a penny for your thoughts :)

I made this for Valentine's Day...Just some felt cut into shapes and blanket stitched around the edges. Don't look too closely....a few of the hearts started to *wander* as I was sewing them...and I was too lazy to do them over :) This is the first one I'd made with white thread- I like it :) ><>

*recycled* love :)

I found this frame at Goodwill awhile back...The heart image I kept/hoarded from a sheet of *love* postage stamps a few years back. The torn vellum is out of a book of phrases that I've had for years. Voila :) and whenever I look at it....I feel a song coming on :) ><>

Pillow Making Day :)

So yesterday, whilst watching the Super Bowl for the commercials, I decided to multi-task and sew up some of the material I've been saving/hoarding into some Valentine's Day pillow fun- some for me, and some to give away. I was a little disappointed with the ones on the far right- spent time carefully tearing and weaving strips into a heart shape....but they don't look very heart-shapey on the finished pillow. Oh well- I love the colors anyway! And can I just say I'm a little sad that the National Anthem got goofed up? It always gives me goosebumps and makes me have *proud happy tears* when I hear it - but- chances are if I were attempting to sing it in front of a bazillion people...I would have fainted on the spot. One things's for sure- I'll bet Christina gets it right next time! Time to practice a little of the grace we've been given, eh? ><>

Vintage *Smurfage* :)

This little guy sits on the counter for Valentine's season...makes me smile everytime I look at him....and kinda reminds me to say "here's my heart, Jesus....take it...it belongs to you and you alone." And that's a big job for such a little Smurf :) ><>

Another use for stamps :)

*Back in the day* when I was making banners for church, I made this one when Valentine's Day fell on a Sunday. I printed the verse (one of my very favorites!) and then stamped the small hearts in a circle above it- then copied it onto acetate and used the overhead projector (a banner maker's best friend :) to paint it on some rose colored oil cloth. It's still one of my favorite banners :) ><>

New stamps! New stamps!

If you head on over to the Heart & Soul website (click through on the right of the page under "places I like to visit" ) you'll find some fun new things- and my *webmasterette* extraordinare Cyndy has *jazzed it up* a bit for Valentine's Day :) Here's one of the new phrases. I even had my sewing machine out (working on some pillows for the season) so I added some stitching with the bling & such. I should just leave that thing out all the time! :) ><>

more love....

I don't know why this is so blurry....hmmn. Sorry. Anyway, both heart & verse are Heart & Soul- just stamped the heart 3x in each color. A little brad in the corner. Oh and a 3D heart just for grins. Yippee <3