Valentines Day Mantel Re do

Couldnt quiet get down with the other mantel.. you know something was just off!! Or everything was off .. ya probably everything!!!
I switched it up a little.. I added this mirror from the thrift store and it was instant betterness!! If you are asking yourself if that is a word.. the answer is YES!!! I spray painted some cute doves ... and it was LOVE!!! So there you have it......

A little early...

...yes maybe!! Valentines day is my FAVORITE.. I love pink and I LOVE hearts!!
I put all the Christmas stuff away - and brought up the V day stuff ..ya know just to check it out and see what I had. Totally no intention of decorating yet (do you believe me ?) - but I got way to excited and just went for it .
I had everything here except the Heart Wreath - I bought that in the dollar spot at Target for $2.50. The little lanterns were bought last year from the dollar store and I just filled the little jars with plastic hearts also from the dollar store.

I changed out some of the prints in the frames - the subway art is from eighteen 25.
The frame with the hearts in it is from Ikea... just added a little scrap book paper and used some glue dots to adhere the foam hearts - those where also from Target last year.


I added a few little heart sticks to our fake plant and these cute little blocks that I got from my swap partner last year.


The glittery Be Mine is from Target.. and I made the wood hearts forever ago.

ALl you need is.....

So I went to Target searching for a gift and came out with a few of these cute little Love thingys( very technical term) I had no idea what to do with them but I hoped if I bought them I would get some inspiration... I came home and checked my blogs and saw
this on one of my fav blogs 320 Sycamore

Freaking adorable right!!! So I thought I would try it out.. I wish I could have used some black vinyl - but I didn't have any and I was too impatient to wait . So I tried my best by hand.. Here is mine:

Quick and Easy I love you pots....

I was at the dollar store.. and saw these cute little pots!! They were in the wedding section and I may or may not have bought all they had lol!! I found the heart picks at the dollar store too.. I actually got them for a different project that I will show you later but I had three left- it was meant to be :) I grabbed some floral foam and went to work...
I just shoved the picks into the floral foam .. then used some left over tuelle to cover up the floral foam!!
I used my cricut to print out the letters .. and thats it!!!

I love being copied....

So I was looking through my comments today - as I often to do, because I love to find the people who are so sweet to leave me a comment and share the love with a comment back:) I found this sweet comment about my blocks and took a look at the blog - and how cool is this: she had a craft night with her friends and made my Be Mine blocks. I was so happy to be an inspiration - I LOVE BEING COPIED!!! I am seriously pretty excited about it :) I am glad they deemed my idea good enough!! Thanks girls:)
They did a great job on there's - go check them out here:Crafternooning!! It is a few posts down on the page!!
Here is a picture of the ones I created :




So I was looking through my comments today - as I often to do, because I love to find the people who are so sweet to leave me a comment and share the love with a comment back:) I found this sweet comment about my blocks and took a look at the blog - and how cool is this: she had a craft night with her friends and made my Be Mine blocks. I was so happy to be an inspiration - I LOVE BEING COPIED!!! I am seriously pretty excited about it :) I am glad they deemed my idea good enough!! Thanks girls:)
They did a great
Here is a picture of the ones I created

Re-do and cute mailboxes.....

I had to fix them .. they were bugging and I couldn't give them away like that!! I like them much more now....




Chances are you have already seen these everywhere in blogland... they are from the dollar spot at target. They are very fun to decorate!! I wanted something fun to give a few of our friends .. we made a ton of them and they worked out great!! I just filled them with some of there favorite candy- so easy:)

Some more fun v- day stuff!!!!

I decided this year instead of giving candy I would use some of the spare wood we have pilling up in the garage to make some cute crafts instead!! Hopefully they will like them as much as they would candy... they were super easy to make!! I love cheap crafts!!

The Be Mine blocks are made from 2X4's they are about 3.00 a piece and you can make a whole bunch with one piece. They look different when they are set out but I wrapped them before I took the picture !!
The stackable blocks are made from 2X2's and you can buy a board at lowes for about a 1.00 that will make 4 sets of these!! And I have found the cutest ideas with these - they can match any season or holiday!!

Happy Hearts Crafts....

I love Valentines Day!! Well I love hearts - I have been obsessed with hearts since I was little - I love love love hearts!!! So Valentines Day just gives me an excuse to put them everywhere!!!
I made a few Valentines things - I am going to make a few more to give to my mom and mother in law and a few of our neighbors.
I saw something like this at one of my favorite stores - From our Home to Yours. It was so cute , mine didn't turn out quite like there's but I am happy with it - for now:) I am giving my snow men away - I keep looking at them and deciding I don't like them as much as I should. But my awesome husband came home with a scroll saw - he got some money to spend for Christmas and how sweet that he brought this home for me. I never thought I would be so excited about a power tool but I love this thing. This is my first craft made with this tool and I can't believe I did it all by myself!!








I made this earlier this year and then the weather got yucky so I sorta forgot I even had it - it was so easy .. and it's really fun to make a new block for the middle every month. I went to quilted bear and saw some just like this one and they were selling the square wreath for 20.00 - I made mine for less then 5 dollars- all you need is the wood: I think it was a 1X4 but you could really use any size, and some craft wire. And just paint and stain.