Some DIY Craft Ideas you can Make at Home for Valentine's Gifts

So Valentine's Day is a week away and to show your other halves how much you care how about some ideas for some good old handmade DIY crafts for them! 

Let's start with the card ..... the ones in the shops are really so expensive, and those of you that enjoy a bit of crafting will probably have lots of the things you need in your stash to make a special card, here's some clever ideas for you ...

I particularly love the Mason Jar idea you would be able to create all the hearts in a word document and print them out, So effective! and the 'tea-rrific' one really made me smile!

Of course you'll want to give them a nice little gift or two ...  I've found a few ideas that I thought would be really easy to make or put together with a bit of personalisation from you that will add that finishing touch to a thoughtful gift:

Ok so let's start at the top and work left to right:

Top ROW: Left: - make or buy a few gifts & wrap them all up in tissue paper and pop in a brown paper bag (you can buy these in most craft stores) & print out a label based on the song from the Sound of Music .. 'These are a few of your favourite things', Right: buy a wooden ruler, and with some red cardstock cut a couple of slots for the ruler to go through, cut out a heart and either stamp or write the 'YOU RULE' on the front!

Middle ROW: Left: a great gift to go with your Ruler!! Print the words 'I think you are just write' on to some coloured card & cut in to a heart shape, cut a couple of slots & include a nice pen for them! Simple but effective! Middle: If you are thinking of buying them some trainers I love this idea of personalising the inside of the box in this way. Get your best lippie on and kiss away! If the inside of the box is patterned you could print out your message and personalise to stick on the inside lid. Right: This is brilliant! Fill a vase with M & M's or even loads of 'Love Heart' sweets would be perfect, then buy some scratch cards, chocolate etc. and attach on to kebab sticks and pop in your vase & tie with a red ribbon bow? 

Bottom Row: Buy a pack of cards & think up 52 things you love about them to stick on all the cards, including maybe some silly photos etc. Hole punch each card & tie some ribbon, twine etc, to make a little personalised book for them. Right: Buy one of the little plastic sweetie tubes (or if you can't get hold of one of those any jar or container will work the same), fill with chocolate hearts, make the little 'kiss me' card & tie on with ribbon.

Hopefully you might find some of those could work for you but if not check out Pinterest there are so many ideas for DIY Crafts for Valentine's Day!

Lastly if you are planning a romantic night in, how about fancying up the dining area with some homemade Valentine Decorations?!? 

You have probably planned the meal, but make sure you don't forget to add the romantic touches to your rooms as well to make it extra special - who needs a fancy restaurant packed in like sardines with other couples when you can have a much more intimate night in at home?!!

Top ROW: Fortune Cookies these are really easy to make and you can find lots of ideas on Pinterest & templates on the internet for how to make them - just don't forget to fill them with romantic notes & who knows even saucy suggestions! 

Middle ROW: Left: Dine by candlelight. Decorate jars by glueing a paper doily and red heart to the front & securing with bakers twine. As you can see so simple by really effective too! Right: Make some heart bunting from paper, cardstock or pretty fabrics if you sew and decorate your room.

Bottom ROW: Make a sharing dessert & create lots of little bits to add a special touch. I also like the idea of tying together your cutlery maybe with a red ribbon, and putting some heart confetti on the table. Right: Of course he's bought you flowers! but you could create your own little Valentine table centre piece too ... grab a pot, paint it, fill with some oasis, wrap green raffia around some kebab sticks and glue in place. Cut out hearts & leaves from paper & card and stick on to the stems. Pop some shredded tissue or similar over the oasis & tie a bow around the pot.

So there you have it! You have a week of romantic crafting ahead of you ~ enjoy! And if you don't have time to make a gift this year check out my Valentine Gift selection here

Happy Valentine's Day to you all! 

Sarah X

'Open Me When' Envelopes for your Valentine

Well it's the season of 'love' and something is definitely in the air as I've not really made a Valentine collection before! Let's start with my very special 'Open Me When ...' Envelope Sets. These are all the rage on Pinterest! I stumbled across them by purely by accident and so I have created a lovely set with everything you need to get you started on your journey of romance with your partner!

First I decided on which occasions I would create an 'Open Me When Envelope' for and picking out some real corkers that your other halves will absolutely love you forever for! From there I was able to put together an ideas sheet (included in the set) for you so that once you receive your kit you can start personalising each envelope & it's contents before wrapping them all up in a ribbon to give to them on Valentine's Day (or if you miss this for Valentine I'm sure they would love it as a birthday present too!) 

Your husbands, boyfriends, girlfriends & wives will have to start somewhere so I've left it for you to write a little note to them and explain how much you love them. They have 12 envelopes to open at different times when they need them, but I have included quote cards & various other bits for you to include as part of the set. Here are just some of the colourful envelopes your partner will love all with a different 'open me when' occasions, colour captions & icons .. oh and don't forget the cute little post labels in the top right hand corners!

When they miss you why not spray some perfume on to the little card provided and pop in some photos of you together?

When they can't sleep - (I love this one) - I have created a little counting sheep quote card with ideas on the back as things they can do to help them get back to dreamland again!

Sometimes all any of us just need is a hug ... I think this will be one of those 'Open me when envelopes' that will make you very popular!

Most of the envelopes are there to help give your partner a little boost when they need it most, and none more than this one, find some silly photos of the two of you to include, some jokes etc. and they should be back on track in no time!

For days when they are feeling on top of the world let them have some fun & tell them how much you love them ..

It's hard to believe that after giving them this magnificent gift that your partners are ever going to be made at you but 'just in case' here's a little emergency envelope for them with a fun little quote card 'sorry coupon' they will just love to use & no doubt not be mad at you for very much longer! 

We all have days when we are feeling a bit stressed out and so this envelope will come in handy! They will love the little bubble wrap stress busting joke included in the set, plus I have included a few ideas for you to put in here on your ideas sheet. Hopefully they will feel nice and calm once this envelope is opened so you will have your normal happy partner back - stress .... what stress?

This envelope is one of my favourites, I would love someone to give me one of these! We all have them so to be able to open an envelope full of love from your partner must be one of the best remedies you can have & definitely make a bad day a whole lot better. PLUS they really are going to love you forever after this! 

There are some other envelopes included too including one for them to open on their birthday - you can find all the details on the website for this product. But have a look at the complete set below and you will see just how much is included. All you have to do now is get your thinking caps on .... print out loads of photos, write several letters, notes & poems  & add a few little things to include in your envelopes in time for Valentine's Day! You're going to be very busy but I promise you it will be worth it ... 

Oh .. and don't forget when all your hard work is complete & all wrapped up (ribbon included - you could also add some gifts to open on various occasions too and pop them all in a little gift box for them) to decorate your envelopes and way you like, add stickers & your own messages & hearts of course!  .. here's some ideas I found on Pinterest for you ...

Happy Valentine's to you all  - I hope this set makes a little bit of a difference in your lives this year ..

Sarah X