Think Pink
Thu, Jan 14, 2010
Since you’ve had a few weeks to recover from holiday-palooza, it’s time to get back up on that over-commercialized horse and start thinking in heart-shaped thoughts. Since Valentine’s Day will be here before you know it, thought I’d throw a few fun, crafty, DIY projects your way to get you started. Yay!
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1 ) Sweetheart Roses
Big surprise this is from Martha Stewart! Easy, clever, and gorgeous.
Tools and Materials
2 nesting glass vases or containers (such as a drinking glass), one shorter and at least an inch narrower
Valentine’s Day Candies (about 1 1/2 pounds)
2 dozen tulips
Rubber band
Floral or other knife
Materials
Small Pieces of at least eight different fabrics.
Twenty 3 1/2-inch by 5 1/2-inch pieces of high quality card stock.
Several spools of 100% cotton thread in pretty complimenting colors.
One spool of 100% cotton thread in white. Wind a bobbin with the white thread only.
Download, print and cut out Heart Template here.
Super simple. Find some lovely-coated paper clips and have at ‘em. String ‘em together and make a necklace or a chain and strew them about.
4 ) Heart Money
All right, this isn’t really a craft…but come on! If you are going to spend the coin, make it mean something (a la the artful design) and give a sure-fire hit. Obviously not appropriate for every Valentine, but great token gift for tweens, teens, and offspring who still live at home.
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Yikes, Valentine’s is going to be sneaking up on us…guess I should start thinking about it. Like the idea of the flowers in a sea of candy!