Valentine’s Honeycomb Pop-Up Cards

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Valentine’s Honeycomb Pop-Up Cards

There was this little grocery store near my house growing up that sold the cutest pop-up Victorian Valentine cards.  They were so beautiful and intricate, and they had the honeycomb pom pom somewhere in the design.  A small memory, but a happy lasting one.  These Valentine’s printable honeycomb pop-up cards may not be as intricate and completely 3-D, but they have a happy pop that will bring a smile to a friend or classmate.  I teamed up again with my girl Melissa, who is amazing at graphic design, and we came up with this cute design.  Remember last year’s Valentine’s cards?  One of my favorites, so we really had to up it this year with another fun concept.  These Valentine’s Honeycomb Pop-up cards are so easy to put together and perfect for your child to hand out at school or to give to a friend.  The designs are fun even for older children.  My teenage daughter is excited to give them to her friends.  Using honeycomb balls to achieve the effect is so easy and time effective that you won’t have to spend a lot of time making these striking Valentines.  In fact, I’m sure your child would want to get involved too.

Get the instructions and FREE printable after the jump.

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Instructions for Valentine’s Honeycomb Pop-Up Cards:

Valentine’s Printable DOWNLOAD PDF

2″ Honeycomb Balls

Glue or adhesive dots (I prefer the dots)

Download the Valentine Honeycomb Pop-Up card printable (link above).  Print on heavy cardstock paper.  I printed mine at my local print shop so the color was bright.  Cut down and then fold over with the words on the outside.  The honeycomb balls will arrive flat.  Unfold the ball and secure the honeycomb balls with glue or adhesive dots on the circle graphic on the printable.  When delivering your card, use washi tape to secure the card to stay down and attach a fun lollipop or toy to it.

Stay tune for next week!  I’ll be posting another similar Valentine’s for boys! Also head to the sidebar to see other FREE Valentine’s Printables.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Back-to-School Crafts: DIY Tassel Necklaces

DIY Tassel Necklaces: We said goodbye to summer last week and are now back at school…still in our summer haze though. With school comes back-to-school shopping, and my girls love all the new clothes, shoes and accessories they want to buy. As a kid, one of my favorite things I enjoyed about going back to school was wearing new clothes and planning out my outfits for each day. I always liked to accessorize. My little girls are obsessed with necklaces so keeping them away was difficult. I am planning to get her a personalized name necklace as I know she’ll love it. A cute necklace with do that to any outfit. But for now, we made some long tassel necklaces for them to wear with their new outfits. And now I want to put a tassel on just about everything!

tassel necklaces with beaded necklace, embroidery thread tassels, DIY, how to make

All these craft supplies came from a hobby store (like Michaels or Hobby Lobby). I bought a bead box and the embroidery thread cost about 40 cents for each one so you can make a lot of tassel necklaces for just under $10!

Bead Assortment
Embroidery Thread
Waxed Cords
Scissors
Flexible Needle
Jump Rings
The step-by-step is really easy and fast to make and easy enough for an older child to put together.
1. Take the entire bundle of thread without taking off the packaging
2. Fold in half
3. Wrap another thread around and around the top portion
4. Tie it off with a square knot
5. Add a metal jump ring to the loop, making sure to include ALL the threads on the ring
6. Take the packaging off and evenly cut the bottom

 

 

To make the beaded necklace, cut the cord about twice as long as you’d like the length. Take the flexible needle and thread the cord in the hole. We made a knotted necklace, so you can string the bead and then tie a knot then string the bead and then a knot. Keep doing that until you get your desired length. We made the necklaces long enough so we just knotted the necklace off with a square knot. Or to make the necklace quicker, you can just string the beads on the cord, ending with a square knot. To attach the tassel, take another jump ring and secure the tassel on the necklace. Add as many tassels onto one necklace with a jump ring!

Make one for you and add multiple tassels to a simple long gold chain!

Stella’s Painting Party

Let’s play with color!  Stella is the little artist in the family.  Always drawing, painting and creating.  So she was right on board when I suggested having a painting party for her 9th birthday.  She’s hit the pre-tween stage so she wanted to be involved in all the planning.  Cool with me to have a helper!  We are lucky to know a professional artist who teaches children’s art class, and she was excited and to teach a step-by-step class at the birthday party on painting little owls and mixing colors to make the perfect shade of pink, purple or orange.

Invitations:
To set the stage for the party, I printed off the party details on a white 5×7 invitations which Stella then watercolored in pastel colors.  She also added color to envelopes

Decorations:
We made up a few jumbo confetti balloons that floated around the party room.  I also made a few of the paper mobiles to bring in the party colors.  I then watercolored a large number 9 that we had hanging up at the party.  Since we lined the table with butcher paper, Stella watercolored place settings for each of the girls to add color to the table.

Project: 
Brittany the artist had a step-by-step tutorial on painting little owls.  She showed them how to draw the owl on paper then transfer their design on canvas and then mix colors to paint.  The girls only used primary colors!  I was impressed with their mixing skills.  I got all the art supplies at Blick and the girls were able to keep them all.  They also received a monogram apron that Stella and I made prior to the party.



Cake and Candy
I had Miss Mamie make an ombre birthday cake on the outside for Stella.  And a rainbow cake on the inside.  It was beautiful and tasted amazing.  All the candy I got at Whole Foods, believe it or not.  But I love the pastel colors of their candies.  And cupcakes and cookies came from there too.  Shhh…we kind of put this all together in just a few days.  Cake was served on white painted plates.

Results
The owls came out amazing!  Each so unique and different.  The girls got to take their masterpieces home to display.

Silhouette Art

In love with silhouettes? There is a charming little art book called Silhouette Art that is full of paper, instructions and patterns for making modern heirlooms. It comes with everything you need to make personal silhouettes. There are so many fun things you can do with silhouettes–use them on personal note cards or make a framed silhouette of your family, put a silhouette of your husband and you in a locket…endless possibilities.
Photos by Edyta Szyszlo

Local Spots

There are a few places I need to visit around my local area. Whenever something new and different pops up, I get a little excited. It’s not often that “cool” stores and restaurants open up in the suburbs. No. If you want urban and chic, head to the NYC.

I had a chance to quickly glance into Make & Mingle one summer day, but couldn’t stay to really get a feel of the place. Very darling and crafty inside. They sell pretty fabrics and fun crafts. It’s a place where you can also take sewing classes and of course…mingle.
The next store is called Sugar & Olives. It’s actually an organic restaurant with a modern, clean aesthetic. No plastic found in this restaurant! All the food is sourced locally, and they serve a variety of lunch crepes and sweet crepes. Cooking classes are also available including children.

Tulip Favor

I love the idea of giving flowers away as baby or bridal shower favors. They are beautiful and cheap! And you can tackle two things as one–centerpiece and favors. This tulip favor idea is so adorable and clever. I like the idea of using the tulips as place settings.

DIY Fabric

Have you heard of Karma Kraft? You upload a photo or design you love and they’ll print the image on fabric or better yet a pillow or shirt. Many times I’ll see a basic pattern on stationary that I really like. How cool it would be to make it a part of your home decor. Well, now you can. And there is no minimum on fabric yard.

{image via Eliza Mag}

Tie-Dye Window Displays

Every time I enter an Anthro store there is always an interesting window/ceiling/wall display. Three stores are near my house and each one is styled differently. I love the uniqueness–one of the reasons why I love to shop there. Another creative idea…tie-dye linens, cut them up and hang them from rafters.



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