Happy Whimsical Hearts

Valentine’s Swap

Valentine’s Day is celebrated in Australia, but not to the same extent as in the States (at least that’s my experience), so when Linda from Natural Suburbia was organising a Valentine’s swap I thought it would be fun to share some love 🙂

As soon as I signed up I had ideas racing around my mind, I was thinking about inking a tea cup, possibly with some Jane Austen quotes…

…and it turned out that my swapping partner, Kathleen from Through Our Garden Gate, loves Jane Austen! Perfect huh! So I got inking ~

‘When I fall in love, it will be forever‘

and

‘I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature‘

I also packaged up a Valentine’s gnome and door set too 🙂 Then I sent my little parcel of heart and hand made love off to Kathleen. You can read more about them at Kathleen’s blog 😉

Funnily, Kathleen and I received our parcels on the same day! Master D was super excited as we opened our box to discover yummy candy, a cute pot and a Valentine’s wreath, together with a lovely card and love quotes!

The pot is so sweet, it says ‘1 part dirt, 1 part water, 1 part sun, 1 part love‘

And doesn’t the wreath look lovely on our door! Thank you so much Kathleen 🙂 And to Linda for organising the swap!

I’m sharing these crafts at Frontier Dreams ~ Keep Calm and Craft On.

Warmly, Kelly

February 11, 2012 by Kelly

Tie Dye – Marker Style

Master D has had a growth spurt! Which is fantastic because I have been wanting to try out tie dye – marker style ~ inspired by Beneath the Rowan Tree.

So we ran out and got a couple of nice white t-shirts (and they were on sale too). Then we got straight into it 🙂 It feels rather wicked to draw on clothes with permanent markers doesn’t it! Master D seemed thrilled to do so (we did have a chat about not normally doing such things!).