Valentine's Day: Third Day ~ PEZ!!!

This weekend we had my stepson at our house. Of course I had to let him in on the fun. If he was with us more he would have gotten 14 days, too. I decided to include him while he was here, though, to keep it festive without going overboard and smothering him with 14 gifts at once.

Valentine's Day: Second Day ~ You're My Favorite Goober!

The second day of Valentine's was Goobers, because he's my favorite Goober.

Valentine's Day: First Day ~ You Rock, Valentine!

I decided to do 14 days of Valentine's this year for my hubby. I went to the store at the end of January and bought a small gift for 13 days. When I say small gift, I mean a piece of candy, sucker, gum, or whatever else I could find which I could use it's name to create a cute saying. Every day I will give one to my husband. On the 14th day I will have an actual gift for him.... probably a new tool.

The first day of Valentine's was.... You Rock, Valentine!

Valentine's Day: Card for the Hubby

Ok... So this one gets a little personal. This is the Valentine's Day card I made for my husband last year. I likely won't reveal this year's until after he gets it. I don't know... we'll see. Since I decorated both the outside and inside, though, I decided to put pics of both on here. Yes, you'll be able to read the personal message that I wrote inside to him. But I don't reckon it's anything so personal that should be kept private.

This card was made on white cardstock using scrapbook paper, ribbons, stamps, felt, and markers.

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Valentine's Day: Decorative Jar

Today's Valentine's Day craft is a simple one that I did last year for my stepson's school Valentine's Day party. One other mom and I were the party planners for all the class parties, so we had a blast coming up with decorations and crafts. We had heart shaped suckers for all the kids. They were going to be used for a craft (that I will post later) toward the end of the party. I thought it would be cute to use them as decorations until they were needed for the craft. I took one of my spaghetti jars from my stash, added some cute Valentine's scrapbook paper, edged it with ribbon, and placed the suckers inside. I wish I would've gotten a better picture that day, but this is the best I have. You get the idea, though.

Valentine's Day: Wreath

For the last full week of January, it's time to move on to some Valentine's Day crafts. I've had my Valentine's decorations up since I took down my Christmas ones. If you don't have them yet, though, now is the time to get going.

My first Valentine craft is a wreath. I did this with a wire heart shaped wreath base. I added the layer of red ribbon first, using flower ties at each loop. Once I got that completed all the way around I did the black layer. Next was the zebra ribbon. I used wire ribbon so it would be easier to shape the way I wanted. Again, I used flower ties all the way around. I bought the "LOVE" as pre-cut unfinished wood at Hobby Lobby. I painted the red and black, but it looked too plain for me. So I added the extra designs to it. The picture in the "O" is one of our engagement pictures from a few years ago. I thought it was pretty fitting. I debated on how to attach the LOVE sign to the wreath, but I finally ended up using black jewelry wire. Finally, I added the ribbon to hang it from above.

Monkey Baby Shower

Here are the final pictures of the monkey themed baby shower.

Rubber Ducky Punch:

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Food Table:

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Cupcakes, Gift Bag, and Monkey Decor:

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 We used paper lanterns sitting on the buffet for decorations, and we scattered some of the extra rubber duckies around:

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And no party is complete without a chocolate fountain with all the fixins:

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Baby Brody Gift Bag

In addition to the main gift my mom and I gave her for the shower, I decided she needed some help starting off her scrapbook for Mr. Brody. I gave her some scrapbook embellishments, and I make this gift bag to match the decor of the shower. I used a brown paper gift bag, scrapbook paper, 3-D embellishments, ribbon, and 3-D letters.

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Monkey Cupcakes

To go along with the monkey theme of the baby shower from the past couple of days, I made some monkey cupcakes. The first couple of them didn't turn out how I hoped, but they got better with each one I did. I was happy with the end result.

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Monkey Baby Shower Thank You Card Box

For the same baby shower as the Monkey Diaper Cake I made a box filled with thank you cards. I used simple stamps with colored pencils for the thank you cards. I bought the box from the unfinished craft wood section at Hobby Lobby. I didn't take before pictures, so I cannot show what it looked like before I decorated it. It looked like a wooden book, though. I stained it, then added a piece of cardstock to the top with the same stamp design as the thank you cards. I added a little ribbon and... voila!

Front of the single-fold cards:

Back of the cards (I left the center blank):

Card Holder Box:

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Monkey Diaper Cake

To stick with the baby theme of yesterday, I decided to post a pic today of a diaper cake I made for a baby shower my mom and I had for a good friend. She was having a boy. She had specific colors for the nursery, but she was not going with a theme. When I looked for ribbons and accents in those colors, I kept finding these cute monkeys. I ended up deciding to take the monkey idea and run with it. Here is the diaper cake I made her as the centerpiece. (I'll post more pics of the baby shower over the next few days).

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New Baby Birth Announcement Door Hanger

My sister-in-law had a baby boy in December. At the time my husband and I were on our 22nd month of trying to conceive, so I knew it was going to be a bittersweet birth. Although I was so excited to get a new nephew, it would tear at my heartstrings to know that I might never get to experience that myself. I decided the best way to deal with it emotionally was to focus my energy on doing something for the baby. I love seeing the door hangers that people get when they have a baby, so I told my sister-in-law that I would make one for her. I searched Pinterest for ideas, but I couldn't find anything that fit what I wanted. So I went to her house and took pictures of her nursery. I wanted to use the colors of the nursery. Then I went to Hobby Lobby, bought some matching paint and ribbon, and I bought a few wooden cutouts and a foam wreath. This was my end result. I was proud of the final result.

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