Handmade magnets

I've found myself in desperate need of more magnets for my fridge lately but haven't been able to find any ones that I like in my weekend meanderings. While at Michael's recently I found these adorable bauble sticker embellishments and thought they would make the best fridge magnets! I then had some weird flashback to when I was 12ish and stuck animal stickers onto old real estate agent promotional magnets, cut them out, and viola! 

So, I excitedly grabbed some magnets and rushed home to get to work! Here's how to make your own:

1. Gather supplies {adhesive magnets, stock paper, adhesive embellishments}.

2. Adhere magnets to paper. Ensure to line them up to the pattern you want to highlight on the other side of the page.

3. Cut out magnets carefully.

4. Adhere any embellishments you wish to add and ta-da!

I heart tea

Ever since I saw this idea on A Beautiful Mess I fell in love {appropriate, huh?} with the idea of making my own tags for tea bags. And what better time of year than Valentine's day? Since I may or may not have started this project at 1:00 am in the bout of temporary insomnia, I didn't have any coffee filters to make them up from scratch, but I really just wanted to make the tag portion anyway.

I packaged them up in some wax paper envelopes and adhered them with some washi tape, ensuring that the tags were visible through the front of the envelopes. I will be attaching them to my homemade valentines.

~xoxo~

Homemade Valentine's Day Cards

I love making handmade cards! So of course I took this opportunity to make valentine's for all the lovely people in my life.

- Themed card stock - I used Martha Stewart's mat pad for this season. {I love that they are patterned on both sides so that the interior of the cards are also fun to look at.}

- Washi tape

- Themed felt stickers and/or other embellishments

Fold 'em up, embellish with stickers and tape, and compose your love notes!

{I love this little owl. Or any owl, really.}

What are your Valentine's Day plans?

Valentine's Day Banner

L-O-V-E

Is the frame for this picture weird? Yes. But I couldn't fix it for the life of me.

After taking down all my winter holiday decorations, I really wanted to make my place a little bit more festive. Since there aren't any other holidays coming up and all the ideas I could come up with for Valentine's Day were too sweet to pass up, I thought I would just go for it. I made this banner by cutting up a collection of hearts from scrap and designed paper and then strung them together with a needle and some embroidery thread. So fun! They have now found a home above the cabinets in my kitchen, where they can be seen by all who enter my home. ❤

Happy New Year!

{image via matchbookmag}

Happy New Year!

To be honest, I'm not really sad to say goodbye to last year. 2012 was pretty busy and bumpy. I am thankful that I had a lot of opportunities to learn about myself and the people around me, opportunities to challenge myself, and a whole whack of time to reflect. Moving into a new year, however, I'm excited to apply the things I've learned and confidently move forward in 2013!