Hugs and Kisses, Sweaters and Twigs

This super cute xoxo hugs and kisses decor

was made from twigs, embroidery hoops and an old sweater.

A super easy and inexpensive DIY for Valentine's Day!

Hearts, Hearts and More Fabric Hearts!

For Valentine's Day this year, as with every holiday really,

I started from scratch on my decorations.

I typically end up selling everything I make for myself after i use it for one year,

much to my daughter's dismay!

She wants me to keep everything I make :)

Valentine Typewriter Vignette

I find it kind of hard to believe,
but I have never even shown you the vintage typewriter I snagged a few months back.
I thought I might better show it off a little while it's all decorated for Valentine's Day!

Love Is in the Air Valentine Signs: Unpredictable Kisses Salvaged Wood Sign

We've finally made it through all 11 Valentine signs.
Phew!
Hope you aren't too tired of mushy love signs, yet!

Love is the Air Valentine Signs: I Want...You

I'm almost done sharing all of my Valentine signs with you.
Just two left!
Today's sign is a lot cute and a little playful!

Love Is in the Air Valentine Signs: When I Follow My Heart Wooden Sign

Are you the type of person to follow your heart?

Or your head?

I think I'm a little of both.

Maybe that's why I like this quote so much.

Love Is in the Air Valentine Signs: I Dream of You Reclaimed Wood Sign

Sometimes the love bug bites you and you just can't' get a person out of your head!
Even in sleep they dominate your thoughts.
Today's I Dream of You reclaimed wood sign expresses the preoccupation
we oftentimes feel when we love someone.

Love Is in the Air Valentine Signs: Honey, I Love Your Love

Welcome back to see sign number 7 in my series!
For this sign, I used an end piece from one my boards
and it was a little broken and misshapen.
But, isn't that the wonderful thing about love?
It doesn't matter what shape we or how many times we've been broken,
it finds us just the same!

Love Is in the Air Valentine Signs: Love You Madly

I know I've been saying it lately and in a lot of different ways,
but there's nothing quite as nice as hearing the words I Love You.
The 6th sign in my series says just that, but with a little more urgency!

Love Is in the Air Valentine Signs: All that You Are Reclaimed Wood Sign

Are you feeling the love yet?
I sure am! You all are so supportive of my projects!
Thank you!

Love Is in the Air Valentine Signs: Stacked Love Letters

Here is day 4 of my Valentine sign/love fest!
Today's sign is not a quote or a lyric but a very simple statement.
It simply reads Love
because, after all, isn't love enough? :)

Love Is in the Air Valentine Signs: We Found Love Rustic Wood Sign

Welcome back to see my third reclaimed wood love sign!

This is another Ed Sheeran lyric, from the same song as the last sign.

It's my absolute my favorite song at the moment. :)

Love Is in the Air Valentine Signs: Under the Light of a Thousand Stars

I'm just a tiny bit in love with Ed Sheeran right now.

I adore his love songs and his lyrics so I couldn't resist using a line (or two)

from one of my favorite songs, Thinking Out Loud,

to create a new wooden sign.

Love Is in the Air Valentine Signs: My Favorite Daydream

I was lucky enough to get a call from a friend of mine
who is renovating her new house.
Her husband had removed a bunch of wood from one of the basement walls
and she was curious if I wanted it.
Of course!
As it turns out, the wood is absolutely gorgeous!
Most of it is bare but a few pieces had been painted,
so I turned a few of those boards into some Valentine signs!

A Valentine for You

Happy, happy Valentine's Day to you all.

Valentine Re-Cap

Just in case you missed any of the valentine projects...

Embroidery Hoop and Sweater Valentines

Love is definitely in the air around here! Take a look at some cute and easy Valentines I made with embroidery hoops, fabric scraps and burlap!

Jar of Hearts

I was home last Friday with a sick kid. And I'm talking really sick! He eventually had to take a rest, so I decided to work on a quick, little project while he slept. 

I grabbed a jar I had already painted with Old White Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™, my box of ribbon and my mom's old tin of buttons, and set out to make something or another. 

I knew I wanted to do something with a heart on it, but wasn't sure what I wanted to make the heart out of. I looked around my supplies and found the perfect material: some thin scraps of corkboard. I cut the heart out of the cork, freehand, and then painted the edges with Primer Red ASCP™ to give it a little more definition. 

 I picked out a red gingham ribbon and glued it to the jar, then added some twine. Next I glued the cork heart over the ribbon, adding a cute pink button in the center. :)

When I went to take some pictures of my project, I realized I needed to put something in the jar for the photo shoot. Well, I didn't really have anything laying around. So, I quickly got out some skewers and broke them off to make them different lengths. Then I grabbed some red scrapbook paper with pink stripes and cut some hearts out of it, freehand again. I taped them to the skewers, inserted them into the jar with a little bit of paper for filler and then, suddenly, my little heart jar became a Jar of Hearts.(I just so happen to be a BIG Christina Perri fan, by the way!)

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Valentine Picture Frame DIY

I picked up this folding picture frame at the local thrift store. It had a very light stain on it. It didn't look very interesting, that's for sure. But I have one like it at home, in a dark stain, and I use it. So I figured, why not...

I was just going to paint the frame and call it good. Give it a fresh color and move on. But I was monkeying around with a few layouts one day and I decided to see what something would look like. And thought I'd give it a try.

I first removed all the glass and painted the frame and waxed it. I then cut some leftover canvas material that I had laying around to fit the picture areas and painted them in Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ (Primer Red). I really like the way the chalk paint looks on this particular canvas, which is actually banner material. When painted, the back has a great texture!

The trickiest part of the project was getting the layout to work with the Coco heart on 4 separate pieces. Measuring between each panel so I would be sure to get the heart to line up, I laid the design out and cut my stencil. I applied those and painted the hearts and lettering. I used Coco and Old White Chalk Paint™  and also some pink acrylic that I had on hand. 

The only thing left to do was assemble the pieces back into the frame. I kept the glass out of the 4 left sections but put them back in the last section. (I cut out some cute magazine pics and inserted those for the photos. Figured that was easier than cutting up pics of my own kids!)

And the project was done. Cute, if I do say so myself. I'm beginning to wonder why I didn't just use pics of my own kids in there. That could be my excuse for keeping this little treasure! :)

Love Was Made for You and Me

A Simple DIY Project from 2x4 Scraps

I just love using 2x4 pieces to make cute, easy decor. Maybe it's because we always seem to have scraps laying around. I mean, if you're going to reuse and repurpose as the basis for your business, why waste perfectly good wood scraps? :)

Before Christmas, we made the cutest little Pinterest-inspired snowmen out of 2x4 scraps. So, when I started working on some Valentine projects, I thought why not do something similar. 

This is what I came up with...

The hardest part of this project is getting the wood cut to the size you need. (I don't have a saw, so that's why this step is so difficult for me. lol) Thankfully, Eric can do this for me; unfortunately, he can't always do it as quickly as I'd like. Or, better put, I can't always get the cut pieces from him as soon as I'd like. Being in 2 different towns can often be a bit of a challenge. And I'm not really great with the patience thing sometimes. I mean, when I have a good idea in my head, especially one that I know is not going to take me long to put together, I just want to get it done so I can see the finished product! I'm not so good at waiting. :)

But, once the cut pieces were in my hot little hands, all I needed to do was first paint the base coat. I used Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ for the white blocks but didn't have enough Primer Red for the bottom. So for that I just used plain old acrylic paint in red. I let it dry, which doesn't take long on a bare piece of wood. I purposefully didn't put a thick coat on because I wanted these to be a little rustic.  

Next I applied my stencil. There are many options for getting the lettering on, but I prefer this method because I can cut any stencil I need out of vinyl. I applied a coat of paint in the reverse colors of the blocks and let it dry. I then put a thin coat of dark stain over the red because I thought it would richen up the color I had used. Really glad I did that last step because I love how that turned out. :)

The only thing left was to glue to the letter pieces onto the bottom block. I used Elmer's Wood Glue and clamps and let it sit over night.

And there you have it! Another quick Valentine project that you can customize however you'd like. :)

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