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Heart Decor

February 14, 2011 jennifer Paper, Valentines Day

While making this fun little craft, I cut out a second, smaller heart to experiment with.

Using this technique (again!) I made a rolled paper heart. You can see the other things I’ve made with these flowers here , here and here .

Unlike the wreath, this project took just a little while to complete. I still really like the look and feel of this technique.

Once it was done, I taped the back of the heart to a piece of pink cardstock paper that I’d cut to 8×10 inches. I removed the glass from a large silver frame and put the heart in.

Right now it’s functioning as a simple piece of art above our bed.

It’s a nice twist on Valentine decor. Neutral in color, understated, not too feminine, but still fun. I like the three dimensional quality it has while not being too obvious. And unique. I’m big on unique.

I love projects like this.
Hope you’re having a great day!

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Sugar Roses

February 11, 2011 jennifer Decorating, Valentines Day

Last fall I bought some sugar roses to use for my daughter’s baptism. BUT we forgot about them, so now they’re finding new purpose as Valentine’s Day decor.

I cut a large heart out of foam board and hot glued the sugar roses to it.

Every year I think about how fun it would be to make something like this with real flowers, but for some reason I’ve never done it. This is a fun substitute. Made from materials I had on hand, it cost me nothing.

I glued ribbon around the outside edges of the heart to hide the foam base.

I love that it’s unexpected but very simple. And white. I still love white.

It also looks pretty against red. A bit more traditional.

The weekend is underway at our house, with several things to celebrate. Should be fun!

Jennifer

Postage Stamp Quilt Along

February 3, 2011 jennifer Quilting and Sewing

Phew. I finished it. Barely.

It’s a good thing there was a deadline of sorts on this project, or I’m not sure I would ever have finished sewing together countless rows of squares. But the quilt top is now complete and I am very happy with it.

(The pictures are lousy. I took them at sunset and have yet to invest time in learning how to really edit and manipulate photos. I’ll take better ones when the quilt is finished.)

I was worried that I wouldn’t like this quilt, but it turns out there was no need for worry.

I love it. It’s beautiful. And it was made with fabric that’s been sitting in a drawer for too long.

I’ve become much better at straight line quilting, but have yet to learn free motion quilting. I think this is the quilt to learn on.

If I can muster the courage…