Quick Cards Tutorial

I pulled out my scrap paper the other night to write a couple notes to some of my favorite people. I cut one cute paper in half and turned it over to write my message on the back of it. Just as my pen was about to touch the paper I thought, "What am I doing? That would be super lame to just have a note scrawled across the back of a plain piece of scrap paper!" I pulled out more paper, and my needle and thread, and made some really great cards in no time.

Here is what I came up with:

Cut out the paper, fold the big one in half for the card base

Stitch from front to back, 

leaving the tail long enough to use for a knot

Stitch from back to front, 

leaving a little space between the two stitches

so the paper won't rip

Tie a knot, trim off the excess thread. 

And done- Cute cards instead of lame notes!

I love it when that happens.

Valentines Day

Happy Valentine's Day! We got out the family art stuff last night and each of us made a valentine for each member of our family. We have a cute little red mailbox sitting on the dining room table that we stuffed all the valentines in, and when everyone gets back to the house tonight we are going to open it and share our creations (so more pictures will be up soon...)! I am so excited! Little Miss G was going crazy with the stickers, and I have to admit I saw my hubby cutting out some rockin' pink and blue hearts. There were markers, paper scraps, and doilies flying all over the place! I'm also looking forward to some home made pizza and chocolate fondue for tonight. I love holidays.

I was also working on a sweet little project this weekend...