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Showing posts with label craft-o maticmon. Show all posts

Saturday, January 28, 2012

50 Reasons of Love

Happy Pink Saturday!
Found this heart at Walgreens, they were 2/$8.00.

 
 




A request arrived to ask me to talk about the jar on my Valentine's Day tablescape, delighted to explain. Don't you love this Day? It is the best time to focus on the ones we love and show them; candy, flowers, messages on pillows... and the best gifts are the ones from our heart. This Valentine's Day gift jar for my husband , made last year, has become part of our Holiday decor. He loves it and has read each note over again. The notes inside include messages of his greatness as a father, his faith, our experiences over the last 25 years, his forgiving nature, wisdom, and enduring qualities , and so on...50 was just the starting point for this ongoing project, the jar will have 25 MORE reasons inside this Valentine's Day. It's easy to write them if you think of them in topics. ex: the time he took you fishing, his volunteerisms, driving vacations with kids in the car, the little things that go unnoticed each day...  He 'll be surprised and who wouldn't be happy to read how appreciated for their daily choices to make their family happy. This year I am planning to do something similar for our children (they are in college). While I have the words all put together, I haven't figured out the presentation for them yet...ie a jar like their fathers or some other idea. Any suggestions?? Happy Valentines Day to you!!






Some have stick figure drawings...

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Graduation Gifts..

I began making a quilted pillow as a gift for my daughter to honor her years of playing soccer. In between the soccer themed fabric swatches in black and orange , I added favorite pics. Office Max carries a photo print paper that fits in your printer. Just select the prints and voila! Then I sewed them to quilt patches. The next addition was to embroider her various soccer teams, a picture of her high school, her initaials, etc.. One side I sewed the pics and the other had the embroidered images. I included blank squares so that her soccer team could sign it.

I then began making them for graduation gifts for some of our closer friends.....this grad was in the marching band and golf club, thus, her pillow had that theme..lately, I've been thinking it might be a business opportunity..



I am posting to BNOTP's Metamorphoses Monday and Craft o Maniac Monday.