February Decorating

When we put away all the Christmas decorations at the end of January we left the kitchen cooking ornaments and the large window snowflakes up. They will probably stay through February.

Valentine decorating began with a heart garland I began crafting when I took out the valentine making materials on one of the days my youngest granddaughter came over in January. I had been wanting to try sewing paper for awhile and I think it turned out pretty well. I love the cherry stamp I bought this year.

Even though I had figured out a way to hang the fir garland in the kitchen this year I was glad to take it down so I decorated the tree again this year.

This year’s heart features a blue bird delivering a valentine. I combined and traced two images I found and then colored in the heart with a marker and the bird with a colored pencil. I scanned it as a photo then printed it on our printer. I had to buy thinner/lighter cardstock so that the printer wouldn’t jam but it’s thick enough to work as a tag/ornament. I wrote S.W.A.K. (sealed with a kiss) on the back and paired it with Hershey kisses.

When I’m crafting my hearts I imagine that the people I give them to will appreciate the hearts as much as the candy but when I gave them to my family on Pizza Friday it was clear that they don’t. I guess until Valentine trees become the rule rather than the exception I can’t really expect people to get excited about Valentine ornaments!