Made Marian: Oozing Crafty Goodness

I know that some people are cynical about Valentines Day and my other half has the noble opinion that you should tell the person in your life you love them every day, not just once a year. I know he has a point but I love any excuse to add a few decorative touches to our living space.  And of course there are hundreds of ideas for Valentines day crafts.  I didn’t exactly out-do myself this year it has to be said but these little felt hearts were so simple that if I had the time, I would have made hundreds and dotted them all over the apartment.

I simply cut out a heart shape in pink felt, then cut out a smaller heart shape in pink gingham (I used my new pinking shears so I didn’t have to sew them) and fastened them together by sewing in a heart shaped button.  They are accompanied on my mini Valentines display by a Love Bug Winnie the Pooh and the cards we exchange on Sunday (that is if my other half isn’t too “noble”) will go here too.  By the way, my Love Bug beanie was a gift from my Mother in Law to be, not my other half

The cards we exchange on Sunday will be our eighth set of cards.  Here are the others that I have received…..all hand made I might add. Each one pretty much documents what I was interested in every February for the past seven years. From left to right; an anti-hallmark theme, Paul Smith, my first blog, Sex and the City, The West Wing, The Sopranos and last year the theme was craft.  Each one has the same general lay out and says “The Insert Interest here Valentines Card for Maz”.  I love this idea but I have been assured that the mould has been broken and that my eighth card will be different…..watch this space.