Me Being Crafty

So, I’m not a super crafty person, but I do like to do crafty things on occasion.  I pulled out my woefully small collection of Valentine’s Day decorations and decided I needed more.  But I didn’t feel like going shopping or actually doing anything difficult, so I went looking for Valentine’s printables (and there are quite a few on the internet, let me tell you!)  So here’s a few pics …  For this one I made a handy little stand out of the scrap paper I cut off of this printable (which I printed on cardstock).

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This one I actually put into a picture frame.

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I used some of the spaces in my china cabinet as a picture frame and printed this fun “subway” Valentine art.

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The one craft I did do – make felt roses and “sprinkle” them with rocks in a glass bowl. They were kind of fun to do, though I learned later to make them less flat.

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I also made this tasty treat for Haley to take for Valentines and for Andrew to take a big batch for his school social. This is not my picture (but I didn’t take pictures of what I made so this will have to do.  We used some cute tags I found (the link is below under “Tweety Pie”) and tied them with ribbon.

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That’s Valentine’s Day. Then I finally got around to making a “winter wreath” – I always want one when I’m taking down my Christmas decorations but have so little energy that I never make one. Well, I finally got around to it. Here’s the end product.  This was originally a Christmas wreath, with red and green roses and berries. I think it translated nicely to a winter color scheme. It is hanging on my front door, despite the fact that it is Valentine’s season. Oh well …

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Last crafty thing – I made some birthday cards for the Young Women in our ward (the youth group for girls in our congregation). I just dragged and dropped clipart into a Publisher document and used this font that Spencer found (he is the master of design in our home). My touch was the sewing – it is real thread sewn by a sewing machine (not more clip art). I think it makes them look less like something I just printed on my computer – plus it meant I could just print the outside and the inside of the card on separate pieces of paper and then just sew them together – thicker card without using card stock or having to flip the paper so I can print on both sides.

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Here’s the links to the Valentine’s Printables, in case you are interested.

• Valentine’s Subway Art
• Heart Subway Art
• Be Mine – this is a PDF which I zoomed in on and then printed “current view” in order to get the size I wanted.
• Tweety Pie Valentines
• The bird clip art came from this website:    http://summertimedesigns.blogspot.com/   It is part of her “Sweet Springtime” kit.
• The wreath was inspired by this wreath at Better Homes and Gardens.

If you are inspired, go search google images for “valentine subway art” or “valentine printables”.  I also found some great ideas on Pinterest – just searched “valentines”.  I think I’ll start looking for Easter stuff next!