Valentine treats – Simply Renee.
Posted by Michelle on January 27th, 2010 . Filed under: Uncategorized .Today I’m sharing the post that I have up over at the Simply Renee blog. If you don’t know who Simply Renee is, that’s the company who makes the Clip It Up! and they’ve hired me as one of their new designers. They are really nice people too. Miss Renee herself called me on the phone – she’s got the sweetest voice and, she told me that I’m adorable *blush* So anywho, I’ll be doing some things for them – including a post next month with my little craft area reorg since getting my new Clip It Up! piece.
But for today, I’m sharing a fun lil’ Valentine project I made for my son’s second-grade class. I wanted to make something with these cute little acetate pillowboxes that I picked up at Embellish It Online.
I started by cutting some fun Pink Paislee paper in to 2.5″ strips. And then just for a little something extra (like a backache after doing 25 of these!), I added some stitching. I chose this wavy pattern instead of a straight-stitch or a a zig-zag because of the rounded pattern on the paper.
I then cut a busier piece of Pink Paislee paper in to 1.5″ strips and adhered them to the bottom of my stitched heart piece.
Then I filled my pillowboxes: a little heart notepad, a little Valentine game and some plastic Valentine confetti (all from Oriental Trading purchased for cheap out of season *wink*) and some little SweetTart candies – got those cheap too…more about that in a bit.
My happy little mess….
I also purchased these coordinating glittered chipboard letters and put each child’s initial on their own treat package to personalize it. I felt like the package needed just a little something else, so I used the brads that match from the Cupid line as well. Because I already had the paper adhered, I cut off the backs of the brads with a wire cutter and stuck a piece of dimensional adhesive on the back instead of having to poke anything through which could be dangerous for little kids anyhow.
I used different colors of ribbon – all from Papertrey Ink – Melon Berry, Spring Rain, Sweet Blush and Spring Moss (not shown).
And last but not least – the story of the candy. It’s Halloween candy! Oh no you didn’t. Oh yes I did! I totally put Halloween candy in a Valentine package – LOL I bought this $3.99 bag at Target after Halloween on clearance for 90% off. That would be 40-cents my friends. And candies like SweetTarts never go bad, plus, they’re nothing but colored sugar – just what the kids like, right?!
So what about you? Making anything special for the kiddies and their classmates?
I’d love to see it – link me up!
January 27th, 2010 at 6:19 am
Hey! Congrats on the new gig! Sounds FUN!!!
Love that curvy zig zag stitching!! Great treats for the kids!
I cheated this year and bought Valentine treats for Chloe…lol
January 27th, 2010 at 8:43 am
CONGRATS!!! Can't wait to see what you have in store for us! 🙂
Love, love, LOVE these treats! The colors are fantastic, and I love the peekaboo packaging! 🙂
January 27th, 2010 at 9:39 am
These are THE best Valentine treats EVER!!!! Love them, and Target clearance. 😀
January 27th, 2010 at 9:40 am
How cute! I love playing with the different stitching patterns on my machine too! I think I'm sticking to my tag idea for the kids & their pals Vday treats… though, I should probably get started on that soon, huh? Yeah, probably. Lol! I love those chipboard alphas, btw… love 'em. 🙂
And you GO girl!… High five on the new spot w/Simply Renee! Looking forward to seeing how you use that bad boy (clip it up)
January 27th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
These turned out awesome! Love seeing how cool it looks before you sew and after you sew. I gotta learn someday. REALLY. Have to. The kids are absolutely going to love these!!!
February 17th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
Just fabulous! I can't stitch in a straight line, let alone in any kind of pattern! LOL Congrats on the Clip-it-Up gig. I LOVE my clip-it-ups (yes, I have multiples and I'm contemplating purchasing another one.)! Anyhow, looks like you've been super busy with all sorts of fabulous valentines. Thanks for playing in our project parade! 🙂