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Valentine Specimen Art

Do you guys remember the butterfly specimen art that I made for my daughter’s room a couple of years ago? Well, I thought it would be fun to make an Valentines Day Craft and decoration using the same concept.

This is really such a simple craft and décor idea. Anyone can do it. Plus, with all the snowy weather at my house…it is fun to sit by the fire and create something pretty! Seriously, it is snowing like crazy here. The kids are hoping that school gets cancelled tomorrow…but it takes some serious snow to get school cancelled around these parts. (*Update—School DID get cancelled…haha…and it is still snowing like crazy!)

Another great thing about this project is that you will most likely have everything you need around the house to make one for yourself.

Here is a list of supplies you will need:

an 8 x 10 picture frame without glass

red cardstock (I threw in 3 pink hearts too)

a heart punch (mine was about 3/4 inch)

mini glue dots (any glue should work though)

I then measured the inside of the frame area by width and height and figured out how to evenly space out the hearts. I ended up with 7 hearts across the width and 9 down the length for a total of 63 hearts. (60 red ones and 3 pink ones).

This would have been super easy with graph paper and since I didn’t have any on hand…I just drew it out with a ruler. Then I took a clean sheet of white cardstock and placed it over the top of the lined paper and made a mark where the dots fell so I knew where to place each heart.

Then I put a mini glue dot on each pencil dot. I used the glue dots to give the hearts a bit of a 3 dimensional feel because they allow the hearts to sit flush on the paper. Then I simply folded several of the hearts in half and put the hearts on the paper in a random fashion.

Is it hard for the rest of you to do a random pattern? My OCD really flares up and I have to have a little conversation in my head about not making a random pattern that is not really random. Does that make sense? I might be a little bit crazy! Do any of you do this too?

So simple and easy. I also like the little punch of color it adds to my entry way! Don’t you?

And by the way…I don’t think I ever shared my “new” entry way with you yet. Gasp! I know! This Home Décor blogging is hard! These projects take FOREVER and then you feel like you have to get it JUST right before you can share it. Well…we are almost finished in here…so I am allowing you a little sneak peek!

And I am currently in love with this wallpaper. I swore 9 years ago that I would never let another piece of wallpaper ever grace the walls of my home after spending an entire year removing wallpaper from EVERY. SINGLE. ROOM of this house when we moved in. Eighties Wallpaper…need I say more?

But…It had to be done. And I love it!

Hope you all have a great weekend. Here’s to hoping we can dig our way out of all this snow…or stay in and drink hot cocoa! I like the second part better…’cept for the fact that I can no longer drink hot cocoa. Darn!

Wondering how to make the little kissing and pomander balls in the wooden tray? You can find tutorials for the Tissue Paper Rosette Balls and the Pomander Balls by clicking on the blue links.

January 11, 2013 · Filed under: Crafts, Valentine's Day Tagged with heart decor, heart specimen art, homemeade valentines day crafts, speciment art, valentines crafts, valentines day, valentines day crafts, Valentines Heart

Valentine Day Crafts—Candy Rings

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I have actually had these pictures taken for several days and totally forgot to share them with you…womp…womp! So I realize this may be too late for you to make some Valentine’s Day Candy rings this year unless you want to make a fun Valentine Craft with your kiddos and have the supplies on hand or have time to run out and get some quickly.

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They literally just take seconds to make but can be worn to provide a little extra festivity to your day. Or you can whip some up really quickly and give them to someone special. Of course we had some empty ring forms laying around which I found after cleaning up my craft room recently *ahem*!! We simply took some Sweet Tart Conversation Heart Candy and glued them right onto the ring forms with some hot glue. They held up really well and then when my little one wanted to eat her ring, we simply broke the candy off. Part of the candy broke off and left a perfectly good piece of candy for her to eat…sans glue. Now, I personally would not eat the candy after wearing it…but this particular child has no qualms about that sort of a thing… We also tried our hand at making some jelly candy rings. We just simply stuck the candy right onto a ring pop form like we used on these past Candy Rings. Such a simple idea that your kids can help you create. And would be a fun little gift idea or a party favor for a little ones birthday. Change up the candy and make them fit other holidays too for greater flexibility! Valentines-Day I hope all of you have a Great Valentine’s Day!! Pin It

February 13, 2012 · Filed under: Acessories, Activities, Crafts, Gifts, Girls, Valentine's Day Tagged with candy rings, DIY candy rings, make a candy ring, Valentine s Day Craft, valentines day, valentines day crafts, valentines day gift

Love Potion no. 9 Labels

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Things around here are starting to get put back together and I am making progress on getting my new office organized and the old one cleaned up. Our floors are in now and I can’t wait to share our progress with you. We still have quite a bit of work to do as far as the baseboards, some painting and etc.

So I have not been crafting much. But I did manage to make some fun printable Valentine’s Day Love Potion no. 9 Labels and/or tags.

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These are a really simple addition to a cute bottle filled with candy or your favorite drink.

I burned the edges of this label and colored the label with a brown crayon very lightly but darker around the edges to make it look like aged paper.

Or you can cut around the edges of the label and then glue it onto your container…a plastic test tube in this case to make it like a sticky label.

And, because I like sharing, I have made it available for you to download for your own purposes if you would like. I made them in brown or in white if you want to color them on your own. If you would like a different size you can simply choose to print them out at greater than 100% to make them bigger or smaller than 100% if you need them smaller.