Design by Night

  When I was a kid my mom would make sure I had accessories for every holiday, often making them. To this day I still like to wear holiday earrings, pins and hair accessories. As you can see this heart ribbon makes and adorable headband but it can probably be used for so much more, such as, a pin or a Valentine's day card.     Supplies: 3 yards of 3/8" Wide Ribbon (I used two colors so you will need a yard and a half of each) Glue Gun Scissors Headband Felt Cut two sets of ribbon in the following sizes: 4.4", 5.5" and 6.5" Using a lighter carefully singe the end of the ribbon to stop it from fraying. Align one set of ribbon so they are flush on one end. Using the glue gun, hot glue the aligned ends together in order, largest to smallest. You should have two sets of three. Take your two groupings of ribbon and align them in a "V" gluing the right hand set on top of the other as shown above. Take the s...

Anchors away boys! Don't be afraid to ask your sailor boy for a little extra love this Valentine's Day. Download this FREE Valentine's Day card to tell him how you really feel. The card should be printed at 100% on letter sized (8.5 x 11) paper. Trim the card using the crop marks and fold in half. The final size is 4.25" x 5.5". I printed my sample on red card stock to give it a little more XOXO. The cards will fit in a standard A2 (4-3/8" x 5-3/4"), however if you do not have an envelope handy you can refer to my Recycled Paper Envelope to create one.