Conversation Heart Pillows

I saw this idea HERE and thought it was so fun! I've been loving the whole Valentine day decor this year! Sweetie Pie Bakery has a great tutorial for these. I just printed out the letters using word and then cut those out to make the template. It took a while, but I think they turned out super fun!

Conversation Hearts Blocks

I found this idea HERE at Brown Paper Packages. I love that Home Depot will cut 2X4's for you! I also love that they have the wood scrap bin! Cheap and easy!!

We first sanded the wood down, and then painted them the colors we liked. On the website they painted to different colors on each block to have a fun tint to it, but we just decided to do the one color. Then we cut out the letters using our Cricut and vinyl. Once the paint dried we sanded the edges down and then placed the vinyl on. It was a super easy and fun Valentine craft!

Enjoy!

Valentine Wreath

I found this one at HERE at The Idea Room with the tutorial. I thought it was so fun and cute that I had to make it! Here is the final product!

Flower Necklace

My New Laminator!!

For Christmas my parents gave me this laminator! I really wanted one for my recipes, but in using it today I've decided this is my long lost craft best friend!! I not only laminated all the favorite recipes that I use all the time, but I. . .

made luggage tags for an upcoming trip!

Made a "Need" refrigerator thing for all those other things I need when we go to the grocery store! (This has been on my "to do" list for a while, but haven't come up with a way to make one. This made it 1000 times easier and way less expensive!!)

Laminated my recipes!

And laminated my pictures for teaching songs in Primary!

I have already loved this, and can't wait to come up with more this laminate! I'm going laminating crazy!!

Thanks Mom and Dad!!

Table Tent / Fort

For Christmas, my SIL (Melissa - who is also an author on this blog) and I made table tents for our kiddos. We spent a week in August starting our projects together, and then motivated ourselves in the next few months to finish in time for Christmas.

The table tent for my little guy is made out of cotton, with some felt and velcro attachments. It fits easily over a standard card table.

Inspiration mainly came from Sew Much Ado and Homemade by Jill; but I made things up as I went.

Welcome to Tent #19! The door easily ties up and down.



Here's the view from the top. Everything is lined. After sewing all the sides together, I sewed them all to the top.


Here's a side vinyl window. I sewed biased tape to both the outside and inside panels. The window covering ties up just like the door.


On the other side is a vinyl peep hole - the cover is on the inside (keep scrolling to see a picture).


The back of the tent has a forest made of felt, equipped with velcro animals! The animals are a huge hit with my little guy.


On the inside is a felt campfire with velcro attachments for the inside flame, wood log, and marshmallow sticks. Next to the vinyl window are a few pockets for storing all of my little guy's important camping gear.


Here's the peep hole cover from the inside. To the side of the cover is a vinyl picture frame, ready for me to slip a family photo inside!




My little guy LOVED this fort...it was a huge hit on Christmas morning! Be sure to stay tuned to see how Melissa's table tent turned out - I can't wait to see the finished project!

Dog Room Flooring

For Link for Christmas we bought him a new room. He's grown since we adopted him and he was in need of some bigger digs! We decided to get him a nice big crate (he jumps high so we couldn't get him a gate). I wanted to make a nice floor covering for him so it would fill more like home!So I bought a yard of fleece and cut a piece 3'x4'. Then I simply sewed up the sides and sewed a big piece of velcro on one the 3' sides. It was a super simple and I'm happy with how it looks!

And I think Link is happy with how much room he has now!