Valentine's Day
February 2nd, 2010 at 09:19pm
Under Sewing+ Valentine's Day
This photo tutorial from Chris Pickup of Pickup Some Creativity shows you how to create a banner of ruffle hearts with scrap fabric. This type of fabric banner is often called bunting. If you love to sew, whip together some ruffle hearts for low-cost Valentine’s Day decorating. I also think this would be a cute [...]
Continue Reading Guest Project: Valentine’s Day Heart Banner
Tags: decorating, fabric, Sewing, Valentine's Day
By Caley
January 29th, 2010 at 06:38pm
Under Valentine's Day
With the contributions of some wonderful craft bloggers, the FaveCrafts team has put together this Valentine’s Day Crafts eBook. The Valentine’s Day Crafts Blogger eBook is a great resource for homemade decorations, gifts and activities for the whole family. As always, the eBook is FREE to download and print. You can download the Valentine’s Day [...]
Continue Reading Special Feature: Valentine’s Day Blogger eBook
Tags: bloggers, eBook, Holiday, Valentine's Day
By Caley
January 27th, 2010 at 11:47am
Under Valentine's Day
I’m not the greatest at crafting my own Valentine gifts or crafts, but I do have some ideas you might like. Valentine’s day is a little holiday that people like to show their favorite person how much they care. It’s a great time to get crafty and show what you’re capable of making for that [...]
Continue Reading How to: Make Valentine Heart Crafts
Tags: crafting with kids, Valentine hearts, Valentine's Day
By Christine
January 13th, 2010 at 11:28am
Under Valentine's Day
Still have scraps of paper leftover from the holidays? If you didn’t follow my guide for recycling wrapping paper scraps into homemade paper, I have another idea for you. Valentine’s Day is coming up and you might want to give a bouquet of roses to someone special or decorate your home with a nice red [...]
Continue Reading How to: Make a Valentine Rose Bouquet with Recycled Paper
Tags: flowers, recycling, thrifty, Valentine's Day
By Caley
January 10th, 2010 at 08:30am
Under Valentine's Day
You may not even be thinking about Valentine’s Day. And if you plan to get storebought Valentines for all your friends and loved ones this year, you really shouldn’t be thinking about it yet. However, if you’d like to make something a little more intricate to show your love and devotion – then now is [...]
Continue Reading Gift Sunday: Valentine Crafts to Start Now
Tags: valentine crafts, Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day crafts
By Kristen
October 7th, 2009 at 10:27am
Under When Creativity Knocks
Kristen Jankowicz shows us a project right from her book, Greeting Cards in Stitches, co-authored with her mother: Sharon Jankowicz. She really makes this card three dimensional. The Flying Heart card will keep you in “stitches.”
Materials:
Felt
Embroidery Thread
Beads
Watch the video here.
“Teaching the world to craft…one door at a time!”
Ana Araujo, WCK Creative Designer
Sphere: Related [...]
Continue Reading When Creativity Knocks Video: Flying Heart Card
Tags: Cards, papercraft, Valentine's Day, video
By Caley
September 16th, 2009 at 01:27pm
Under Crochet
Can you help this reader find a crochet pattern?
“Several years ago I bought a crochet magazine, I think it was Quick & Easy Crochet that had a pattern for a girls dress or jumper for Valentines Day. It had hearts crocheted into the design. I have moved several times and can’t seem to find that [...]
Continue Reading Help a Reader: Valentine Dress Crochet Pattern
Tags: Crochet, help, pattern, Valentine's Day
By Caley
July 13th, 2009 at 01:35pm
Under DIY
If you’re in a relationship you know how the whole anniversary thing works. Even if you tell your significant other not to get you anything, deep down you’re really hoping he does. This year my fiance and I will be celebrating our six year anniversary. In any case, I’m trying to figure out what to [...]
Continue Reading Celebrate your Anniversary
Tags: anniversary, bedroom decor, Holiday, special occasion, Valentine's Day
By Christine
May 5th, 2009 at 04:17pm
Under Cards+ Collage+ DIY+ Painting+ Paper Craft+ Valentine's Day+ Wedding+ scrapbooking
So my fiance and I are looking at getting our first home together. We haven’t gone to any open houses yet, but we’ve been looking online. Our friend has his own house and is re-doing his bathrooms. So we went into Home Depot the other day and came across the paint area. Of course I [...]
Continue Reading Paint Swatch No Longer for Painting
Tags: Cards, Collage, DIY, Holiday, Painting, papercrafting, scrapbooking, unexpected crafts, Valentine's Day, wedding decorations
By Christine
February 12th, 2009 at 08:47am
Under Green Crafting+ Holiday+ Tutorials+ Valentine's Day
Figuring out the perfect Valentine’s Day gift can be tough (I would know. It’s Feb. 12 and I’ve got nothing), but sometimes all you need is a simple gesture… or a giant plate of peanut butter chocolate bliss. This cookie recipe is foolproof and DELICIOUS. I’ve adapted it from a recipe I saw on TLC’s [...]
Continue Reading How to Make the Best Cookies for Your Valentine
Tags: peanut butter chocolate chunk cookies, recipes, Tutorials, Valentine's Day
By Mindy