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Love Potion No.9 Valentine Idea and Free Printables!

Jen — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:59:27 +0000

Hello, TT&J readers! It’s Amy from Positively Splendid, my cozy little corner of the blogging realm where I share all about my passion for creativity in just about every form imaginable: sewing, crafting, home decorating, cooking and more.

I couldn’t be more delighted to be here today at Jen’s place to share a fun Valentine’s Day idea that is perfect not only for entertaining, but also for kiddos to hand out to their friends at school. My Love Potion Valentines include everything needed to make a yummy serving of ruby-red love potion: bottled water, a single serving of cherry Kool-Aid, and a fun paper straw to drink it all down!

These treats are a breeze to put together, and especially when you commission the help of little hands. I’m even providing the free printable tags to make the whole process even more of a snap! Let me show you how it’s done.

For this project, you will need…

Love Potion No. 9 Tags (click the link for the free printable)
White cardstock
2-inch round punch
Hole punch
Patterned scrapbooking paper
Paper trimmer
Twine or ribbon
Glue dots
Bottled water
Single-serving red drink mix packets (I used Cherry Kool-Aid Singles)
Paper straws

To begin, download and print the labels onto the white cardstock. Punch each label out with your 2-inch round punch, and then punch a small hole in the top of each tag. Set the tags aside for now.

Trim a piece of scrapbooking paper for each bottle that is wide enough to cover the entire label on the water bottle. (For my 12-ounce bottles of Dasani, 9×2″ strips were just the right size.) Adhere the strips to the bottles using glue dots.

Affix a drink mix packet and a paper straw to each bottle using glue dots…

…before wrapping a piece of twine or ribbon a few times around the centers of the bottles. Slip one of the prepared tags onto the twine on each bottle before tying the twine in a bow.

You are finished!

In no time at all you can have a classroom’s worth of these made. Children (and adults, too!) are sure to love mixing up their very own love potion!

These tags would also be perfect for attaching to your favorite package of soda – one on each bottle of a 6-pack!

If you’re on the lookout for even more fun Valentine’s Day ideas, I invite you to venture over to check out my Valentine’s Day gallery, which is brimming with plenty of ideas to kick-start your creativity!

While you’re there, be sure to check out my Pencil Arrow Valentines…

And my Printable Valentine Bookmarks!

Thanks so much to Jen for having me over today! I’ll see y’all again here at TT&J soon, but in the meantime, I hope you’ll stop by Positively Splendid to say hello!

I am super excited to have Amy fromPositively Splendid as one of my monthly contributors.

She is one of my blog crushes. And Amy is one of the nicest people ever.

Decorating with Baker’s Twine! (ideas and a deal)

Jen — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:13:16 +0000

You might know that I love Baker’s Twine!

I just wanted to let you know that The Twinery is running a great deal through Groopdealz today.

Such a good deal…$8 for 240 yards, and your choice of 6 pretty SPRING colors!!!

And if you are looking for some ideas to make with Baker’s Twine, here are some Baker’s Twine Projects I love:

19 Baker’s Twine Projects at The New Home Ec

And here are 21 Baker’s Twine Tutorials compiled by Linda of Burlap & Blue for Ucreate:

21 Baker’s Twine Tutorials at Ucreate

{simple and festive baker’s twine idea — Utah Bride Blog}

Have you ever made anything with Baker’s Twine?

Leave a link to YOUR project in the comments. We would love to see your ideas!!

xox

Thanks Groopdealz for sponsoring this post and sparking this creative conversation

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Make a Bakers Twine & Felt Mini Heart Banner (tutorial)

Jen — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:11:19 +0000

love this felt & thread mini heart valentine’s day banner

Hi I’m Heather Dawn from Just Lovely Things and today I’m going to share with you a quick and simple project that is easy to do alone, with kids or even with your girlfriends.

This project is great because most of us already have the supplies, and you can make it as little or as big as you want it.

The supplies include:

your color choice of felt, thread (embroidery floss or bakers twine), a needle and scissors.

First up decide how big you want your hearts, I cut a standard size sheet of felt into thirds and then free hand cut my heart shape (feel free to print a template or use a fancy cutting machine for this part).

Next take your thread and tie a knot at one end, pull it through just enough so the thread doesnt fall out of your needle and start stitiching around the shape of the heart.

Tie off the ends and repeat these steps til you have as many hearts as your own little heart desires!

Next up flip all your hearts face down and tie together.

I left about 5″ of thread out of one side, then following my stitches (so they are hidden)

just looped them all together and left another 5″ out of the other side.

-believe me when I say the back doesn’t look too cute, but just wait!!-

Turn your hearts around & find a cute place to hang them!

I put mine next to our message table in the kitchen, and that music note pencil can you see?

That is a mod podge fabric can that I shared how to make here.

What a lovely project Heather Dawn – thanks for sharing it with us!!

Be sure to check out Just Lovely Things!

For lovely ideas, like:

Little Leaf Headband

Heather Dawn’s Love Your Business series is amazing – be sure to check it out!

And she has a fabulous accessories business too. Is there nothing this girl can’t do???

Check out the loveliness:

Southern Ruffle Headband

Ruffle Necklace

You will love following along with Heather Dawn at Just Lovely Things and her Just Lovely Things Shop!

Have a Beautiful Day!!

xoxo

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