My Valentine

Elements from My Valentine mini by Luv Ewe Designs

... and there's Daddy too, of course. Only he refuses to be in photos! ;)

Happy Hearts Day to everyone!

You are loved.

Something I read on my news feed when I opened Facebook this morning:

"Valentine's day is not just for lovers but for all the loved ones."

- posted by my Aunt on her daughter's (my cousin) wall

This is so true, right? So for all you 'loved ones' (and I'm sure we all are), happy Valentine's day!

NOTE: No Valentine crafts. I am on crafting hiatus. No excuses... just feeling a little uninspired lately.

Crafting for Valentines?

I'm not a big fan of Valentine's day. Never have been. I just think the whole thing is so... um... cheesy :) So I don't really have any craft plans for it. Last year, I did a shirt refashion and hair clips for my daughter and my niece. This year... nothing yet. 

So while waiting for Valentine ideas (that may never come), I decided to use some of the free digital scrapping kits I downloaded to make a Valentine-themed layout.

These are my grandparents. And if you haven't already noticed, I'm a big fan of my grandparents (already posted about them here, and here). I have always been lolo's and lola's girl (I call my grandfather, lolo, and my grandmother, lola). The photo above is one of the few photos we have of just the two of them together. I can't believe this was taken several years ago. When I think about when this photo was taken, it was just like, you know, a few days ago. 

I used elements from Tsukushi's Love Kit (download for free from the link). And I also used the brass flower from my kit which is still in the works. That flower is on my Anthro-Inspired Wintersparks necklace. All 3 brass flowers on that necklace will be extracted and included as elements on my kit. If I complete my kit on time, maybe that can be my great Valentine's day freebie. Watchatink?

Valentine Fair and more fabric flowers I made

So yesterday, I mentioned that we had a Valentine Fair at the office. Employees registered for a booth (for free!) and offered items for sale. For each item you buy at a booth, you get a stamp... collect 5 stamps and you can claim a prize at the Human Resources booth. And this is what I got...

I wanted the big stuffed animal for Andrea but it was all gone by the time I was called to pick my prize. Oh well... she likes these cookies anyway.

Some of my former team mates registered for a booth and I put some of my items there for sale:

Singed flowers in beige and pink... the beige flower was the first of my items to go.

These flowers can be used as a clip and as a brooch.

I learned how to make these folded flowers from this tutorial last week. I love them!

In another color. These flowers can be used as brooches and bag charms.

See? The bag charm clasp is removable, so you can use the flower as a brooch.

This one... I didn't offer for sale. I kept it for me! :)

I also made a couple of these denim brooches.

All of my items were packaged in these boxes.

Out of the 8 items I put up for sale... I was only able to sell 2 :) Anyway, I was able to buy a little something for me from our booth as well... something I'm very excited about. I still need to work on it but I'm excited to see how it would turn out. I'll share pictures of this new project when I'm done.


NOTE: By the way, my husband and I don't really celebrate Valentine's Day so no story to tell about that. He used to give me flowers... but I don't really like flowers, I don't know what to do with them to be honest. So now, he just gives me chocolates which I love and that's about it :)

I linked up some of these flowers to the following link parties:

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I'm not much for celebrating Valentine's Day (since it's a working day... I don't get any holiday vibes from it). But since I have a little girl I love taking pictures of... and since I made matching shirts for her and my niece...

There's my happy little girl! My niece just woke up so she wasn't in the mood.

For Andrea's gift to her cousin Helaena... I took 3 chocolate-covered cookies, tied it with a ribbon and topped it off with a heart clip I made.

I also made a matching clip for Andrea:

We had to celebrate yesterday (Feb 13) since Valentine's Day is a Monday (working day for everyone except the 2 little girls). For Andrea's gift to her aunt, grandma and great grandma... nothing too fancy. We just bought them chocolates and I glued red felt hearts on the wrappers (no picture, sorry). I didn't have much time to be creative because I was busy preparing for the Valentine Fair here at the office. I didn't have much time to prepare for the Valentine Fair either though... I'm still sick... and bed ridden from Friday to Saturday. Too bad. Anyway, I'll be posting tomorrow about the items I offered at our Valentine Fair (and we also have a raffle and pick-a-prize... I'm hoping to win a big stuffed animal for Andrea, keeping my fingers crossed!)

I linked up to the following link parties: