~Valentines for kids and Wire Heart Bangle Bracelet~

 It's possible that my creativity level is at

an all time low right now. 

Total bummer because making our Valentines each year

is usually a highlight for me.

For my son's Valentines I completely relied

on Pinterest for a little copy cat action. 

After pinning a few and showing them to my 

little guy, this is the one he chose to make for 

his class: 

Isn't it adorable? There's a free download/printable

for this and you can find it (HERE) at

design.wash.rinse.repeat..

We intended to do this for the whole class

but unfortunately when my printer got low

on ink, we had to come up with another

Valentine's game plan. 

We did this:

I made the note myself but I found the

idea for this Valentine at "Paging Supermom"...(HERE).

If we hadn't already done the Yoda Valentines we

would have done this for all the boys instead.

So-half the boys are getting Yoda-the other

half are getting the paratroopers.

The girls are getting this:

I got this free printable (HERE) at

Living, Loving, Learning Naturally. 

For the girls we attached a heart shaped ring pop

because.....duh-A girl's gotta get her some

jewelry for Valentine's Day....and her birthday....

and Christmas....and anniversaries....

On that note....

this is what I made for his teacher:

 Simple little heart bangles in contrasting metals.

She can wear each one alone or stack them.

They were super easy and I like the simplicity

of them. Guess what I'll also be making 

myself for Valentines? 

Hope your Valentine's Day is filled 

with lots of love and happiness.

~Handmade Wire Swirl Rings~

 Sometimes my favorite creations happen when

I'm sitting with my supplies, pre-occupied with 

a phone conversation or something else and

I just start tinkering around. 

Like these: the rings I made for a few of my girlfriends

for Christmas gifts. 

It all started with this ring:

 I loved it so much I decided to go ahead 

and make a couple more. 

They literally took like 10 minutes to make.

They aren't the sturdiest or best quality and

they will for sure turn the finger green if 

they get wet. I don't want to buy high quality (expensive)

wire until I get my technique down better. 

I've made a few more since these and I get

a little better with each one. I'd love to learn 

how to spell out words or names with the wire. 

I go thru phases with my jewelry making. 

Right now I'm in a wire phase. I love all the

different ways it can be manipulated and transformed. 

Wait till you see the beautiful bracelets I

made with wire to go with these rings......

next time.

Hopefully within 2 months time but I wouldn't hold

your breath......just in case. 

Happy 2014 Heart-and-Sew'l Readers!

~harvest garland~

 Hello long lost blogging friends.

Hopefully you've all not given up on me. 

My lack of blog posts hasn't been due to 

lack of projects completed. 

It's been entirely due to lack of computer time. 

I'll spare you the details and excuses.

I kept my Thanksgiving deco this year real simple.

I had a bag full of big, beautiful, vibrant leafs 

that I gathered in my Aunt's yard that I knew I

wanted to use for something. I decided

to make a simple harvest garland with them.

I added some pine cones and called it good. 

If I get around to it you'll be seeing more 

of the leafs and pine cones on my 

Thanksgiving table setting. 

 

I'm thinking I'll be using the pine cones for 

Christmas decorating too.....

keeping it simple.

~Netflix lovin~

We don't have cable or satellite or whatever

it's called nowadays. 

Instead-we have Netflix.

What did we ever do without it? 

I tend to like the gritty, crazy, 

"Did that really just happen?" type of shows. 

My two favorite as of this month:

Love this show. 

This is NOT for the faint of heart. 

It's twisted and just gross sometimes but

the twists and turns the storyline and characters

have taken throughout the series is

genius. 

My latest obsession on Netflix:

 LOVE THIS!

Again....NOT for the faint of heart.

The language and content is quite gnarly 

at times but the storyline and character

development is amazing.  

This one is a Netflix original so I don't know 

if you're able to watch it anywhere but Netflix.

As embarrassing as it is to admit,

I've also been watching these:

 Hey...we've all got our guilty pleasures!

Give me some slack here.

In case you're dying to know.....

Khloe is my favorite. 

What are you watching these days?

~glorified bobbi pins~

Has it really been that long since I 

posted anything on here?

Busy summer.

Hence the reason, this project I'm about 

to show you is SUPER EASY!

Like, the easiest I've ever done. 

 

BEHOLD.....

the glorified bobbi pin!

  

This is how I did it.....

bobbi pins.

nail polish.

It's just that easy!

 

~Kids target game with swim noodles~

 I wish I had pinned the idea when I saw

it so I could give credit where it's due......

but I didn't. So-let me just get it out there

that this wasn't my idea-I saw it on Pinterest

at the beginning of the summer and made it

for my kids the following week.

Materials needed:

7 swim noodles

clear packing tape

re-bar or shepherds hooks to hold it up

water balloons or a ball

This was all done by taping the noodles 

together with clear packing tape and then

attaching them to our hooks in the grass

with tape. We used water balloons and made 

this part of an obstacle course.

The kids LOVED it!

Total cost of project:

$8

A very cheap afternoon of fun with the kids.

~recycled hair pretties~

 I pull my hair up. A lot.

Like...almost everyday.

Especially in the summer.

It's just too hot to wear it down most days. 

I love a little bling in my hair and

I got this bright idea to refashion a couple 

of REALLY old barrettes that I haven't worn

for a long time. I haven't got rid of them because

I like the size....one is real big and the other is real small.

They were very plain and boring...which is why 

I rarely used them. Honestly-I'm shocked I've

kept them this long.

I took this:

 ...and turned it into this:

 My little guy took the pics and was so proud of himself.

"Ooh...this is a good one Mom."

The small barrette I didn't get a before picture of.

It was just a little, clear barrette. 

This is what it looks like now:

I wear this A LOT now.

I actually didn't have to use the E-6000 glue

for these. The embellishments already had an

adhesive on them and they stuck really well

to the barrettes. I found these embellishments

in the scrapbook section at Michael's.

They are scrapbook stickers! 

Who would have thought?

This is about the easiest refashion I have 

EVER done. And I figure all the hairspray

I use will just help to permanently affix 

these do-dads onto the barrette.