I Heart Pink!

Look at all the lovely pink beauty happening everywhere with Valentine's Day just around the corner! I wanted to bring some of that to my little neck of the woods as well (I had never really decorated for V-Day aside from some kid's art before). Well, after some poking around my craft stash and a quick trip to Dollar Tree (yay!) I was ready for action.

Here's what I made out of it:

Valentine's Banner made from heart-shaped paper doillies (not sure if I spelled this one right). I really wanted to make a sewn one using up a bunch of pink fabric scraps but didn't have the time.

My little display shelf in the living room. I covered some assorted foam balls with leftover yarn (pink fuzzy fur; light purple thick velvety yarn and white curly yarn). It took a couple of days for my poor burnt fingers to stop hurting, the hot glue gun and me have never been friends. I put the yarn balls into my homemade "hurricane lamps" and threw in a few sparkly hearts.

The framed picture is a quote from Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" - my fave... I put a little fabric rosette (scrap T-Shirt fabric from a shirt rehab) on the side of the frame.

The other half of the shelf. I found the Cupid design online for free, printed it on pink paper and made a backing from leftover foam core wrapped in printed tissue paper. The rest of the sparkly hearts went into the shadow box frame I found in my stash (of course from $$ Tree). I liked the way that one came out.

Last but not least my little Valentine's Tree. The tree is from $$ Tree (what a shocker!); I spray painted the base white, tore up some cute fabric for the bows and took apart this odd-looking curly garland with red plastic hearts I bought some time ago. With a bit of red embroidery floss, a needle and some patience I was able to make them into little heart ornaments. LOVE. THEM.

I used a bunch more to cover the weird-looking fake base of the tree and the evidence that I didn't have enough spray paint to cover the whole thing.... ahem... I'm so organized...

The cute candle is a Valentine's Day gift from the kids from a few years ago, I just love the way it looks and don't want to burn it (the kids think that's weird).

We're just about ready for Valentine's Day; I am finishing up some small teacher gifts and something pink for the ladies at my work. Pics to follow.

Oh, before I forget: Hey, Cupid - better stock up on some tissues and be sure to take plenty of vitamins before you come to our house - Nasty Cold Germ Central here... guess if you put hospital germs (thanks, hubby) and mix them with school germs (me and the kiddos) you come up with some potent stuff... blech...

Better go now; I am getting the stink eye from Little One - apparently Mom is hogging the laptop... whatever...

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!!!