Owl Valentines

I love Valentine's Day! It's definitely one of my favorite holidays. I love the valentines exchanges, the treats, the hearts... I pretty much love it all. Here are some adorable owl valentines you can create yourself.

Supplies: Solid-colored cardstock, wrapping paper or patterned scrapbook paper, scissors, a glue stick, and a pencil.

First you need to download and print out your templates. To do this, go HERE and click 'download or print'. Cut the shapes out to use as stencils and trace around each one with a pencil on patterned or solid cardstock. Be sure to trace on the back of the paper, so your pencil marks won't show on the front side. You should have two wings, a body, a heart, a beak, one white shape and two smaller black dots (for the eyes).

Now glue the pieces on the body. Getting the wings in the perfect spot can be tricky - this was all hand-drawn so it's not perfect :) You may need to trim a corner off so the edges match.

Voila!

Aren't they super cute?

Now you can attach a piece of candy on the back with tape and write a cute little owl pun ;)

This project can be time consuming, so I would recommend making these valentines for a small bunch of friends. Don't be afraid to make them all different colors and patterns, too. I even jazzed some up with a thin coat of liquid glue on the wings and sprinkled on glitter.

Happy Valentine's Day!

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Caramel Corn

This caramel corn is one of my mom's old recipes, but it's the best. I could seriously munch on this all day long. Actually, it was kind of my main course for lunch yesterday (teehee). Ingredients: 2 cups brown sugar 1 cup butter 1/2 cup white corn syrup 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon vanilla 10-15 cups popped popcorn Boil first four ingredients for 5 minutes. Stir in soda and vanilla. Pour over 10-15 cups popped popcorn. Mix well. Pour mixture onto waxed paper; let cool. Break into chunks. Enjoy! I know I will be... ;) Check out this month's sponsor:

10 Things I Can't Live Without

Let's jump right in to ten things I can't live without...

Zoe. Have you met my dog? Her name is Zoe and she is about nine years old. She's a chihuahua-dachshund mix (a.k.a. a Chiweenie) and hates being picked up. BUT, I couldn't live without her (she's my baby).  My Laptop. I can't really imagine quitting blogging. It has been such a big part of my life now that It's always on my mind. Needless to say, I would hate to lose connection with the blogging community. =)

Chocolate. 'Nuff said

Disney movies. The best thing to watch when you're sick.

My Camera. I love practicing photography and capturing sweet memories. I'm hoping I can upgrade to a DSLR soon.

Pizza. I could eat pizza every day of my life if I had to.

Sunsets. Arizona's are especially pretty.

Target. #1 on my Favorite Places to Shop list.

Music. I love making it and I love listening to it. I sing when I'm happy, sad, angry, etc. and it definitely helps.

And last but not least,

Love. Because who can live without it?

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What's something you can't live without?

Valentine Garland d.i.y.

Yesterday I saw Warm Bodies with some friends. I do NOT have a strong stomach at all, and it's a zombie movie. Zombies eat brains (and people too). Even though it was kinda gross, it was a really cute love story and had several hilarious parts. Speaking of love (sort of)... I made a cute + simple Valentine's heart garland. You can make one too!

1. Gather some baker's twine (I bought mine at Hobby Lobby) and felt. 2. Cut out a heart shape from paper for your template and pin it to the felt. 3. Cut out several hearts (I made a short garland, so I cut out seven) using the paper as a guideline 4. Hot glue the twine to the back of your hearts.
I love mine! It turned out exactly how I wanted it to :)

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