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Valentines and Pinterest

02.13.12

Pinterest does it again. I need inspiration for a quick and fun project. I go over to Pinterest, create a board and boom we make it happen.

Sometimes Pinterest gets a bad wrap. ” It’s too time consuming, it makes people feel bad about themselves.” That’s silly. You find out how it can benefit you and you use it as a tool.

In this case, I needed something fun for Valentines Day. And I found it.

Original links are here and here. Thanks for wonderful ideas, ladies!

My and the kiddos collaboration.

How long? 45 minutes. We squeezed in right before dinner.

How much? The cost of a box of broken crayons (which most of us have already), some cutup card stock, heart silicone tray (which we luckily had for another project), little bags or you could use string), and some microsoft word or photoshop skills, doesn’t take much.

And the idea….FREE.

All in all…I would say less than 50 cents each!

It doesn’t matter if you and your cousin did the same exact Valentines Day Project (which we did, right cuz? What matters is you were shared valuable information to help you get the project done and that you had a wonderful time doing it with your kids. That’s what really matters….even if the Firecracker did pour the whole stamp ink onto the table, but we won’t talk about that.

Seriously, my KIDS LOVED it.

I am telling you Pinterest is a valuable tool. Use it.

If you need an invite, let me know. You can follow my boards here.

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Posted InGettin' Crafty, Thoughts, Toddler Art Time

by Jodi

5 comments

GinaFebruary 13, 2012 - 4:25 pm

We did the crayon hearts a few years ago and I’m not sure if my kids enjoyed making them more than the recipients loved getting them! This year’s inspiration came from a Martha Stewart “Pin” (heart flowers around a lollipop) but we couldn’t find junk-free lollipops in that shape. The ones we buy are “flat” suckers so we improvised! I’ll post pictures soon!

FelishaFebruary 13, 2012 - 4:26 pm

I love it! They turned out great

KarenFebruary 13, 2012 - 4:50 pm

Jodi, where did you get the little baggies with the name on them? The baggie adds just that extra special touch. Great Valentine’s Day gift, girls! My girls would love them.

JodiFebruary 13, 2012 - 5:31 pm

Karen, the bags are just extra candy treat bags from the Wilton section at Michaels. I bought a pack a year or 2 ago, I break them out when I think I need them and then I cut the card stock to match. The labels I made in photoshop, a 4 x6 text and heart. I printed them on full sticky back printer label (they come in sheets of 8.5 x 11)…again, another great thing to keep on hand!

Feed Our Families – Finally, A Crafty Valentines…sort ofFebruary 14, 2012 - 1:43 pm

[...] writing a few words on his store-bought cards for friends. Each year I see Martha Stewart and my creative friends like Jodi share dreamy ideas for making Valentine cards at home and my heart wants soooo badly to make them [...]

Catching Up

02.10.12

Yes, I did it again. I disappeared. It’s going to be a regular thing, randomly throughout the year. Life just gets in the way.

I have so much to share…

California Adventures

Blue Lily

Princess’s 5 year birthday bonanza

Tons of Photo Shoots from California

Tutorials

Giveaways

Ack, my to do list is too long!!!!

Hopefully it won’t be another month before I get back to sharing those things, right now it’s been just family time and lots of editing.

In the meantime, here are some photos of a recent trip I took with 2 of my favorite people, my mom and sister.

Warning, photo overload. This is from the 9/11 Memorial in Jersey City, NJ. The two walls line up directly in the view of where the Twin Towers used to stand. The walls are meant to mimic the towers on their side. Inscribed on the walls are all of the victims of 9/11 who were from New Jersey. It was very moving and a must visit. We were lucky to get there at a time when there was no one around and the fog had just rolled in.