I have turned into "one of those moms"

Today, Drake brought home a letter from preschool saying that on Thursday, they are having a Valentines Party and that if we wish, we can give Valentines to the kids. I had planned on doing Valentines anyway, it was what happened after we finished making them that I think makes me one of those moms (You know, the ones that take projects, especially kids projects, just a little too far for the sake of cuteness?).

But first, here are the Valentines that Drake and I made for his class:

I cut out a bunch of 2 inch hearts on the cricut and glued them on half of a blank note card (I cut them in half).  I then used elmers glue to glue the eyes on then it was Drake's turn. He drew on the smile, arms, and legs. I used a few stamps and red ink and stamped Happy Valentines Day in the top right corner. I had some conversation heart stamps that I used in the top left corner and in the bottom left corner, there is a hugs & kisses stamp. I used a regular hole punch and punched 2 holes about 1 1/2  inches apart and inserted a sucker in the holes. This  is a blank Valentine. The ones for his class have their names at the top. Drake was so proud of himself for helping me.

And this is why I am one of those moms:

I do not have any small sacks for Drake to take these to his class in, so I made 2 nags for him. This one for his church class and is small enough that he can use it for his scriptures. It is about 8x10 inches, not including the handle.

This one is larger at about 12x13 inches, not including the handle. It is for his preschool class, since there are more kids in there than in his church class.

Heart Topiary

I finally got around to making this:

LOVE Blocks

So I have these blocks that my sister made for me that said HOME on them. They were a pretty orange color. Now, I love the color orange, it just doesn't go with anything in my home. So I decided to re-do them (hope you don't mind, sis). I was able to get the paper off and sanded the blocks. I painted them an oyster white and them used the cricut to cut the words out onto some heart paper. I haven't decided what to put on the back of them yet, that is for another day that is not today and probably not tomorrow either.

I still need to embellish the blocks and I have things picked out to do that, I just haven't gotten around to it yet.

Valentines Day Wreath

I have been trying to come up with an idea for a Valentines Day wreath and wanted it to be an original, I am the only one (for now) who has it. I came up with this wreath. The only thing that I had to buy were the purple sparkly balls and I found those at JoAnns in their Christmas clearance section for $3. I just winged it and did not have this in mind when I started, but I really like how it turned out. The finished picture does not do it justice. It was getting dark and it has been cloudy here. So here I go with my very first tutorial (sort of).

You will need:
 

A wreath form. I got this one at Dollar Tree a while ago. 

Fabric. This was a fat quarter that I found at Walmart, I think. Cut into about 4, 3 inch strips. You won't need all of it unless you have a bigger wreath form.

Hot glue, and lots of it. On a side note, when buying glue sticks, make sure that you get the right size. Apparently, there are not only large and small sizes, but also oval shaped glue sticks. I did not know this:( I just bought the first low temp glue that I saw. They are ovals and don't fit in the gun very well. I have to push them in. I am going to come up with some more projects that use a lot of glue so that I can get ride of this stuff and buy the right shape.

You will also need coordinating ribbon, scrapbook paper, distressing ink, and a cricut or silhouette or some other way to cut out your shapes. Add to the list some small stickers or die cuts.

I forgot to take step by step pictures, but I glued one strip of fabric down and then wound it around the form, continuing with the strips until the whole thing is covered. Then I just started randomly gluing the large balls on.

Here it is with the medium and small balls glued on. I decided to make a banner for the wreath that says All You Need Is Love. I used the cricut and cut out 2 sizes of hearts and then glued the smaller hearts onto the slightly larger ones. I had some small stickers that look like typewriter words and placed those on with tweezers so that I could get them on straight. I then "distressed" the hearts with brown stamp ink. I just took the ink pad and ran it along the edges of the hearts until I liked it. Then took the hearts and glued them onto strips of ribbon with hot glue. I secured the ribbon on the wreath with little pins. You can use hot glue, but I prematurely unplugged my gun and I was to impatient to wait for it to heat back up. I cut long pieces of pink, purple, and white ribbon and used those as the hanger for the wreath.

 Here is the completed version:
(I love it!!!)