Finished!

Well, I got busy and didn't have as much time to make my Valentines for fredflare.com as I had planned (isn't that how it always works?) I had started two, and was going to finish them up yesterday morning and then mail them off by the Jan. 15th deadline. But of course after ages of having no work I got a call to go in for a few hours to train for a long assignment...so I got home in the afternoon and made a mad dash to complete the envelopes for the Valentines, and rush them to the Post Office before 5:00 pm.



This is done with water color and decoupage on a heavy watercolor stock. The envelope I made from brown craft paper.




And for once our notoriously crowded p.o. was empty except for one man in line...but where are all the employees? Not one at a window! Finally someone showed up to take the next person...and then she disappeared again! It's always something at that location. I have to say,though, the employees are all very nice.

Anyway, back to the Valentines: off they went and will hopefully be sold off to raise some money for the Elder Care organization. And I have a whole month to make some more for my family and my own Valentine. So do you!!!


I covered a wooden heart (from any craft store) with small pieces of red tissue and watered down glue. I used paper from Crate and Barrel: it had lettering on it which added a nice touch of texture.

Then I added a flower...

and a bit of glitz...

and put it in a little brown paper envelope. I used a button and some red ribbon to create a closure.