Weekly Inspiration Linky Party 2/6/15

Weekly Inspiration is Awesome!

And so is the 5th and final day of Valentine Lovelies!!!

Hearts N Twine

Both of the projects seen here were in our weekly inspiration posts recently. I love when something just jumps out at you and says "make me!". The knitted hearts are quick and simple knitting, it took me about 10 mins to knit one side, you can have one finished in a half hour easy. Directions are here.

The scrap fabric twine is a pleasant surprise! I thought this is going to be a painful project that was going to take  f-o-r-e-v-e-r! I decided to give it a try and if it proved too daunting, I could give up. It turned out to be a win-win! I love raiding the scrap buckets and using up my scraps, and it really goes fairly quickly, depending on the size of your project of course.  Helen from Till We Quilt Again, is going to make a throw rug so that will be a much bigger commitment, but the twisted twine I made for the hearts was whipped up in a short amount of time. I'm so glad I gave it a try!

I learned a valuable lesson, it might not be as bad as it appears! I love when that happens!! 

The only decision now is where to use it, I can't seem to find a good spot for it! It just may end up being a gift for someone special!

Share your inspirations with us please!!

Go make something!

Nini~

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Valentine's Day "Mantel"

Welcome to Day 4 of Valentine Lovelies!

I do not have a mantel in the traditional sense. But what I do have is a curtain rod. The blank wall behind my couch has been empty for too long and now that the curtain rod is up I feel like the opportunities are endless!

I've made this completely over the top valentine landscape which I think is both hysterical and kind of fabulous.  I used a burlap wreath and wove in a neon pink feather boa to give it some pop.  I also painted the canvases bright pink with white letters and splatters.  I then hot glued them to pieces of ribbon and hung them from the curtain rod.  I bought the glitter hearts at Michael's and think they add the perfect touch to this ensemble!  The final touch was the last feather boa wrapped around the top.

This is so not my style, but this is just what came out while I was decorating.  Sometimes I'm completely surprised by things and this is definitely one if those times!

Wishing you big waves and an artful day!

~C

L is for the way you look at me...

Welcome to Day 2 of Valentine Lovelies!

I made this LOVE decoration for my coffee table with frames, paint and chalk markers!

I took the glass out of the frames and painted them red with the Folk Art Multi-Surface acrylic paint which took about 3 coats.  I put them back into the frame with the paint side inward so that it wouldn't scratch.  I then used the chalk markers to write "love" on the glass and to add some decorations!

I think this is cute and could be used at different times of the year, i.e. Christmas, New Year's Eve, 4th of July...with different sayings of course!

My other option was going to be to use velcro to attach these letters to the glass.  I think this would be cute too, but the chalk markers were so much easier!

Stay tuned for more Valentine Lovelies tomorrow!

Wishing you big waves and an artful day!

~C

Love's in the Air Everywhere I Look Around. Love is in the Air, Every Sight & Every Sound!

Welcome to our week of Valentine Lovelies! We're sharing our Valentine inspired projects to get you  "in the mood"! We've made a few heart themed projects to brighten up your wintry gray days. Take a look at what we've been up to!

Book Page Art Heart

I find book page art very intriguing and I can't stop making things out of book pages! I don't know if it's the tearing, folding and good ol' fashioned defacing of a book or the vintage look the pages have that I love so much.

This is what I started with: Instructables directions, a book, ruler and pencil. Instructables are free if you access them on your computer.  I tried to print the directions and it wanted some $$, so I just referenced it from my laptop, thank you very much!!

Each page gets marked at different measurements for 40 pages.

Then I folded on every mark I made. And....

This happened!!

I L-O-V-E it! 

Go make something!

Nini~