Dual Purpose

To help cut down on all those cute decorations that you have to store. I make most of my boards and blocks dual purpose. I try to keep most holidays together, that way i'm not digging through boxes trying to find that certain thing. Valentines always has St. Patricks on the back. Spring/easter has Summer/4th of July and Halloween has Christmas, that way when that holiday is over flip if over for the next upcoming. makes decorating way EASY.
So...  here are my flipped signs.

 Flipped blocks...

 Flipped small blocks...

And here are some blocks I made this year for v-day and st.Patty's. So one side has Love and the other has Luck.  

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Kiss it good bye!

So another valentines has come and gone... and I'm sad to put my decor away. Maybe I'll keep it up one more week!
I made this sign this year... i don't know why it's taken me 5 years to do it... it's so cute.

I got this wood LOVE from wood connection. Seriously if you haven't gone, you should go... such cute stuff... and the wood hearts behind I made. I'll do a tutorial someday.

Wood blocks I made. the best part is on the back are the st patty's day ones (check my 'going green' post.) the boxes were actually christmas 90% off from hobby lobby. They ended up being around a 1.00... best deal ever. I'm always checking christmas clearance for v-day stuff.

Lanterns were from Walmart. and the flower is just a paper bag (like lunch sacks) flower from martha stewart. try this link. her site has been weird lately. it doesn't show up sometimes. http://www.marthastewart.com/article/paper-bag-flowers

My apothecary jars are full of 1. dollar store soap roses 2. dollar store conversation heart boxes 3. red ornaments with red glitter hearts.

*just email me if you want any of the vinyl you see!

Love is in the Air

In honor of Valentines day I thought I'd post some of my decor.
The berry wreat is just a normal wreath that I stuck some dollar store heart picks in. The hearts on the wall i got on clearance last year at walmart. . These heart are some of my favorite things. I originally got a set from the wood connection in murray, UT, and then my friend with her mad jigsaw skills cut some more. so I was able to give a set to my sister! Paint, mod podge, scrapbook paper from the 1 spot at target and some ribbon...
The set of three hearts were purchased at wood connection as well. I did the glass block and 12x12 wood board vinyl. Email me if you want to purchase either. the Glass block is $5.00 for the white "Be Mine" and the Hot pink. the black is just a piece of cardstock. the 12x12 is $15.00 for both the white and pink layers. It could also go on a tile.

The set of three blocks are just 2x4's cut in perfect squares. so 3.5x3.5. I mod podged a lighter pink scrapbook paper on then added the vinyl. Vinyl for those would be $2.00. and of course the rocks project first seen on Tatertots and jello!

Valentine Pillows Tutorial

Start off with three different fabrics. I got 1yd of each but didn't use all of it... I could probably make 2 or 3 more. maybe when I get some time...


1. Cut two 17x17 squares from your main fabric.
With one of the squares fold in half and cut out half a heart. (keep the cut out heart for the matching pillow)

2. open it up and determine the size of fabric you'll need to cover the heart... mine was about 10x10. Cut that out of a coordinating fabric.

3. Pin it to the back of the main fabric. (tip: you may want to pin all the way around the heart... I didn't and mine ended up a little crooked.) Then sew around the heart.

4. then you'll do a ruffle from the 3 fabric. I made my strip about 2inches.

and you'll sandwich it between the two 17x17 pieces.

5. Now you can either sew all the way around leaving a 3inch hole and stuff with poly fill, or make a pocket pillow like mine. it makes storing my pillowcases much easier and then I use the same pillow for all my different holiday pillowcases.

to make the pocket case...

6.Take the back piece of fabric and fold one end about 1 inch then fold again. Then sew to create a finished edge.

7. Then cut about a 5x17inch piece of the same fabric and make a finished edge like the step before...

8. Now when layer the front piece with the heart, then ruffle, then the two back pieces, right sides together... Overlaping the two finished edges...

Here is a close up of my edges.... hope that helps. Sew all the way around. and turn inside out and put your pillow in!

2nd Pillow

1. Cut out 17x17 pieces of fabric

2. Make a ruffle with a coordinating fabric and then using the heart cut out from pillow #1, pin the ruffle and the heart to the front of one of the 17x17 pieces.

2. Sew around the edge of the heart.

3. then Sew the front and back piece together. done.

(i did add a 2in piece of fabric folded in half between the two pillow layers for a border, but not necessary)

Good LUCK!

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A block for all seasons tutorial

Growing up my mom took a tole painting class and made some blocks similiar to these, except they were all hand painted... So this is bit nostalgic for me. Here is how I made mine.

Supplies:
(4) 4x4x4 blocks... (really measures 3.5x3.5x3.5, but for some reason hardware stores call them 4x4's)...
Paint
Mod Podge
Paper cut into 3x3 squares
Vinyl

1. Paint your blocks. I was making two sets so don't be decieved by 8 blocks in the picture.

2. Mod Podge your paper to your blocks. I did all the "christmas sides" then the "home" sides. allowing it to dry in between.

3. Once all the paper has been mod podged and dried. apply the vinyl.

Here are all six sides of my blocks!

**I did revise my vinyl designs a big. The "o" in love is now a heart, the "u" in luck is now a shamrock, the "a" in fall is now a leaf, and NOEL is now snow with the "o" a snowflake... I'll update the picture soon!

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