Valentine Feature in Family Fun Magazine

If you happen to have the February issue of Family Fun Magazine, my Outer Space Valentine is featured in the publication.  I know most of you have already made or purchased valentines if you needed to.  However, if you're still looking for some last minute ideas, the Parents site is sharing some of the valentines from the Family Fun Magazine.  I wouldn't recommend making thirty of any of them by tomorrow.   But if you want to make a few, there are some great ideas over there.

I actually had planned on making the watch valentine for my son's class but he told me he wants something else.  Now the question is to buy cards from the picked over valentine's rack or make 33 of something by tomorrow. Thankfully I finished all the roller skate valentines so that's one less thing to worry about.

Printable: Roller Skate Valentine Cards

I'm a little behind this year on my valentine cards but I still wanted to share what I've been up to.  The inspiration for the cards came from my daughter's new hobby, roller skating!   It also might have something to do with my childhood rollerskating memories.  I spent many weekends at the rink.  Just thinking about it makes me want to put on a pair of skates and roll to Celebration by Kool & The Gang.

These valentines are pretty easy to make.  What will take the most time is the cutting out the shapes.  So do a little hand stretches before you begin.

Supplies:
Card Stock in two complementing colors
Small Brads - any colors you wish
White Cotton Yarn
Scissors
Hole Punch

1. Click on this image twice.  Right click, copy, save, paste in Word or any other program you use.

2. Print on two different colored pieces of card stock.

3.  Cut out all shapes.

4. Place one wheel over bottom part of roller skate.  Punch hole (refer to top picture).

5. Place brad through both holes.  Repeat for second wheel.

This is what the back of your roller skate will look like.

6.  Punch a hole in the top heart.  Thread the yarn through the hole and cut into a bow.

*Other ideas: print out on white card stock for coloring.  Add stickers.  Use heart brads instead of circles.

And now if you would excuse me, I have lots and lots of cutting to do.  See the three skates pictured above?  That's all I've made so far.

Printable Despicable Me 2 Valentines

If you're a fan of the movie Despicable Me or the minions, you're going to love these valentine printables.  Today Marie from Make and Takes is sharing the free printable for the minions on her blog.  The valentines come in four different lovable styles.  They're also easy for kids to assemble on their own. Click here for the free download and instructions.

The valentines are designed to hold lollipops but I don't see why you couldn't add any candy of your choice, exp. licorice sticks.

Despicable Me 2 is coming to theaters Summer 2013! To find out more about the movie, visit the Official Website, like Despicable Me on Facebook or follow on Twitter .  You can also watch the movie teaser, here.


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Rested and Ready to Blog

Photo of the UNIQLO store in SF

Thank you to all of you who left such nice comments on my last post.  And thank you for understanding that I needed to take a break from blogging.  Now I'm back, rested and ready to blog.  Over the break a lot of ideas have been percolating in my mind and hopefully that will transfer into some good craft tutorials.  Until then, here's a little bit of what I was up to when I was gone.  

I finally got a chance to check out the new UNIQLO store in SF (pictured above).  Don't you just love those rainbow stairs?  The store is awesome and a little overwhelming.  There's a lot to look at there.  FYI, they don't carry the kids line.

I tried to teach my daughter to knit.  She was able to cast on pretty easily.  She even understood the process but her little hands could not hold the needles well while she knit.  If anyone has any recommendations for teaching a child to knit, please share!  

My daughter and I finally made one of the sewing projects she got for her birthday.  It was a bug pencil topper.  She has decided sewing is much easier than knitting.

I knit a hat!  It's been unusually cold where we live and I was able to use some of my yarn stash to knit a cozy wool hat.  It's loosely based off of this pattern.

I was able to be more spontaneous.  Instead of planning play dates at the park, we just went there if we wanted to after school.  There was no scheduling going on.   

I organized my desk.  Somehow my sketchbook disappeared and was replaced by a sea of sticky notes with cryptic writing and pictures.  I transfered all of it to a sketchbook and now have it at my desk again.  

What have you been up to the past couple weeks?

 

One day I woke up...

....and there was more to love, more to do, more that I wanted to do but I was preoccupied with a blog.  Instead of being a fun place to express myself this blog has become a chore in some ways.   After doing this for over six years I'm burned-out.  I need a break.  I really should have taken a decent break a long time ago.  Hopefully I'll be back before Valentine's Day.  See you then. 

Much love,

Jessica

P.S.  You can still find me on Twitter, Facebook, and Sulia.