i was talking to a friend about my blog and

something occurred to me.

i often don't post projects because i have

"copied" something i saw on

another blog.  but not all of the people

who read my blog have seen these ideas!

so i am going to try and post more.

the first project is a gift for my daughter's teachers.

 i saw the flower pin above and just loved it!

she made hers out of paper.

i decided to make mine out of muslin.

 first, i cut it into squares (maybe 4 inch?)

then i used my best cursive... can you tell i taught 3rd grade?!

i used a red glittery gel pen, so it had a tiny sparkle.

i scalloped the edges

this does NOT have to be perfect!

to see how to put the flower together go here.

i hot glued the pin to the back with a

piece of felt (heart shaped of course).

i'm in love with it!

maybe i'll make one for myself someday...

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 the second project is a banner 

i saw on one of my favorite blogs:

it's so easy.

i cut the pennants out of burlap.

then i cut the letters out with my cricut

and used them as a stencil.

i had pink/red glitter glue so i used

that to fill in the stencil.

my favorite part is the pink bakers twine

stitched through!

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okay, last project!

i needed valentine's shirts for my girls.

i decided to use an idea i had seen

on love stitched

{it was originally a christmas

ornament which i also made!}

i'm not going to repeat her tutorial, so go there to check it out!

you need to start out with a piece

of felt cut into the shape you want.
the only other change i made was to cut circles
of fabric instead of squares.

then following her tutorial, hot glue the

petals all over.

i just pinned the heart onto

the shirt because i wasn't sure it

would wash well.

and i didn't want to waste a long sleeve

white shirt!  we are always

having to do laundry just for those!

and here's how you make those cute

legwarmers from women's knee socks.

{i bought these at target for $1.50 after 

valentine's day last year}

 my daughter asked for a

it really fit.

the colors were lilac and green apple.
i wanted to incorporate a lot of
cupcake wrappers & bakers twine.


i also used a silhouette of tiana
throughout the party.


the invite:

{click here for more invite pictures/description,

click here for an apron pocket tutorial} 

The Cake:

{tutorial}

for part of the girls' favor, they got to

create their own cookie mix.

i started jars with the basic ingredients

then had them each choose what goodies

they wanted in their mix.

"cupcake toppers"

one is the tiana silhouette and

the other is purple jewel.

i love cupcake toppers!

more importantly, the kids love them.

but i rarely serve cupcakes at my parties,

so i have to come up with another way to

the party was a success!

until i can get all the details
up here is a little
preview:

welcome sign

banner

"party hats"

these are buttons i found at michael's
over a year ago and just knew i'd have a reason
to use them someday...they were only a dollar!


i tied them on with purple baker's twine
{from the twinery}