Happy Little Projects

 

In honor of Valentine's Day I thought I would share a few projects that I really loved making. 

Becky asked me months ago to make her a "fortune cookie" bag for her sock projects. She chose the floral fabric a few months ago, and I bought the pink gingham a few days ago, set up the sewing machine and got to work.  This took maybe an half an hour tops, once I figured out exactly how to sew it up to make a pyramid shape. Very clever and lots of fun. I followed this tutorial. I love the combo of the floral and the sweet pink gingham.

This has to be the cutest and easiest thing I have ever made. Why is it that anything really small is so cute? OK. So these are just paper diamond shapes, folded in half over cotton string. I made a diamond template that was about 3" tall and 1 1/4" wide, and traced the template onto different scraps of paper. I cut out the flags while watching TV.  I then arranged them on about a 3' piece of string, and used good old Elmer's glue to glue them on.  It is hanging from a shelf on Becky's desk and makes me smile every time I see it. I think it makes her smile too!

Wishing you a very Happy Valentine's Day filled with hugs, flowers and chocolate!