Valentine's Day Gifts

I got my craft on for fun little Valentine's Day gifts for Lily's teachers and aide.  I think they turned out kind of cute.

I saw some Hershey's kiss "long-stem roses" somewhere on the internet.  They seemed easy enough to make and kind of fun.  I used Valentine's Day pencils instead of wooden skewers, but this tutorial should give you an idea of how to make the flowers.  I bought the cute little buckets at Target...in the $1 bins.  Love, love, love Target's dollar bins.  I used some floral foam in the buckets.

I'm dusting off this old blog

Pinterest has super-inspired me lately.  I mean really, really inspired me.  I have been trying out lots of new recipes.  I have been crafting...oh how I've missed crafting.  I've been decorating.  I decided to share some of my projects here on this poor little neglected blog that hasn't been touched in two years.

Between Lily's tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy in early December and her recovery and some remodeling of our second floor in late November, I never put up any Christmas decorations in 2011.  I was so tired from everything that was going on that it didn't bother me...in the least!!  However, now that Valentine's Day is drawing near, I've been inspired to put up a few decorations.

My first project was a very simple wreath, inspired by this blog.  I only had one deck of playing cards to use so I added some scrapbooking paper hearts too.  Oh...and I have a new-found love of burlap, so I included a burlap bow.

I purchased a few heart ornaments from Michael's and I snagged a few branches from a tree outside to create this Valentine's Day "tree".

I have a couple more Valentine's Day projects in the works.  Stay tuned...

Valentine's Day Cards

The pictures aren't very great. I promise to figure out a way to take better pictures for next time. I just never got around to it and it's getting close to Valentine's Day.


I can't take any credit for these cards. Yes, I made them, but the designs were chosen by my stampin' friends, Erica and Denise.


The last picture is actually a thank-you card, but I thought it would also make a cute Valentine's card, minus the "thanks".

Valentine's Day

Beverly's Projects

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I think we need a theme for posting. Let's start with Valentine's Day. Send me your ideas for V Day projects you've done. Send them to scrapbookercathy@yahoo.com. Come on...you know you want to...do it right now! :O)

I don't have any scrapbook pages, but I have a couple of cards that I've made. I'll add them later today.

By the way...anyone have any suggestions on how to get a good picture of our crafts??? I tried to take pictures of my cards last night and they look washed out. I'm going to see what happens if I turn the flash off. I'm also wondering if scanning them might work. Suggestions appreciated!

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Beverly, you rock!!!! Thanks for your cute projects you just sent (pictures above). I'm going to try to get a picture of Lily and make her into a little cupid. Woooooo hooooooo! This is going to be fun!!!!

Maybe I'll wait until tomorrow to post my pictures of my cards.