Almost done, and I lied.

Well, my craft room is almost done. I just have a few finishing touches before I want to reveal it to you. It started snowing here this afternoon, so that meant that school got dismissed early. Yay for the snow! It is still strange to me that school gets closed for any amount of snow, but my Kindgergartener wasn't complaining! But since he got home early instead of getting everything put together I spent the afternoon playing games, referring the two boys and making sleeping bags for stuffed animals at the request of my youngest. So, one more day and I will be done with the room. I am thrilled with it! It's amazing how much a coat of paint can change a room.

Anyway, so I lied. I said I was done with Valentine's stuff, but I found to things I want to make. I haven't done it yet, but check them out, they are way cute.

I found this cute doily banner at Blue Cricket Design.

And while I was there, she was featuring Lindsey from Inspiring Creations and while I was checking out her site, I found this! So cute! Here is the tutorial for this heart tree.

So stay tuned tomorrow for my craft room reveal!

Cute, Easy, and Cheap

After I typed the title to this post, I thought, "Hmmm, you could get a TOTALLY different meaning from that, if you you catch my drift...But I'm not going to change it. I promised some cute, easy and cheap Valentine's crafts so that what you are gonna get!!

I made them all with stuff I had at home. The only thing I bought was a 1 dollar scrapbook pack from Target. I love Target's dollar spot! If you haven't already seen them, around every holiday they have coordinating scrapbook supplies, ribbon, paper, stickers etc. For Valentine's there was a pack with punch out tags, borders, and frames. I used them for most of the things I am going to show you. Here is some of the stuff in the pack. And that is after I raided it for my projects. You get a ton of stuff for a buck!

I didn't use them on this first craft though. I have some tall glass jars that I wanted to fill with something Valentine-y. I thought about hearts, like I used on my topiary, but I wanted to do something different. I thought about conversation hearts, but I don't really like them (I only like the orange and yellow ones for some reason) and they are tall and it would take A LOT of conversation hearts to fill them! That's when I got the idea to use paper. I got some scrapbook paper, rolled it up, stuck it in, and tied a ribbon around the top! Done! Fastest "project" ever! And I love how it looks. The pictures don't do it justice. It is really cute. And if you don't have tall jars already, I know the dollar store has some tall vases that are about the same size that would work great as well. And how easy is that to change for each holiday? Cheap too!

For my next project I used pink, white, and red card stock, the border strips and circle frames from the Target pack, a brown ink pad, and a glue stick. Oh, and some frames in random sizes from the dollar store. (I am starting to realize how much I shop there!) The frames have been hanging up in my home for awhile now. They hang over some shelves and usually have the word Family in them. (I'll have to show that later!) So here is my Valentine twist for them.

I cut card stock to fit each frame. I cut the border strips to make X's and used the largest circle frames for O's. I inked the edges of them all with a brown ink pad, glued them on the card stock and put them in the frame.

And here they are on my wall. So cute! And once again, the picture doesn't do them justice. So, once again, cute, easy, and cheap. It only took me about half an hour to get it all done.

For my last cute, easy, and cheap project. I took some ceramic tiles we have leftover from a bathroom remodel. If you don't have them, they honestly are like 25 cents each at Home Depot.

Here is what I made...

For this one I took some hearts and wrapped embroidery floss around them, and hand wrote the Love You. I stuck them on the tile using adhesive foam squares so they would pop out more. Tie a ribbon on top and done. Only took about 10 minutes. It was so fast I decided to make more!

For this one I used more punch outs from Target, slid the ribbon through them, glued the ribbon to the back with E6000. Done. Less than 5 minutes on that one. So I'm gonna do another one! Just because I can!

Once again, some punch outs from the Target pack. This time I used my trusty Mod Podge to put them on. I used glossy since the tiles are glossy. A good trick I have found with Mod Podge and paper is to use a credit card to smooth out the bubbles. I keep a used up gift card in my craft room just for that purpose. Let her dry, add some more ribbon and that one is done too! Way easy.

Well, I think my house is done being decked out for Valentine's, so unless I find something else that I totally love, I'm done with the Valentine's stuff and will move on to other things! You guys are going to think that is all I know how do to! I am planning on painting my craft room this week and will have some fun stuff to show from that. So stayed tuned for more!

P.S. THANK YOU so much for all the awesome comments! I love reading them! If you ask a question I will answer it as a comment. But keep them coming! I love them!

I linked the post to Show and Tell @ Blue Cricket Design.

Free wood=more Valentine's Crafts

The other day I was at Home Depot getting some wood for a little craft group I do with friends. I asked them to cut my 6 foot 2x6 in half so it would fit into my car when I noticed that there was a TON of scrap wood just sitting on the floor by the saw, so I asked the man in the orange apron what they did with it. He just said it was left over from other people who only wanted part of a board. So I asked him if I could have it and he said sure! For FREE! I left with about 5 times as much wood as I came in for! So, now I have a bunch of wood just waiting to be made into something cute! I honestly love wood. My sweet husband got me a compound miter saw for my birthday and it is the best present ever! But I digress! On to my post... some more Valentine crafts!

This is the craft I did with my craft group.

I came up with this one because my boys LOVE writing notes and coloring pictures for everyone. My kindergartener is learning to write and I thought this would be good practice. This is made from a 2x6 that I cut into 10 inch blocks. I drilled two holes into the side for the ribbon (which is from Hobby Lobby), sanded it down, and painted it white. I took apart some mini clothes pins and painted them pink and after they were dried and put back together I glued them on top with E6000. I cut the letters from vinyl with my Silhouette. I also printed a bunch of Valentine's words off the computer, cut them into little cards and put them with a pen in a Valentine mug right next to this so the boys can easily write everyone love notes. It has been a fun new tradition!

These blocks were made from my FREE wood!

I don't know why it has taken me so long to make some Valentine decorations! My favorite color is pink, and I have all boys, so I don't get to use it very often. So Valentines Day is the perfect excuse to add some pink to my house! These are really easy to make. I cut a 2x6 into different sized blocks, painted them pink, sanded the edges, and rubbed some walnut stain on them. I cut the letters from my Silhouette, (of course) but you could hand cut them. I used some Mod Podge to add some border strips that I got from the dollar spot at Target. For the last finishing touch I tied some ribbon around each one and I love how they turned out.

These are more blocks from my free wood. (See I told you I love wood!) These are 2x2s and I think I cut them down to 3 and 4 inches. After I painted them I inked the edges with pigment ink. The letters are from my scrapbook supplies-chipboard letters. I also inked the edges on them. I added a little wooden knob to the top and think it is so cute!

Stay tuned tomorrow for some more Valentine crafts...that don't involve free wood, but are SUPER CHEAP, SUPER EASY AND SUPER CUTE!