crafting a little love

So, as it turns out...after a bit of exploring...I found I have no Valentines day decorations...well one if you include a heart shaped glass bowl...but thats it!  And for a mama who is falling in love with shnazzing things up a bit...and getting a bit depressed with the negative temperatures (-15 this morning!) Isabelle and I decided to do a bit of V day prep.  Possibly a bit early...but since the last Christmas decorations were taken down the house seems a bit blah.  While crafting, Isabelle and I talked a bit about what valentines day is this morning...mostly that we get to remind the people we love that we love them so so much...and now she has now a laundry list of v day cards to get done before the holiday.  She let out a big sigh after counting many names on her hands and toes...and decided she had best start by making two cards a day...so very organized (so unlike her mama).

Here we are getting our craft on for V day...

Isabelle wet felting some hearts....tutorial HERE

a few hearts drying

a little beading with pipe cleaners (inspired by this blog)
first she was tasked with finding all the pink/red/white/clear beads and then beading...I think she was more into sorting the beads than the actual process of beading today (after one heart was made she proclaimed "i'm crafted out mama")

felted hearts strung and beaded pipe cleaner heart

and mama found some pink and red fabric leftovers...a heart ribbon (who knew!)...and voila...a new v-day bunting

The decorations have definitely helped brighten up the place and have us all feeling the love a little more today!  Hope you have a great day and are feeling the love too!