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Balloon Time Makes It Easy to Decorate for Any Occasion

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Helium balloons are an affordable way to add a whimsical touch to almost any celebration, but transporting balloons all over town can be kind of annoying. Now, Balloon Time makes DIY party decor a breeze with a portable helium tank kit that you can use to blow up balloons whenever you want. The kit is easy to use and includes an assortment of latex balloons and a spool of curling ribbon as a bonus. Visit Simply Inspired to see what I did with my Balloon Time kit and check out the Balloon Time website for great party ideas like the Mother’s Day flower balloons pictured above.

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Scrap Fabric Jar Of Hearts Valentine Card

Scrap Fabric Jar Of Hearts Valentine Card

Here’s a fun Valentine project you can make from your fabric scraps! This heart card at Therm O Web blog would make a sweet Valentine to send to all of your favorite people. Designed by Belinda Karls-Nace from Blue Ribbon Designs, this card uses fabric scraps and machine stitching to create a jar full of happy scrappy fabric hearts.

These sweet cards feature a stitched jar filled with hearts, with a bit of twine tied in a bow around the top of the jar. They make sweet gifts just by themselves, but add in a small box of candy or some homemade cookies and it’s a whole Valentine or Galentine present.

I love projects like this to use up my smaller fabric scraps. I have a whole bin of just these tiny scraps, too small for most sewing projects but too cute to just throw away. I’m always looking for ways to put them to good use. These little scraps are the perfect size for cutting out some cute little hearts!

In addition to the fabric scraps, you’ll need some other special notions and adhesives to make this card. You’ll need fusible webbing to easily adhere the fabric pieces down to the paper and iron-on vinyl to make the jar. They also use some fusible glitter to add sparkle to the card. I’d never heard of a fusible glitter before, but I’m pretty excited to learn about it.

You can stitch up a stack of these sweet little Valentine cards in an afternoon. I love quick projects like this for a day when I’m wanting to do something creative but not wanting to invest my time and material in starting a long term project.

Go to Therm O Web blog to get the tutorial and the free pattern by Karis Nace of Blue Ribbon Designs.
[photo credit: Therm O Web blog]