners and twist them together.

Step 5: Inset the twisted pipe cleaners into the sewn casing.

 

Step 6: Once inserted. Secure the top by sewing the pipe cleaners to the top (see pic below).

Step 7: Gather the remaining casing so that it meets at the opposite end.

Step 8: Pull the end pieces together to form a circle. And sew ends together were they meet.

Step 9: Now pinch in the bottom and top to form the heart shape.

Step 10: Tie a length of ribbon into a bow and sew onto heart at the top.

Step 11: Sew on a length of thread or ribbon to hang the heart on the doorknob.

Step 12: Viola your scrunchy heart is ready to hang.

Happy crafting.