You probably did this sometime in your childhood, but it is one of those fun projects that amaze kids, so I thought it would be something to remind you about.  Buy some white carnations (light pink will work too), and cut the bottoms right before you put them in the water.  Add some food coloring to the water and the flowers will suck the color into their petals.  This will also work with daisies!

I put these together yesterday, so this is 24 hours later.  You can already see the color in the petals!  If you get carnations that are a little bit closed, they work the best because they are still drawing water.

It would be really fun to do 5 smaller vases with 5 different colors in them.  If you give it a try, comment here and let me know!

Have fun!

Here are some vases on Amazon which would be cute to use for this project.

Mikasa Cheers Set of 3 - 7-Inch Bud Vases

13" GLASS VASE ON RACK

DCI Magnetic Bud Vases, Set of 5

Stop by my foodie blog, Food Art Party, to get your free Valentine's Day Printable cupcake wrappers!

Cake related Amazon stuff I'm drooling over...

Luigi Bormioli Michelangelo Cake Plate with Dome

Glass Cake Stand - Terra Footed Cake Dome

6-in-1 Cake Plate

How CUTE did this turn out??? I saw this card in a magazine maybe a month or two ago. Theirs was different, but it inspired me to make one like it. I included a little tutorial below in case you'd like to try it yourself! Sorry, I don't remember the magazine. It is one a friend had with her. I want to say it was Today's Creative Home... :-(

I tried to show the "frost" on the windows in this picture, but it doesn't show up well because it is white on white, but it is pretty and sparkly in real life....
Okay, so what you need to make this card is....

1) 1 Sheet of patterned paper (to cover the chipboard back)

2) 1 Sheet of chipboard (any kind of heavy paper will do.... even the side of a cereal box)

3) 1 Sheet of pink felt

4) 1 Sheet of white felt

5) 1 Sheet of red felt

6) A heart shaped brad

7) Flower pot (you could make one using a stamp or just cut one out by hand)

8) Bush and flowers (use what you have!)

9) a sewing machine and white thread (you could sew by hand if inclined)

10) glue

11) white glitter

12) a button for the door handle

Step 1

Cut the chipboard to the size you would like your card to be. Mine is 5 in. x 6 in.

Step 2

Cut a "stand" for your card using the leftover chipboard. Mine is 2 inches across the top and 3 inches across the bottom. I made the stand about 1/2 in. shorter than the card so the card will lean back. So, the stand is 4-1/2 inches high. (See the picture)

Step 3

Cut two pieces of the patterned paper to cover the front and back of the chipboard background. Also cut patterend paper to cover the stand. Glue all pieces into place. No chipboard should show.

Step 4

Cut the white background felt for the windows and door. These should be approximately 1-1/2 inches wide x 5 inches high for the windows and 2-3/4 inches wide x 5 inches high for the door.

Step 5

Cut the red felt for the doors and windows. I cut each of these approximately 1/4 inch smaller than the white pieces. So, the windows should be 1-1/4 inches wide and 4-3/4 inches tall

The door is 2- 1/2 inches wide by 4-3/4 inches tall.

Step 6

Cut the pink for the doors and windows. Again, make them 1/4 inches smaller than the red.

Step 7

Cut the little squares for the door. I did 6 that are 3/4 inch x 3/4 inch.

Step 8

Cut the Whites for the windows and doors in the same fashion. The windows should be about 1/4 inch smaller than the pink you cut out. The door window on the top was just eyeballed. I halfed a piece of felt and cut an arch and cut it down until it fit. The width of that at its widest is about an inch and a half.

Okay... now you have your pieces cut out, it is time to start sewing. The main thing to remember is that it gets pretty thick so you should do it in parts.

Step 1

Sew the reds to the white backgrounds first. Be sure to sew fairly close to the edge so that your stitches show nicely. I had to trim some of my felt to make it fit better.

Step 2

Sew the small pink squares and the white windows to the windows and door. Now sew horizontal lines on the white side windows to create window panes.

Step 3

Sew the pink door and windows to the red and hand-sew the button door knob onto the door.

Now you are ready to assemble the whole thing!

Glue the door and windows to the card. I use crafting glue and it sticks just fine. Make a heart from your leftover scraps of red felt and put the brad through the middle of it. Glue the red heart to the door. Add white glitter to the panes of glass on the windows (including the door).

I used Karen-Marie's Laser Cuts (see below) topiaries in front of the dooor. I used pop-dots to put the flowers on the bushes and I painted over the orange flower pots with some Sparkling H2O's to make them look more pink and thereby match the door. Not everyone will be able to find these laser cuts. I found them at our dollar store (!!!) for $1! If you have a flower pot stamp and some flowers, you could make your own cut outs. I then attached them to the card using pop-dots.

Now just glue the stand to the top of the back of the card (align it with the top) and you are finished! Now give it to your Valentine's Day SWEETIE!

Have fun!

Do you want to see other crafty blogs? There are hundreds at these two links. Great ideas! Great inspiration!

Tami

I am getting these for my kids' teachers. Aren't they adorable?

These are the Valentine's treatbags for my son's class. They say, "A Tweet Treat for you on Valentine's Day". The digital scrapbooking kit is from Shabby Princess and is called "Yours Truly".

I am so ready for Valentine's Day! The house looked all hum-drum after I took the Christmas decor away, so I decorated the table for Valentine's Day and now it looks all pretty and special again.

Come on February!

Now... want to have some fun??? Here is a whole list of blogs to visit! I am participating in Friday Follow... only I'm posting this on Saturday because I'm just now getting a moment to sit and figure it all out. I added my blog to the Mr. Linky yesterday. The blog hop is closed today, but you can still visit all of these fun blogs. Don't forget to leave a comment for these talented people! Everyone loves comments. Enjoy the party!

I felt like doing some sewing today, so I worked on an apron using some fabric that I had in my stash. I LOVE this toile and I'm into ticking for some reason right now. I bought this one in red! My fav!

Anyway, here's the apron and I'm thinking I may do a tutorial showing how to make it. It really isn't very hard and I made it in about 2 hours. Quicky, easy and flirty... What more can you ask for in a sewing project?
Here it is tied to my bannister. LOL! I REALLY need a mannequin.

It's all in the details. Love these little ball fringie things!

Have a great day!

Tami

V. wanted to make silly faces for the camera today, so I took a bunch. This one was one of my favorites. So, I took a buch of boy elements and made a layout with it. I haven't scrapped in a long time! Feels great to be back at it.

What else have I been up to this week? I made a funny little ballerina paper doll with legs, arms and head that move. She isn't quite done yet though. I'll put her on when I'm finished... probably tomorrow. I also decorated a little more for Valentine's Day because I made a cute little no-sew garland for on the fireplace. Here are some pictures. The photo is my dh's grandparents and it is sitting on a cherub photo stand that was my grandmother's. The "cookies" are made from salt dough, painted, blinged, and sealed with varnish.

I made some "bowl fillers" today out of salt dough. Fun!