Valentine Town

I saw these super cute little houses at The Wood Connection in Layton a few months ago and thought how cute they would be decorated for Valentines. Each one has their own personality and it was so much fun creating each of them! I used Authentique Paper from their "Romance" collection in the 6x6 paper size. I adore their papers...beautiful colors and patterns and heavy enough it doesn't tear when adding it to wood projects.

Valentine Stackers...

I'm still playing "catch up" on my blog posts... this is a cute Valentine stacker set that my mom, Kendra and I all made back in January... we painted the wood blocks in red ~ pink and black and used white and black vinyl for the lettering.

 

Heart Glass Block...

It's been FOREVER since I've posted ~ I have all kinds of excuses... Summer ~ Craft burn out ~ Josh and Kendra's wedding ~ My engagement but I have to admit the biggest one is Pintrest! I am so addicted and any free time I have I spend... pinning! It's time to catch up and get some of these fun projects I've managed to complete ~ posted!  This one is a cute glass block with vinyl hearts... I'm a heart girl so this was perfect for me. I tied a white bow with tulle...added some white twinkle lights... perfect!

Glitter Heart Bulbs...

 Here are all of the bulbs in 6 different colors...

 My heart tree...

It's almost Clover Day and I'm just posting my Heart Day crafts... yes I'm a little behind! So you know how all the rage at Christmas on Pintrest was the glitter bulbs? Well I had these cute heart shaped bulbs and thought it would be fun to try them out.  Josh and I hate how dark it is after we take down all of the Christmas decor... and in our "former" life we used to have a tree for each of the holidays... we even had a NASCAR tree... oh yeah it was pretty awesome! So I decided to bring the Heart tree out again this year... I love how the bulbs turned out.  Seeing how the white one dried... I think I would really try to get a thicker coating of the Pledge wax on the bulb and make sure to really get the glitter a little more heavy as well... you couldn't see through them ~ but a little more might not have hurt.  Have you used the white glitter before and what would be your suggestions?

Altered Glass Bowls...

What fun... I am so in love with spray paint these days.  Josh loves to make fun of me and I keep teasing him... you sit still long enough... I will spray paint you too! These are just the glass bowls from the $1 store... so simple but adds that splash of color... love it... love it... love it!

Valentine Chocolate Covered Pretzels...

 

Kendra and I decided to try our hand at making chocolate covered pretzels... I did the dipping and she was the decorator extraordinaire!

 We made a ton of them... we knew they would make great treats for our Valentine party!

 Kendra...my someday daughter-in-law!

We even tried the chocolate in a few molds.. I didn't get pics of all of them... but they turned out great too!

We even did a few pretzel sticks too!  For the white chocolate I used white Ghirardelli  Cholocate...and for the pink and red... we used Wilton Candy Melts ... melted and put into small squeeze bottles. It made the decorating so much easier. I think we make a pretty good team.  Kendra even thought these would be great for a wedding... just change the colors of the chocolate to match your wedding colors! Thanks Kendra for a fun afternoon!

Kendra and I were featured here...

Valentine Rice Krispie Treats...

Kendra (my someday daughter-in-law) and I decided to make Valentine Rice Krispie treats but were on a very limited time schedule so we only did one batch for her to take home to her family (they love them as much as we do)... the two bottom treats were made special for Josh ... she even hand delivered them to him at work... she even shared a few of the others for the rest of the sports guys.

Valentine Printables...

 

Back in January Krista at While He Was Sleeping posted this great Valentine Subway Art.  I was so excited...especially since my "craft time" has been fewer and fewer the past 2 months... I printed it off on white cardstock... and then had some fun with my Stickles.  I absolutely love these shiny bottles of fun... The colors I used were Christmas Red, Platinum, Pink, Magenta, Lavender and Silver. I started at the top and moved my way down the page - changing colors with each new word.

I wanted to jazz up the frame some since I put it in a white frame (I already had on hand... and it was printed on white cardstock.  I found some berries... and if you look real close... they look like hearts (maybe it's just me... but I see hearts in everything!)

With my craft knife I started cutting away the large stem at the bottom of the berries... then each individual wire would come apart (since I didn't want the whole branch).

After I had all of the stems that I wanted and the height that I wanted... I twisted them together.

 

I cut off the extra wire (probably 1/2 inch or so) and folded the rest of the twisted stem to the side of the stem (that way it won't be hanging out below your flower. Have you ever seen glue dots this big?  They will hold anything together.  I added 2 glue dots to the back of the stem and placed it in the corner of the picture frame.

I took a large purple brad and anchored it onto the back of the Bazzill flower and then used a smaller glue dot to attached the small heart shaped button to the brad.

I added 2 more of the super large glue dots to the back of the flower and attached it on the top of the white stems.

I did this pink one for my mom for Valentines... now you can see the white stems look like they have hearts on them.  Thank you Krista for sharing your amazing talent!

Valentine Wood Projects...

After I had painted the XO's I decided that I wanted to put hearts on the "X"... I pulled out my trusty Quickutz die and started cutting out the hearts. I thought they turned out cute... but then the "O's" looked naked.  Josh happened to come into the studio at that time and I asked him... what do you think... should I add some flowers... he said... "No mom... add some lips... it is hugs and kisses ya know". So I did just that... I added lips... with my Quickutz lip die. I posted this one so you can see how I have a few of them hanging off the edge... and then I just went back with a craft knife and trimmed off the edge!

I love this heart with the arrow through it... I painted the heart in Pop Pink by Creamcoat and then the arrow in Royal Fuchsia by Creamcoat.  I cut out scrapbook paper ( I love this one... it has all of the colors I decorate with)... I then added Martha Stewart Tourmaline glitter to the arrow for that added wow...

The lips I painted in Cardinal Red by Creamcoat and added added Martha Stewart Garnet glitter and sealed with a spray coating to seal the glitter.  It makes the glitter NOT sparkle as much.... but it goes make it much less messy.

This conversation heart is for Josh... it has been his nick-name since he was little... and the name has stuck...even now he's 23 he will always be my Babycakes!

 

I can't take much credit for this set... other than painting it!  I cheated and bought the vinyl from the Wood Connection... I figured it was worth the $5 to already have it done... I used...Cardinal Red...Royal Fuchsia and Think Pink all by Creamcoat.

I did NOT make this awesome Love sign... I purchased it several years ago... I don't remember where... but I just absolutely LOVE it...