Valentines for my Friends

This year, being a hand maker of things and all, I decided to make home made valentines rather than going out and buying all of them (not that there's anything wrong with that).  I think it's the very first year that I sent them out to all of our friends, and I'm really happy I did it.  A lot of people seemed really surprised and appreciative, so I knew it brightened their days, and let them know we were thinking of them.  

I made them using white card stock, and then simple supplies I bought at a craft store including: $1 rubber stamps, Gelly Roll pens, and special markers used to color stamps, a package of pink envelopes.

Hooray!  Hope you had a Happy Valentines Day.  What did you do for your friends and family?

love, emmy-ray

Make Something Monday: Valentines Day Crafts

I hope you all enjoyed last weeks video.  I really enjoy this medium of blogging because it allows me to combine two of my favorite things, crafting and creativity with video shooting and editing.  I won't be posting one every single week, however my goal is to bring my crafty goodness to you at least twice a month.  This week I'm working on two projects for Make Something Monday, both of them are cute valentines day crafts/gifts.  I'll give you a hint:

To feed your appetite for crafty goodness, here's a couple of fun images I found via Pinterest from an awesome blog, Family Chic.  She has all kinds of simple Valentines tutorials that would make super easy projects.  All you need is some wire, and yarn for these two:

A sweet little "Love" sign

These yarn hearts would look great hanging in your window!

So go ahead and make something, and stay tuned for next weeks projects!

love, emmy-ray