Valentines Day Bouquet

So here is a step by step of creating your very own sweet Valentine Heart Bouquet.  I have also used old love letters found at the flea-market or doilies or old sheet music make it as creative as you like..What I like to do is first make a collage and xerox so I don’t ruin these Vintage Valentines and I can use over and over.  I used old sheet music for the back. Then I get a fairly large heart punch.  When you have 40 of those cut out  take those floral wires I think they are 18″ long that are pre-cut from Joanns or Michaels and hot glue hearts at each end back to back so the pretty side faces out!!  Are you with me so far?  In the end you will have 40 hearts on 20 wires fold them up in half.  Clench together and then just naturally bend backwards to form a bouquet keeping the Valentine side up and sheet music down…takes some time but the wire makes them easy and bendable!!!  Pull tight with a ribbon continue to shape and reshape until desired results and pop anything in the middle for the sweetest results. Glue Down.  I so hope you are inspired and please show me yours Jenny yours is due by 5 o’clock  tomorrow..

Click here to download a PDF of my Vintage Valentine Collage!
 

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As a banner, gift topper, or good ole fashioned valentine, these colorful little cards will surely make your special one swoon.

Sis Boom Valentine Banner

Sis Boom Vday

In these few short steps we’ll have you up and running…

  • Click HERE, or on the image above to download the full PDF
  • Rescale to your heart’s desire (or leave as is)
  • Print on glossy paper
  • Cut out
  • Feeling crazy? Glitter the edges!

If you’re making a banner:

  • Punch holes in the corners
  • String with bakery twine or any other ribbon

Enjoy!

 

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Take a look here at this wonderful wreath made from a copy of a print in Lucky Girl (I am really such a tease) … Circa is barely off the presses.

How’d I do it?  I glued punched out hearts onto a embroidery hoop and topped it off with a bit of Glitter and a sweet PINK Bow.

Anyone want this… signed by me?  Leave a comment with regards to your heart’s desire. You’ll automatically be entered in the raffle after you leave a comment. Winner announced this Friday morning (just in time to deliver this special treat by Valentine’s Day!)

What a difference a day makes!!

Read this to yourself and never forget it..Wise words from Marianne  Williamson

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.’ We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we’re liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” (A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles”, Harper Collins, 1992. From Chapter 7, Section 3])

Her book Return to Love is amazing and I’m so grateful that someone gave it to me years ago..

So here are my french knots now.  By God, I think she’s got it!! perseverance and believing you are deeply loved unconditionally makes the perfection monsters go away. Create a mantra, like “I believe in all good things” say it over and over .  Affirmations saved my life. I used to tell myself everyday “I am strong and capable of handling whatever comes up today!!” that came in right handy.

Thanks for all your comments yesterday, it’s the brokenness and hardship that keep us together.  I’m grateful for my struggles they have humbled me and keep me reaching out to do service for others.  You guys know I am here for you and that is better than any gift I could ever receive.  Now check out these french knots now don’t be  jealous!!