Valentine DIY

I always love it when a DIY post pops up into my Google Reader. Although, this one isn’t really in depth, hopefully it will get your gears turning. =)

About 2 weeks ago, Josh came home with a note stating his class was having a contest for the best decorated valentine box. I was excited! Josh, not so much. So, I checked around on the net for ideas finding nothing that really tickled my fancy.  After that, it kind of sat on the back burner until the weekend before. Of course it did! I’m a huge procrastinator. (it’s my mother’s fault…)

I finally decided on a monster with a big mouth. Not too original I’m sure, but I knew it could be cute. We sprayed the box black, hit up Michaels for pom-poms, pipe cleaners, googly- eyes and the like. We came home and stuck everything on. (okay so maybe it was me and Julie moreso than Josh….he really hates crafts of any kind) Josh did help me glitter the heart antennas though. =)

Behold:

Cute, right?? And……he won first place. =)  Yay! Go, me! (I mean Josh.)

So, onto the next project. Last night, again…the night before her party, I scanned an old vintage Valentine and ironed it on a shirt for Julie.

Sounds simple, doesn’t it? Well…..If you don’t count the hour it took trying to get it printed out. Or time time wasted ironing it onto a BLACK shirt. FYI, you need special transfer paper made for dark shirts if you actually want the image to show up. HA! Anyway, second time was a charm. =) Happy Valentines Day, everyone!

By the way, thanks SO much to those of you who have entered the March Client of the Month contest on the post below! =)