Creative Dawn

Valentines Day, well if you celebrate it I hope your day is wonderful.  Don't get me wrong, celebrating love is great, but my anniversary is more important to me and also after being in the restaurant industry for so long, it just isn't a day that I hold in high regard.  Today, I am going to tell you about my husband, he is not really all that romantic, but when it counts he is there for me.  We don't do much in general in exchanging gifts and the times that I do get a gift it is special.  We all have those days when everything seems to be falling apart around you that is when he will surprise me with a single flower.  That is romance to me! I don't need overpriced flowers and dinner in an expensive restaurant.  I need my terrific husband to be by my side and love me everyday. So, here is my Valentines theme project for today.  A Michaels dollar frame and a felt stitched insert.  It is something that you can display everyday, not just...

Like I mentioned a week ago, Valentines day is not a holiday that is on the top of my list and I really don't send out cards much for holidays other than Christmas, but this year I am sending out two.    The first card is for my beautiful niece who is a freshman in college and lives on campus.  She loves to get mail and cards at school.  That first year away is such a time of growth and new experiences.  You get to explore the world on your own and have a bigger responsibility for your own education.  I went to California after I graduated from High School and didn't realize that lesson taught in class were not the only lessons that I would learn.  That year was so full of special memories and I hope that my niece gets to learn that as well. The second card is for my mom.  She retired last year and is now in Arizona with her husband enjoying the sun instead of the cold and snow of Minnesota.  They are only there for 4 months...

It is February!  Five months down and seven to go.  I sometimes have doubts, but I'm sure that's normal, the creativity will prevail.  To my husband and I Valentines day isn't a big deal.  We have both worked in the restaurant industry and usually worked on that day.  To me, our anniversary is the most important day of love for us.  Sappy huh!  I would much rather spend the night at home than to go to an overpriced restaurant with a bunch of other couples.  Many people do celebrate so here is a quick Valentines themed project.  Guess what, it's felt again but felt is cheap and easy to work with.  I cut out the hearts in white and then stitched them onto a red background.  A bit of stuffing was added while sewing to give it more of a three dimensional effect.  I had cut out two pieces of red and put them together leaving an opening for the stuffing, then attached a ribbon to hang it with.  Quick, simpl...