Thumbs Up!

Who doesn't love a good handmade Valentine? But what I really love even more is knocking off a fantastic creative idea and making it work for me! None of the guts, all of the glory, I always say! This year, while cruising a favorite craft blog, U Create, (who has been so kind as to feature us before) I found these.

After school we had our photoshoot. This angle takes a bit of practice.


Then I got to work selecting the best photos, adding text, and printing them at Costco for $.13 each:

How can I NOT prominently feature kindergarten's toothless wonder?

As always, sweet.

Now here is the part where I am multi-tasking and making dinner (Meatless Thursday - whole wheat waffles with a 4 berry sauce) and slicing the photos to make slits for the blow pops and I didn't have a 3rd hand to take a picture. I used a rotary cutter because I couldn't find my X-Acto knife quickly. I just made about a 1/2 slit at the top and bottom of the fist and honestly, I think the rotary cutter was easier than the X-Acto would have been. I just pressed the blade to the picture (on a cutting mat) and it made the perfect slit.

While I was gone last night I left my kiddos and husband assembling the Valentines. I came home to these piles on the sofa and chair:



I think these are a total riot! They were super fun to make and oh so unique. Even my husband, who is pretty jaded by the crafting around here, was impressed.