DIY Valentine Decorations on a Stick

Looking for some easy and fun Valentine Decorations? Well, you are in the right place!

If you  have any tulle or yarn lying around, wrap it around 

two or three fingers, tie the center (really tightly) with another

piece of thread or ribbon and then cut the loops until 

they poof into a nice little pom pom (you can give them

a little haircut if you aren't happy with the shape). 

I hot glued mine to paper straws to add a little height 

to my Valentine mantle display this year.

If you don't have any yarn, ribbon or tulle, a bit of

cardstock will work as well. I die cut these hearts and 

glued them onto fun brightly striped paper straws.

More Valentine fun to display around the house!

DIY Felt Valentine Decor

I usually stick to paper projects, because, well...

I know paper. Sewing. Not so much. But I do

always have felt lying around, not sure why. 

I seriously should've been a school teacher with 

all the variety of craft supplies we have holed up

in our home.

More Valentine Decor was in order, so I whipped 

out my stash of felt, cut a few hearts and started 

stitching them together with bakers twine. Don't 

look too closely, there are a TON of mistakes but at

least the stuffing isn't coming out! 

My 7 year old son was quite interested in the new

little heart pillows on our coffee table and wanted

to try his hand at sewing too. 4 tiny handsewn pillows

later, I think I've found a new 'busy' project for him.

I hot glued the white center hearts on first before

sewing the red pieces together, leaving a little slot

to poke the stuffing into and then finished up the

hearts...with wine, of course!

Valentine Heart Banner - Kid Craft

Got all four of my chickens involved in decorating this

year for February. I die cut out these hearts in white cardstock,

and let them go to town with craft paint and Q-Tips. 

Love those sweet little hands...

After the hearts were dry, a simple hole punch for

ease of threading bakers twine (or you can use yarn)

and then die cut letters to spell your desired phrase.

You can also use stickers or draw directly onto 

the dry painted hearts with a sharpie marker, 

if you don't have die cuts for lettering.

Happy Decorating!!

Valentine Heart Mini Cupcake Toppers

Who's getting geared up for Valentine's Day? 

These sweet little heart mini cupcake toppers are

sure to put a smile on anyone's face this February 14th.

Just listed 4 sets of these in the Etsy Shop...

Happy Heart Making!!

Making Valentines

Another year of kid friendly Valentines and this

year with two of my little people in school, we had

double the amount.

We used acrylic paint for the hand and foot prints, then

I let the older three go crazy with glitter glue and stickers.

The perfect project to send to the Grandparents

for their Valentine wedding Anniversary!

I always keep my eye peeled for fun crafts or projects for

my kiddos. Since they see Mommy crafting all the time, they

like to get involved too. I picked up three boxes of cards at

Target and the kids stuck their Valentine greeting to the front, 

then wrote and stamped inside for their friends.

We taped candy hearts onto each card with a bit of 

Washi Tape for all the classmates. The teachers and school

staff will be getting these fun chocolate -one is a million- candy bars 

and other assortment of Valentine chocolate candies.

My daughter made her Valentine box about two weeks ago

and just jazzed up the heart banner with a bit of glitter glue.

Love Note Challenge

What's Valentine's Day without a little love note?

I was recently contacted by the Cardstore Blog to check

out and review their FREE printable love notes, which

are perfect for leaving a little bit of love around the

house for your significant other.

 My hubby of 10 years, yup, count 'em - TEN!

is quite the dapper fellow, he LOVES to dress up

and is the epitome of handsome. When I met the guy, 

he didn't even own a pair of jeans!

 He always knows how to make me laugh, is my true

knight in shining armor, a wonderful husband, AMAZING

father to our four little people and just knows how to 

make a girl feel special - a keeper for sure!

We both have quite a fondness for coffee, so hopefully

he won't make me prove that I love him more than 

coffee - haha!

Twelve years ago, he asked for my number in the most

unique way... "would you like to go pick a basket

of daisies sometime?" - took my breath away, literally!

Want to show a little bit of personalized love to your other

half this Valentines Day? Head over and snag your

FREE printables from

 Cardstore.com

Don't forget to tag your ideas with #okaytocry

Quick Paper Rosette

Here's a short little video of my very popular rosettes...of course they take a BIT longer than

6 seconds to make but I kind of like the quick version! grin

find these and other coordinating party decor
at LeroyLime on Etsy

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photo courtesy of: Valerie Ott Photography

Washi Tape LOVE Card

Here's another easy Washi Tape project, especially if you are looking to make 

a creative Valentine for your hunky hubs or loved one!

I've even posted a quick 6 second video on VINE, click

HERE to view!

If you have any fun Washi Tape projects you'd like me to try, leave them in the comments!

Happy Washi Crafting...

Slacker Lurve

I couldn't think of a more perfect title and it does come with an explanation, NOT an apology (can't stand it when people apologize for not blogging, we all do have lives)! I may have been slacking on my blog and all things internet related recently but my Etsy shop has been keeping me quite busy. As did the holidays, military wife life, my three munchkins oh and a tiny factor that we are adding a fourth in July! So with the first trimester under my belt, this Mama is feeling like she's getting back on track, woo hoo! 

Without further ado, here are a few Valentine lovelies I whipped up for LeroyLime! 

Enjoy and Happy 2013

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