Always Never Done: Valentine’s Day Framed Heart Stencil

Hi everybody! Are we all making it through winter ok so far? If you are  on the east coast its BITTER cold in case you wondering. Let's think warm thoughts shall we.

This month I am going to show you how to make a really easy and cute piece of artwork  that you can make for Valentine's Day or just keep up year round if you are into hearts.

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Renovar Design: Valentine's Balloon Messages

Hi guys! Hope the new year is treating you well! We have been very busy here over at Renovar Design! I can't believe it is February already, can you?! Time flies...

This month I am bringing you a project I did a few years ago for my girlies! It will be a picture heavy post & I hope you enjoy it!

I have two daughters who I refer to affectionately, yet anonymously, on the blog as Kid 1 and Kid 2 ♥

This was my Valentine's gift to my girls:

I simply took scrapbook paper and cut them out in heart shapes. I used a hole punch to put a hole in a corner of each one. Randomly. I then wrote sentiments on them (see below) and tied them onto the string of the balloons.

Therefore, each balloon had a heart on it.

The hearts had their name & were numbered on one side.

Each girlie had the number of hearts/balloons to coordinate with how many Valentine's Days they have been alive to celebrate. (Kid 1 - 13 and Kid 2 -9)

I sent them on a search to read them in the order that I had wrote them. (ex. 1, then 2, then 3.)

Each heart had a reason why I loved them. "Kid 2, I love you because..."

 

They absolutely loved it!!!♥

So did the cats!

(Just because I thought it was adorable how here socks looked after a long day as a 4th graderl!)

Then, Kid 2 re-purposed the balloons for a gift for me! ♥ (Yes, I cried!) ♥ (...because I am emotional like that.)

And because they both STILL talk about how much they loved it ~ I am doing it again this year! (Kid 1 - 16 & Kid 2 -12 & I have a new husband and will do how many Valentine's we have celebrated together -5) The hardest part is fitting ALL of the balloons in the car and hoping that they don't pop! I did buy 6 extra that year & only 1 had popped :) I just added blank hearts onto those to add to the fun of the "hunt" for their names! Having so many balloons to buy this year ~ I may have to make 2 trips to Party City ~ but I think it will be so worth it!!

Have you done a unique Valentine's project with your family? Becca and I would LOVE (←intentional pun) to hear about what you did!

Hope you all enjoy Valentine's Day with your loved ones & I look forward to sharing a post again in March!

~jenny from Renovar Design

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State [Love] Pillow

Yes, it's nearly Valentine's Day! Almost time to tell that special someone how much you love them. Maybe you'll receive chocolates, flowers, or something special.
Do you remember what it was like in high school on V-day? Watching the most popular girl get a carnation in one class, then the next, and the next? For better or for worse, every girl waited, pretending not to care, but ready to leap out of her chair and fight each other to the death for those stupid cheap flowers. The more the other girls got, the more nerve wracking the day would get. 

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DIY Fabric Softener +Printable

Hola, my earth friendly DIY'ers! After inventing an all natural wood stain, I started thinking about other products I could improve upon, things that would be kinder to Mother Earth. Here in Utah, we suffer with hard water issues because our H20 is way mineral rich. When I lived in Boston, laundry detergent was a constant source of grey water.