Get ready for Valentines Day by stitching up this lovely heart from Brigitte Dadaux. Use the color of your choice. It will look great in traditional reds or pinks or even in a bolder color like bright blue or purple. … Read More...
Tutorial: Valentine Blossom Barrettes and Badges
Charm Stitch shows how you can sew up scrap felt and ribbon to create these pretty Valentine flower barrettes and brooches. Get the tute.
[photo from Charm Stitch]
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Homemade Hostess Cupcake Hearts
If you’ve a love of Hostess cupcakes, you can make them yourself and manipulate them for any holiday. See? Hearts. (I’m not picturing Christmas trees and bunnies.) Make homemade Hostess cupcake hearts HERE at Sugar Swings!.
Tutorial: Handmade Hearts
The sweet sentiment behind the making of these hearts is perfect for Valentine’s Day! And this is one of those tutorials that goes to show you can get a lovely visual result with simple techniques and careful choices of colours … Read More...
Project: Stamped Valentine
Find directions for making this wonderful blocked Valentine card by Julia Stainton over on Ellen Hutson’s blog.
-Heather
PB Inspired French Pillow
This pretty French postcard pillow drew inspiration from a similar look available at Pottery Barn. I actually like this version better! There’s a free pattern too in case you would like to make one of your own. See it here … Read More...
Kids Craft – Simple Flower Lollipop Valentines
These flower valentines are perfect for your children to make for their classmates. You can find the simple tutorial over at We Made That. Just pop a lollipop sucker in and you have a very quick and easy … Read More...
Project: Potted Hearts Tutorial
These would make adorable teacher gifts for Valentine’s Day. Any type of fabrics, colors and sweet pots can be used for this project. Felt or felted sweater make interesting textures for the hearts. Kat of “Just Crafty Enough” has a … Read More...
Mini Pallet Valentine’s Day Plaque
Need a quick idea to dress up your mantle or shelf for Valentine’s Day? Here’s a fun project made from wood shims. A miniature pallet type plaque all dressed up in love-me red. Check out the post and tutorial here … Read More...
Valentine’s Day Candy Buttons
The teeny, tiny, “X”s and “O”s are just too much. I’m loving this cute and clever idea for Valentine’s Day candy buttons. And bonus: A free printable and pattern grid are included. Find the how-tos to make them HERE at … Read More...
DIY felt heart brooch
I have totally fallen in love with this DIY felt heart brooch and I cannot find out who made it. It looks like a fairly straight forward design that some of you may be able to recreate. I found it … Read More...
Heart Filled Cupcakes
Awww, it’s a heart cupcake for two. You know, if you slice it in half, two halves make the heart whole again. (Wiping tear.) OK, not really wiping tear. But this is pretty dang cute and pretty in pink. Find … Read More...
Free Swedish Fish Valentine’s Printable
Ah, the infinite variations to say “I love you” via a printable with a clever saying to put on a favor bag filled with treats that inspire said clever saying. Now that’s a mouthful. And I’m not entirely sure it’s … Read More...
Valentine Painted Mugs
Here are a few different ideas (only one is pictured) for painting on glass mugs to give as Valentine’s Day gifts. Fun ideas, though I am partial to the “Ink Heart Mug” pictured here. Check them all out at — … Read More...
“52 Reasons I Love You” Cards Tutorial
Take an old deck of cards and turn them into a memorable Valentine’s Day gift. Aside from Valentine’s Day this would be perfect for any gift giving occasion such as a birthday or anniversary. Full tutorial and printable available so … Read More...
How to make a recycled Valentine’s Day decoration
Looking to make a little Valentine’s Day decoration? Why not try this fabric ball covered wire hanger heart? See the tutorial on how to make a recycled fabric and hanger heart decoration over at the blog LoLoVie.
Rice Krispies Treats Love Letters
Remember letters? I do. I used to write them. I had personalized stationery and everything. If you’re too young to remember letters, we who came of age pre-email used to write sentiments on paper, put the paper in an envelope, … Read More...
“Love Is” Valentine Wreath
Do you remember “Love Is”? Those cute little cartoon people from back in the 70’s? I do, I was school aged back then and those little people were everywhere. They are considered vintage now (eek) and you just don’t see … Read More...
Shimmering Valentine Gift Boxes
Metallic paint and shimmery scrapbook paper are what give these pretty heart shape boxes their luster. A fun way to dress up a $1 paper mache box from the craft store. Wrap up a gift in style for your Valentine. … Read More...
Love Match Marshmallows
We go together like… rainbows and unicorns? Milk and cookies? Bacon and eggs? There are a billion jillion matches you might substitute here. I could only think of a few. Draw love matches on marshmallow pops HERE at the decorated … Read More...