>How to:Lilac Gift Tag
29 Jan 2010 1 Comment
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Playing with the kids coming up with holiday ideas for their Valentine’s Day Parties at school, that of course are not on Valentine’s Day because it lands on Sunday. I decided to make gift tags to add to the teachers gifts. Looking around the house this is what I found. These would be cute for Mother’s day, or Easter too.
Supplies
- glue ( I had YES paste (17 years old and still works amazing) and Elmer’s glue kicking around use what ever you like or have)
- toothpicks to use with white glue
- corner punches
- flower punch
- shipping tags
- decorative string or yarn (not pictured)
- construction paper in colors desired 3 to 5 colors (we used3: solid lavender, variegated pink, variegated red)
- Punch tons of flowers out of construction paper we placed them in a zip lock bag and shook to mix them
- Remove string from tag ( you can replace it later with same string or decorative yarn, string)
- add decorative punches to the corners of tag (our tags had been notched already I wish they had not been would have been prettier)
- add glue to tag in a paisley or tear drop like shape
- add flat flowers to tag
- bend petals of flowers up and place a drop of glue on back of center of flower
and place in desired location on tag continue to do this till as full as you like (the photos are showing one with them added and one that doesn’t have bent flowers yet)(the very first one only shows one bent flower on the right picture)
- replace string or add new one
- write in space left on tag your desired message
>Crochet Valentine hat
02 Mar 2009 2 Comments
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valentine hat, originally uploaded by sunshine’s creations.
I actually made something with my hands during the month of February. I made this hat for me, but my oldest daughter keeps borrowing it; she seems to like it a lot. I made it using this pattern; can also be found on ravelry. I used sugar and cream cotton yarn for it.
>Valentines and work
14 Feb 2009 4 Comments
in floral work, holiday:valentines
>Valentines for the little girls, paper dolls from one of my grandmother’s favorite artists.
What work looked like on Monday (not all the photos came out well).
What the customer sees:
What work looked like Friday morning (once again, not all photos came out well): we had three times this amount of flowers.
What the florist sees: by the way this is only one of two coolers. I didn’t take pictures of the other as we had to walk outside in the snow to get to it, and I was already cold enough just from going in and out of this cooler, let alone going to the delivery cooler where all the arrangements for delivery for Saturday had been stored. These are just Friday morning arrangements, will call, and some of the loose flowers; more had been stored in the delivery cooler. We had over 7,150 roses in this cooler.
>Happy Valentine’s Day
14 Feb 2009 1 Comment
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>Valentine from Anna Marie Horner
26 Jan 2009 Leave a Comment
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So a few years back Anna had this limited edition valentine heart garland on her blog. I was the first one to order one. Now, being a person with to many projects, I set it aside to do later. Somehow over those two years the ribbon has managed to leave the package, but the fabric and instructions are still there so I decided today that I needed to pull this out so I can try and finish this or something else might go missing from the package. I don’t know if you can read it in the photo, but the postmark is 2007 so better late than never.
>Revisiting the felt ornament
20 Oct 2008 6 Comments
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>Valentine’s Past Due
16 Feb 2008 Leave a Comment
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So even though this is after Valentine’s, here are a few decorations the kids had me put up. I know it isn’t much, but after the Christmas staying up a few months longer than expected due to me being so busy with their schools and all, I was worried if I put up much more it would never come down.>Happy Valentine’s Day
14 Feb 2008 Leave a Comment
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Blackberries and raspberries, whipping cream, condensed milk make for a nice bowl of homemade, hand cranked, ice-cream. Hope you have a lovely day.
Recipe:
- 2 quarts light whipping cream (we used normal whipping cream because our store didn’t have the light)
- 2 cans sweetened condensed milk (size of each can, 14 oz)
- a cup to a few cups frozen berries cut in tiny pieces; no exact measurements here, we just did what looked good. You can also substitute other things here, cut up candy bars, cookie dough and so on.
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
Mix all ingredients except berries in a bowl. When combined, place in electric ice-cream mixer, if you have one. Add berries at this time. Mix as per your machine’s instructions. We don’t have an electric mixer, so the children volunteer their labor; they think it is fun for a little while. Then the adults have to get into the act at the end because it gets stiffer. Place in a container in the freezer for a few hours and serve. Enjoy
p.s.
This is my husband’s recipe.
DO NOT USE THIS TO MAKE THINGS TO SELL FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY!!!!
>Felt Ornament Heart
25 Jan 2008 11 Comments
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If you are thinking of Valentine’s Day and want a simple ornament or gift tag, you can always make one of these hearts; follow the last link to the tutorial. If you do make one, please feel free to join flickr felt creations group and add your photo; I would love to see them.
This would be real cute with tatted flowers, too, instead of embroidered ones. I may have to try that. If you make a tatted version, join “the mad tatter” group on flicker and add tatting ones there. If you have no idea what tatting is, check out this site the 25 motif tatting challenge.
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