Valentine Decorations

Valentine's Day Decorations

I usually don't put things up for Valentine's Day but this year I wanted to do something fun. And besides, it really looks bare after all the Christmas stuff comes down. So I went to my local thrift store and dollar store and bought a few things - very inexpensive - but I think it turned out cute!

Insted of taking down the Christmas decorations on the front porch, I left them up and added a bunch of hearts! I think it looks so much better than a bare porch and the pink and red go great with my pink poinsettia Christmas stuff!

Cards

Haven't done much blogging at all lately.... but that's ok. I have been busy and recently I made a couple of cards for the up and coming holidays and I'd thought I'd share them with you.

this is one for Thanksgiving. The pic is a bit blurry - sorry. I did want you to see the sentiment I made on the computer. It's 1 Chronicles16:34. I always think people are getting thanksgiving wrong. They keep saying "oh I'm Thankful for my kids" or "I'm Thankful for my health". but who are you thankful too! Every good thing we have is a gift from God - so let's be Thankful to God in Heaven for all our blessings1

and here is a Cute little card that I thought might be nice for an invitation to a cookie exchange for Christmas

I hope everyone has a Blessed Thanksgiving and can make a loooong list of all the things you can be grateful (to God) for.
                               Happy Crafting :)

Faith Family Friends sign

I've been making these wood signs lately and I decided to make myself one. Usually they are only 12 inches long but I wanted to make a longer one to go under a shelf in my office. I LOVE the way it turned out! I'll show you how I did it. SO EASY..
First, find yourself a piece of wood, mine is 6" x 40"

Any scrap piece will do, mine was from an old deck we took apart. Paint it black or white or whatever background color you would like. I did mine black and I only paint where the paper would not be.
Then find some pretty scrapbook paper and head to your computer. I used Word to print the words Faith Family and Friends. You might have to play around a little to get it just right, and remember to leave at least a 1 inch border. I also had to print each word on a seperate piece of paper. 

  

Then I used my favorite stamp and added black to the corners and around the edges.

I used mod podge to glue the paper down.

Then I went to my favorite little machine - the Cricut! I cut seven 3"curly shapes.

I added some black ink to the curly shapes to give them more depth and then glued them in place

A sweet little silver heart glued between the words and I put upholstery tacks in the corners but the picture didn't show them very well

Since I wasn't going to hang it on the wall but off the bottom of the shelf, I used cup hooks and eye screws. I attached the hooks to the underneath of the shelf and the eyes to the top of my sign. A little tip - put a dab of toothpaste on the eyes and then touch it to the shelf, it leaves a mark exactly where you need to screw in the cup hooks.

This is the before...

And here's the after...

What do you think?

I LOVE it!

Wedding flowers

Starting to work on wedding flowers for my friend. I just love the colors she has picked out - purple, cream and blue. The silk flowers are so beautiful and they look real.

The pictures don't really show how pretty they are...

I added some blue silk ribbon on the handle...

I would looove to work full time as a florist!

Classroom Easter gift

Every year I like to give my son's class gifts for the different holidays. Since I had all these left over plastic easter eggs, I thought I would make bunnies for each classmate.

They are so simple to make. First, I cut out paper ears and painted pink in the center. Then I cut out little felt pink triangles for the noses. I drew on the face with black permanent markers, glued on the ears and a white pom pom for the tail. The feet are heart shaped foam pieces left over from valentine's day and glued on with hot glue - the feet are needed so the bunny can stay upright. Lastly, fill with candy.

I had to make 28 for his class. But I think they really enjoyed them and appreciate the little thought.

Easter Card

I was recently invited to a card party with some friends. Every now and then we get together to make cards. Since Easter is coming I thought I would make an Easter card. And even though I think bunnies are the sweetest, Easter is all about my risen Savior - Jesus Christ. So my card is one that I could share my Easter Blessings...

Here is the front...

I printed the image off the net and did alot of layering. I also used my cricut to cut out the swirly shape. The pic doesn't do it justice, the blue is actually purple. The front reads "Let the whole Earth be filled with His glory"

Here's the inside...

It reads.."May the glory of our risen Lord renew  your hopes, faith and joy!"
May you all have a Blessed Easter and know that Jesus really is the reason for the season!





Cricut Spring Bunny Flowers

I've been working on some crafts for a Spring Craft Show coming up and I thought I'd share these little flower arrangements with you. I LOVE using my cricut and here I added sweet little bunnies...

one with a green bunny...

one with a purple bunny...

 one with a yellow bunny...

and one with a pink bunny...

aren't they sweet?