Lizzy is an animal lover.  Hardcore.  She adores her animals (cat, dog, and guinea pig), and those that share the homes of her loved ones.  She can be a bit timid when approaching a strange dog, she’s like me that way.

We decided to share some of the 5 billion “milk bones” we picked up at Costco last week with some of the doggies in our lives.

We whipped up a simple tag, inspired by Amanda’s Valentine printables that she shared this week.

I have learned throughout the years that nothing pleases family and friends more than kiddo handmade goodness.  So Lizzy went about making the tags for these Valentines.  She made a few varieties, and I made several copies.

Fold, staple, staple, DONE!

Cute, quick and cheap.

Happy Valentine’s Day to your “Special Dog”!

Jay

A comment would be lovely.  I appreciate each and every one!

I love flowers.  I love to grow them, and I love to give them.  I do not, however, enjoy forking out big bucks for a bouquet which consists mostly of carnations.  No thanks.

I recently created a bouquet for a certain young thespian who resides in our home.  (Congratulations, Lizzie, you nailed Lord #5).

This time of year, with nary a flower growing in my garden, I am forced to head to the supermarket and pick up a bit of color.

I found 5 stem tulip bouquets for $4.00 per bunch.  After coming home, I scouted around the yard to find greenery and interesting structural elements to add to the mix to create volume and texture.

I found of course fern, salal, rosemary, hemlock, ornamental grasses and bamboo.  Then I went about putting them together in a (hopefully) pleasing arrangement.

Once the bouquet was assembled, I went to work on making it pretty, and adding more color.  I used dollar store tissue and ribbon.

To whom shall I deliver this pretty bouquet?  There are a few ladies in my life who would probably love to receive a sweet bouquet on Valentine’s Day.  I made one for myself, and one to deliver.  Ya gotta love yourself first, right? 

Me thinks I deserve some chocolate as well. 

How about you?  Are you delivering any flowers this Valentine’s Day?  Are you treating yourself to anything special?

Stay Sweet!

Jay

I made this arrow especially for our Valentine’s Day Mantel.  And I LOVE IT! She may just make her way into my craft studio once the season of love departs.

The low- down:

 Once cut out and sanded, I gave her a good slathering of Ruby Red interior house paint, which I had on hand.  (A few accent walls in my kitchen were once painted this color.)  It is a most lovely shade of red.

At this point it looked… OK.  But I could see all of the striations in the OSB.  It looked like an arrow cut out of OSB.  That’s not what I was going for.  I was looking for CUPID’S ARROW!

Brainstorm, brainstorm, brainstorm…

Of course!  What this lady needed was some flash!  Sparkle! Something thick to cover the OSB.

So I headed to Michael’s to purchase the only item that I did not have on hand, red glitter.  So again with the slathering on, but this time I coated her good with Mod Podge.  And then I dumped a generous amount of red glitter all over her.

And does she ever shine and sparkle!  Look out Cupid,  I have your arrow!

Lizzie says it makes our house look like the people that live here like to have fun.  I’m down with that.

What is the most whimsical holiday decor you have ever created?

Enjoy!

Jay

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