Happy Valentine's day

Wishing you all a 

wonderful day 

filled with

...

love

 and 

sweetness

What I've been up to - Weeks 5,6 & 7 and a Valentine roundup

As you know I took a little blog break to regroup after my FIL's diagnostic and his lengthy stay in the hospital. There was too much worry and stress to really think about something crafty. Thankfully, he is now resting home and recovering strength before starting a series of treatments.

During this time, 3 wonderful bloggers stepped up to keep my little blog alive. I call them my White Knights as they came to the rescue and also because White Knights are a gorgeous variety of orchid. 

Holly - 504 Main
Spring Chicks

Beverly - Flamingo Toes
Valentine's Shirt

Nike - Choose to Thrive
Captain Underpants and the Twirl Skirt

Thank you again ladies for holding the fort!

During these 3 weeks, only 2 finishes:  

The Tiger Lily Necklace 

And this Anthro knock off handbag

And just because Valentine's day is tomorrow,  here is a round up of my Valentine's crafts for the year

Valentine Berry Wreath

Love Declaration

The Sweetheart Necklace

Hearts and Blooms Wreath

Have a great Valentine's day !!!

Hearts and blooms

The little hearts Amie and I crafted together needed a bigger life.

 And they got it.  Remember the Christmas tulle wreaths I made (yes there were 2).

I removed the bow and flowers from the smaller one and whipped together a few flowers out of the same satins the heart were made from. I {heart} fabric flowers.

Trading Post - Oh my {heart}!

This past Saturday, Amie from Kittycats and Airplanes came to my house for another crafty play date. We had bounced ideas via email about Valentine's crafts and decided on little satin hearts. I showed Amie how to make the hearts following the same method I used to make Christmas ornaments. We picked a smaller heart shape. Instead of hand-stitching the opening, we used a special foot and topstitched them

Here they are all naked, but not for long

It was time to beautify them. My ruffler foot got another workout with lace and organza. Then we plugged the glue guns and dug up in beads, buttons, ribbons, lace, glitter and even feathers and decorated them. We ran short of time so 2 of them were not finished when Amie had to head home but this is what came out of our combined efforts. 

Here are the ones I trimmed, all 6 now finished.

This one is my favorite, Amie got the idea and I loved it so much I had to have one too...

A fun afternoon for both of us. Next installment soon. We already picked a date for next month. I can't wait !!

PS: Have you seen the GFC counter?? Almost 250!! Amie kindly agreed to craft something special for a giveaway to celebrate this milestone. I'm psyched!!

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Love declaration

I'm pretty sure you know about this 

And this 

Reaffirming my undying love for buttons...

Christmas turns into Valentine

After each Holiday, decor items go on sale and it's the right time to grab a few things from 50 to 90% off. I usually grab couple of things to replace the D.O.A of the year. This time I bought a few things for flower arrangements, at 90% off who can argue. So with $3 worth of supplies and some left over tulle from my stash, I created my Valentine's wreath out of Christmas cast offs.

I just use 5 branches of red berries twisted together and wrapped the raspberry tulle, cut in 3" wide strips, to conceal the wires. Then with the left over tulle, I made a bow to hang the wreath with.

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