Celebrate

Guess who finished his first year of medical school?!? My cute husband!! To celebrate, I made him a little sign.

Pretty cute, huh? I just used my friend's cricut to cut out the letters. I cut some patterned paper into triangles, used a little distressing ink on the edges, and then glued the letters on. After punching some holes in the corners, I strung the whole thing on twine. So easy. A bazillion times easier than medical school, I tell you.

I'm so proud of my husband. This past year hasn't been all rainbows and cupcakes for him and he has really had to work his butt off, but he did it! Congrats, my love!

Queen of Hearts Garland Tutorial

Last year around Valentines Day I cut out and embellished a few felt hearts, not exactly knowing what I wanted to do with them. And then they sat. In a bag. Forgotten. Until now.

I finally took the time to make something out of these cuties. And I'll show you how to make it, too.

Supplies:

• felt
• embroidery floss
• ribbon (both to embellish with and to hang garland from)
  
• buttons
• safety pin

First, cut out a heart template from card-stock or thin cardboard.

Now cut out double the # of hearts you want on your garland. For the first half (the tops), embellish. Use whatever you have. I used felt, ribbon, buttons, and embroidery floss.

For the second half (the bottoms), cut 2 parallel lines on the upper portion of the heart. Only cut long enough for your width of ribbon to fit through. Like so:

Now attach the hearts together with embroidery floss (meaning a top and a bottom). 

Put your safety pin on the end of your length of ribbon and weave through the back slits, tying knots around the openings (so the hearts don't slide around).

Now hang up your garland (preferably not on a brick wall with packing tape... I do what I have to for lighting) and enjoy!

Here are some close-ups of my favorite hearts: