Valentine's Day Goodie Bags For My Girls

LOVE Them....

I was scared to death to take on this task, I have never made a "bag" other than a diaper pouch. I had looked at some tutorials for the pottery barn Valentine's mail bag and decided to not do it, to scary. Then my friend Malarie wanted to make this one so I said what the heck and took on the challenge! I am so glad that I did, it wasn't as difficult as I feared and I love the way they turned out.

We of course stuck with our color scheme, hot pink bags with black stitching and our inspiration, the "LOVE" material inside. I used this tutorial from Amy at www.ourscoop.blogspot.com that I found onscribd, it was simple and easy to follow, but you do not need as much felt material as it calls for. I was able to make two out of a 1/2 yard of felt. You do need the amount she says for the lining fabric though. Instead of doing buttons on the back we did velcro and then sewed buttons on. Our embroidery was kind of a combination of both hers and the pottery barn one, our hearts on the front we just used some interfacing and stitched them on with a zig zag stitch.





back

lining

I am very pleased with how they turned out and I can't wait to fill them with Valentine goodies for my girls. My oldest has already requested to take hers to school for her Valentine's box, I'm not sure how I feel about that yet.

I think she loves it!



Now go visit Scribd and make one for your littlest Valentines'

I have linked up to these fabulous linky parties:
Sisters Stuff
Sassy Sites
Someday Crafts

Valentine's Day Yarn Wreath

I was seeing yarn wreaths all over the internet and thought this would be a great way to have a wreath that continued to match my Valentine's color scheme. Malarie had just made a ton of rosettes for headbands, so she showed me how to make some. Super simple wreath, I love the look of it. I only wish it was not on my ugly brown front door :(





I wrapped a styrofoam heart wreath with black yarn added some hot pink, pink and white rosettes to the bottom and hung it with a hot pink ribbon that says "Love" in black. Perfect. And what can I say, but I LOVE it too!

I linked up to Get Your Craft On at Today's Creative Blog. Go check out all the other fabulous craft projects.

I have also linked up to these other fabulous parties at:
Someday Crafts
Sassy Sites
Sister Stuff

Valentine Ribbon Table Runner

Yes another Valentine craft and what can I say, but I LOVE it too. I honestly don't know if its the color combo, crafting with a friend, just crafting or Valentine's Day in general, but I am loving it all! I found the tutorial for a ribbon table runner here, of course it was for Halloween, so that would just not do, we had to to make it hot pink, black, light pink and white.





As my Ava would say, "Cute?"

Happy Crafting!

I've linked up to these fabulous parties at:
Sister Stuff
Sassy Sites
Someday Crafts

Julie Too

For Christmas my oldest got a much desired Julie doll from Santa, so we had to make her a cute circle skirt too.

Another Valentine's Day Banner!

I loved my banner or bunting so much I had to make one for my Mom too! I made my mom's in the more traditional colors of red, light pink and white and I absolutely LOVE hers too!

I am having so much fun with Valentine's crafts this year!

Pom Pom Necklaces and Headbands

So a week ago me and my good friend Malarie had a craft day where we made pom necklaces and headbands, ate burgers and drank diet cokes; because that's how we roll. Oh and I guess you could say we also took care of our two toddlers too.

Anywho we had a great ole time laughing, talking and crafting and these necklaces and headbands are not only super cute, they are a great quick project even with kids under foot :) We got the idea for the headbands from this great website here, called Little Miss Momma,

great sight with many cute ideas.

I made this great necklace as a treat for myself.

Necklace

And I made this bundle of fun headbands for my 10 year old daughter in her school uniform colors, and the one with two little pom poms I made for my 2 year old.

Headband



So now go hop to it and get busy making your kids some fabulous new headbands and yourself a fabulous new necklace.

Finally.

I finally tied my first fleece blanket, super simple, and the best part my youngest actually likes it. She is kind of a strange child, doesn't have a toy, stuffed animal or blanket that she prefers. As a matter of fact she doesn't even really play. She just wanders around the house all day plays with something a few minutes and then wanders a little more. The only thing she seems to really enjoy is books and while she will look at them on her own, she definitely prefers to be read to. I have decided that her lack of interest in toys, etc. is what continues to lead to her getting in trouble. If I am busy and not giving her my complete undivided attention (hence hardly having time for craft projects) she get mischevious. Its a good thing I love her. Anyways now that its 100 degrees here, she has decided she really loves her "mouse" blanket that I made her and she actually wants to cuddle with me and the blanket.