You’re The Star Blog Hop – Valentine’s Day

Hello and welcome to You’re The Star Blog Hop Creative Features Valentine’s Day! Find many wonderful ideas and tips on Creative Features! Please share your ideas too, by linking up your inspiring posts. Visit the blogs and get more stories behind it. And by clicking the CLICK HERE on below post, you can link your posts and able to find more other linked posts about fantastic recipes, beautiful home decor, DIYs, creative tips, family posts and gardening on this party! Tons of ideas from different fantastic bloggers who have linked their amazing posts.

Congratulations to all featured bloggers, very inspiring posts! If you want your inspiring posts to be featured too, please join the link up! Old and new post as long as it’s new in You’re The Star Blog Hop. Find the link up button at the end of this post! Your linked posts will be visible to all hosts / co-hosts’ blog and each week will be a themed feature which selected by co-host of the theme; I’m in Creative Week, so together with other creative co-hosts; I’ll be choosing creative bloggers who link up here to be featured on Creative Week every month.

Then, what are you waiting for? But before we go to the party, let me share my post.

DIY Love Container For Valentine

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WELCOME to the second week of the February 2023 “You’re the Star” Blog Hop!

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WELCOME to CREATIVE feature week of the February 2023 “You’re the STAR” blog hop!
Meet your CREATIVE week Hosts

This week is CREATIVE feature week

Swing by the Creative hosting Team’s blogs:

Colleen @ Butterfly in the Attic
Mel @ Decor Craft Design

This is a month long Linky party featuring YOU!

There will be 4 different features each week and 4 different feature categories. Just to be clear – this is NOT a themed party – you may link up ANY family-friendly blog posts any day of each month.
The “theme” occurs in our weekly features:
WEEK#2 CREATIVE – arts & crafts, music, writing &/or dramatic arts (this can include sewing, yarn work, dance, art history, handmade jewelry, painting, computer art, fashion etc – anything creative while remaining family friendly)

(These features were chosen from the January 2023 “You’re the Star” blog hop)

Denim Hearts by The Apple Street Cottage

Heart Garland Hanging Decoration by Steph Creates

15 Minutes To Stitch by Colletta’s Kitchen Sink

Make Your Own Faux Snowballs by Studio 27 By Jennifer Adams

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Happiness Is Homemade – Happy Valentine

Welcome to Happiness is Homemade #466 Happy Valentine! Happy coming Valentine’s Day!! Great ideas for Valentine’s Day and fantastic Valentine features!

This Week’s Features

If you’re looking for inspiration for Valentine’s dinner this Wednesday, look no further. Ann from Ann’s Entitled Life set up this fabulous Valentine’s tablescape that you can tweak here and there to work for a romantic night in or for dinner with the family.

Kristie over at Love My Little Cottage is a talented artist, and that shows through with her “mush love” flower pot painting! She said that’s she’s become obsessed with painting these cute little mushrooms and I can see why.

Radha over at Magical Ingredients shared the perfect Valentine’s breakfast recipe, strawberry ombre pancakes.

While we’re rolling with the pink colors, I had to include this beautiful growth ruler made by Lee Ann over at Creative Moments.

Since I live down on the Gulf Coast where Mardi Gras is huge, I had to share these white chocolate pretzel rods made for the holiday by Premeditated Leftovers. This year it falls on my daughter’s birthday so it’s going to be a day of parades, parties, and fun, and these delicious treats will fit right in! Fun fact: Mardi Gras parades and fanfare did not start in New Orleans! It started in Mobile, Alabama, then moved west where I live, then on to New Orleans a bit later.

Favorite Pick

Textured Heart Shelf Sitter Valentine’s Decoration

On to the Party!

Thank you for joining us this week whether you are a blogger sharing your latest posts OR a reader enjoying all of the inspirational shares! Don’t forget to drop by and say hello to all our hostesses, they always appreciate your visit! Here are all of our hostesses at Happiness Is Homemade!

Linda @ A Labour of Life

Sinea @ Ducks ‘n a Row

Beverly @ Eclectic Red Barn

Katie @ Love My Messy Messy Mess

Mel @ Décor Craft Design

Niki @ Life as a Leo Wife

Would you like to be a part of Happiness Is Homemade? We are looking for hostesses to join our team. If you are interested, please email any one of the Happiness Is Homemade hostesses and let them know. We would love to have you join our party.

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Thank you for linking up! For more of my future Valentine’s posts, please follow me! And if you wanted to add my creations to your Pinterest boards, please follow me on Pinterest! Also find me on Instagram and Twitter

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DIY Love Container For Valentine

Valentine’s Day is near, you may want to give some sweats to your loved ones, but you need a special appearance for the sweets to impress your loved ones. A handmade container will impress more than a store bought. It will not cost you a lot as my idea is recycling some used things; in this case I used Pringles can and a decorative tissue paper which I get from a party that is still clean. It’s a cute way to show your love, especially those who love saving environment. Scroll down to see how I made this Love Container for Valentine’s Day.

Things To Prepare

It’s a short list of supplies that you need to prepare. Try to replace it with something similar to my material if you don’t have the same one. Just use whatever you have in your craft stash. Let’s see what are the list supplies which used to make this DIY Love Container for Valentine :

Pringles can
Decorative tissue paper
Decorative paper
Pink jute rope
Rose ribbon ornaments
Paper glue
Clear glue

How To Make

To show how much we love our loved ones, . Anyway, just follow these easy steps on how to do DIY Love Container for Valentine :

1 . Make sure your Pringles can is cleaned. Wrap your Pringles can with a decorative paper. I used vertical lines with shades of pink decorative paper.

2. Cut a tissue paper on the picture that you like to use. Mine is a drawing of a Eiffel Tower in France with roses and macarons. I love it, it’s vintage and romantic.

3. Now paste the cut-tissue paper carefully to the wrapped-Pringles can. Use paper glue.

4. Then you can decorate the lid. Take some rose ribbon ornaments and paste it one by one around the Pringles lid. It goes well with the tissue paper pattern of roses.

5. Last touch is to draw or apply some glue to the side of the picture of Eiffel Tower a shape of heart. Use the pink jute rope to to make the heart. Isn’t it pretty?

I think it’s pretty enough to hold your yummy sweets and use it as a Valentine’s gift to your loved ones. A handmade gift plus sweets? That’s surely showers of love! By the way, it’s easy to make, right?

This Love Container project is my contribution to The Sustainable Craft Challenge Blog Hop hosted by Julie with her beautiful blog Sum of Their Stories. It’s a craft challenge with a sustainable principle behind it which comes in different theme every month. This month, the theme is “LOVE” and last month was “WARM“. I love to be part of this challenge as I love to upcycle things into something new, pretty and useful.

Now, let’s see what other blogger’s projects!

Sum of their Stories	Upcycle a Plastic Container with Paint Pens
Our Good Life	Wine Cork Phone Holder
Sew Crafty Crochet	Valentine’s Day Gnome Scarf
Decor Craft Design	DIY Love Container For Valentine
Treasures Made From Yarn	Heart Garland
Vicky Myers Creations	How to make a cute paper heart garland
Purple Hues and Me	Wire Hanger Soda Can Heart Wreath
Life as a LEO Wife	Winter Door Hanger without a Cricut
A Rose Tinted World	DIY Heart Garland from Upcycled Cards
Christine’s Crafts	Easy Valentine’s cards using paper scraps.
Songbird	DIY Lace Valentine’s Hearts
Mimi – A Great Name for Grandma	DIY Valentine Branch Tree
Southern Sunflowers	How to Decorate a Tin Can Planter

For more of my future Winter and Valentine’s posts, please follow me! And if you wanted to add my creations to your Pinterest boards, please follow me on Pinterest! Also find me on Instagram and Twitter!

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Happiness Is Homemade – Love Is On The Way

Welcome to Happiness is Homemade 465 Love Is On The Way! Always have a difficult time choosing from all of the great posts that all of you share here on the party. I’m so glad that I get to choose during this month of love!

This Week’s Features

MaryJo over at Master”pieces” of My Life shared 5 fantastic Valentine’s decorations that can be made with moss, like this fabulous XOXO wreath. I love that all of the ideas are unique and move away from the standard red and pink of normal Valentine’s decor ideas!

If you’re creating an at home Valentine’s celebration like we are, this heart napkin fold creating by Debbee of Debbee’s Buzz would be the perfect addition to your tablescape of love!

These heart shaped rice krispie treats, shared by Lenny of Fat Dad Foodie, would be the perfect addition to your child’s classroom Valentine’s Day party. You wouldn’t even have to send an extra Valentine for each child because these cuties would be made in their very own heart shaped cookie cutter that they can take home!

I’m sure that all of our crafty friends out there have some scrap wood lying around somewhere. This DIY pallet photo holder made by Regina from Saved from Salvage would be a great way to use up some of that wood that’s just collecting dust. It’s a piece of decor that you can change up for every season and holiday with ease!

Julie over at Sum of Their Stories made this recycled heart art canvas was made with things that she found in her craft stash, and I’m sure you have everything you need to make your own already. I can just picture a large version of this as a photo backdrop for a wedding (in your wedding colors) or for parties. Wouldn’t that be cute?!

Favorite Pick!

Love Window vignette at the Top of the Stairs

On to the Party!

Linda @ A Labour of Life

Sinea @ Ducks ‘n a Row

Beverly @ Eclectic Red Barn

Katie @ Love My Messy Messy Mess

Mel @ Décor Craft Design

Niki @ Life as a Leo Wife

Don’t forget to stop by Home Matters Linky Party…

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See you soon!

Link up your creativity!

Home Matters Linky Party – LOVE

Welcome to the weekly Home Matters Linky Party #415 Love

A great place to come, share your blog posts, and make new friends.

We are so glad you are here with us each week.

Before we start the party, let me share my Winter project:

How To Make Easy Valentine’s Treats Decoration

Meet the hosts!

Donna @ Modern On Monticello — Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram

Mel @ Decor Craft Design — Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram

Allyson @ Southern Sunflowers — Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram

My feature picks this week!

Valentine’s Tablescape for Just You and Me

Learn how to Create Simple No Sew Shabby Chic Pillow Covers

Hearts and Flowers

How To Make Moss Covered Heart

Home Matters Linky Party Guidelines:

Please link up no more than THREE posts each week–try to make sure that they are new links that you have not shared here previously.
Please take some time to poke around and visit some of the other links.
Please take some time to check out your hosts and co-hosts on social media.
We appreciate the variety of blogs on the www; however, the Home Matters Party is for links on matters of the HOME. Please link accordingly.
We ask that you do not add other Linky Parties, Blog Hops, or Giveaways–unless you begin the party with a new project, recipe or post.
On the same note, please do not add links of an extremist, political or strong controversial nature. (The hosts and co-hosts read each and every blog post linked and will contact you directly if you have linked something that does not fit into the realm of the party.)

With your help, we can continue to grow the Home Matters Party! Thank you!

We are looking for Co-Hosts. Help us Rock this party!
If you are interested, please contact Donna at radforddesignstudio@gmail.com.

Link Up!

By joining the Home Matters Linky Party you are giving permission for all hosts and co-hosts to use and share any part of your post, including pictures, for party promotion, as featured posts, in party photo collages, on blogs, and across social media, etc. All credits will be given to the original source.

Thank you for joining in the fun and excitement at the Home Matters Linky Party. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do. We look forward to chatting with you in the comments.

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How To Make Easy Valentine’s Treats Decoration

Do you celebrate Valentine’s Day? You want to have a simple celebration but enough to bring up the Love vibes? Then my Easy Valentine’s Treat Decoration will help you prepare one of the elements for Valentine’s Day. Have a cute simple treats on Valentine’s Day is forgiven, pink shades are not tacky, so combine these two things, then you’ve got yourself a valentine’s treats which able to decorate your Valentine’s Day simple celebration.

I made a very easy Valentine’s Treats Decoration from a cute Valentine’s container which made out of a Pringles can and some pink and blue marshmallows. I think marshmallows are perfect for Valentine’s Day treats beside chocolates and candies. Marshmallows are sweet, soft, yummy, come in many soft pretty colors and usually looks adorable even in just a regular marshmallow form. Don’t you agree?

Things To Prepare

Like always, I use things that I can find on my craft supplies and always try to repurpose or recycling things. I don’t intentionally buy new supplies unless it’s an essential part of my project that I don’t have. Let’s see what are the list supplies which were used to make this Easy Valentine’s Day Treats Decoration :

Small Pringles can
Decorative paper wrap (mine is with heart pattern)
Pink ribbon
Clear glue and paper glue
Pink paper straw
Marshmallows in white and pink

How To Make

An adorable Valentine’s container with marshmallows is super easy to make and serve. The Valentine’s treats can be a decoration element as well. Anyway, just follow these easy steps on how to make Easy Valentine’s Treats Decoration :

1 . Prepare a small Pringles can or any other similar can. Make sure it’s cleaned.

2. Cut the decorative paper wrapper to the size of the can and then glue it to wrap the Pringles can.

3. Next is to paste a small pink ribbon around the top and bottom of the Pringles holder with clear glue. Your Valentine’s Treats holder is done!

4. Now, take some pink and white marshmallow and thrust it one by one to each pink straw.

5. Lastly, arrange all of those pink and white marshmallows on straw in the Valentine’s holder. Super cute for Valentine’s treats decoration isn’t it?

This easy Valentine’s Treats is great for Valentine’s Day decoration. It can be one of a great Valentine’s treats decoration on the Valentine’s treat station in your home. Mixed it with other treats or maybe even make more of this Valentine’s treats and put it along your Valentine’s tablescape as a center piece. Be creative with it.

For more of my future Winter and Valentine’s Day posts, please follow me! And if you wanted to add my creations to your Pinterest boards, please follow me on Pinterest! Also find me on Instagram and Twitter!

Happiness Is Homemade 464 Celebrating Love

Welcome to Happiness Is Homemade Link Party 464 Celebrating Love

Come dazzle us with what you are making, baking or creating this week.

Happiness is Homemade 464 Features

Last week was a hodgepodge of ideas but this week promised to be even more so lol. First up the coolest Valentines Gift Idea for the cook in your life. The Painted Apron tells us “

This month I’m making gifts for the cook or chef, his and hers, Valentine and Galentine! They consist of a pot holder filled with a kitchen utensil, a towel, chocolates, hand painted Valentine cards, a recipe and heart cookie cutters tied on with ribbons”

Valentines Table Setting

And surprisng literally no-one who attends my bloghops, A Valentines Table is my next feature. Anne’s Entitled Life has not just some sage advise but alo a little table inspiration for the Heart Day.

Red Velvet Waffles

Our Tiny Nest was truly inspired this week. Taking a Red Velvet craving and turning it into a very tasty Valentines Day Breakfast treat. “with Valentine’s Day approaching, I was in the mood to bake something red velvet inspired. These red velvet waffles are so indulgent and are perfect for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day or anytime you just want to spoil yourself or someone you love. The best part, they are made with red velvet cake mix and topped with a homemade cream cheese whipped topping you can prepare ahead of time.”

Bake and Decorate

This next feature combines my love of baking cookies and entertaining/party Planning. How fun is a Valentines Day Cookie Decorating Party. Chloe from Celebrate and Decorate walks us through all of the steps of the Party.

Dollar Tree Hearts

My final feature this week ( and this month actually) is from Creatively Beth. She is sharing the most adorable buffalo plaid heart created with Dollar Tree supplies. How could I not feature that, right. Pinning this not just to our Happiness is Homemade feature Board but also to my Dollar Tree Valentines Day Craft board. A double win from a pinning point of view.

On to the Party!

Linda @ A Labour of Life

Sinea @ Ducks ‘n a Row

Beverly @ Eclectic Red Barn

Katie @ Love My Messy Messy Mess

Mel @ Décor Craft Design

Niki @ Life as a Leo Wife

Don’t forget to stop by Home Matters Linky Party…

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See you soon!

Link up your creativity!

Home Matters Linky Party – Hearts

Welcome to the weekly Home Matters Linky Party #414 Hearts

A great place to come, share your blog posts, and make new friends.

We are so glad you are here with us each week.

Before we start the party, let me share my Valentine project:

Easy Valentine’s Card With One Colored Pencil

Meet the hosts!

Donna @ Modern On Monticello — Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram

Mel @ Decor Craft Design — Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram

Allyson @ Southern Sunflowers — Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram

My feature picks this week!

DIY Decorative Wooden Cutting Board

How to make this Cute as can be Valentine’s candy dish

Denim Hearts

Valentine Bark Recipe with Free Printable

Home Matters Linky Party Guidelines:

Please link up no more than THREE posts each week–try to make sure that they are new links that you have not shared here previously.
Please take some time to poke around and visit some of the other links.
Please take some time to check out your hosts and co-hosts on social media.
We appreciate the variety of blogs on the www; however, the Home Matters Party is for links on matters of the HOME. Please link accordingly.
We ask that you do not add other Linky Parties, Blog Hops, or Giveaways–unless you begin the party with a new project, recipe or post.
On the same note, please do not add links of an extremist, political or strong controversial nature. (The hosts and co-hosts read each and every blog post linked and will contact you directly if you have linked something that does not fit into the realm of the party.)

With your help, we can continue to grow the Home Matters Party! Thank you!

We are looking for Co-Hosts. Help us Rock this party!
If you are interested, please contact Donna at radforddesignstudio@gmail.com.

Link Up!

Thank you for joining in the fun and excitement at the Home Matters Linky Party. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do. We look forward to chatting with you in the comments.

Don’t forget to stop by Happiness Is Homemade Link Party…

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Thank you for linking up! For more of my futureWinter and Valentine posts, please follow me! And if you wanted to add my creations to your Pinterest boards, please follow me on Pinterest! Also find me on Instagram and Twitter

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Link up your creativity!

Happiness Is Homemade 463 Winter of Love

Welcome to Happiness Is Homemade! Come dazzle us with what you are making, baking or creating this week.

For those who missed last week’s party, please click here

Last week I found a football cake and this week What the Fork Food Blog has dazzled me with another treat, FootBall Treats to be precise. Chocolate Rice Krispie Treats cut into football shapes and coated in two kinds of chocolate. Football parties won’t be complete without these Football Rice Krispie Treats on the table.

Work Comfort

Next up combining a bit of decor with some practicality. Comfort Spring Station has us covered in this new world of Remote work. At Home Offices are becoming far more popular so how about a few fun tips on Making the Most of your Home Office.

January is Taco to me Time

Put a twist on Taco Tuesday and make this easy soup recipe packed with the flavors of tacos. Flour on my Face sure caught my attention this month with a delicious looking Taco Soup Recipe. Winter is soup season and this is a perfect addition to my recipe box.

Orange you Glad

Well Nancy C has shared a tasty Orange Cranberry Smoothie. If you’re wanting to have healthier breakfasts in the new year, or if you just like cranberries, keep this recipe in mind! Do you make smoothies often?

Wine Lovers Upcycle

and finally a real fun craft and an excuse for those of us who enjoy wine to get crafting lol. Beth from Creatively Beth has created the cutest snowman. Create an Upcycled DIY Snowman from Wine Corks in just 30 minutes. Put those recycled wine corks to good use in your Winter home décor, creating a farmhouse-inspired snowman.

MEL’S PICK

Little Valentine’s House

On to the Party!

Linda @ A Labour of Life

Sinea @ Ducks ‘n a Row

Beverly @ Eclectic Red Barn

Katie @ Love My Messy Messy Mess

Mel @ Décor Craft Design

Niki @ Life as a Leo Wife

Don’t forget to stop by Home Matters Linky Party…

Don’t forget to stop by You’re The Star Blog Hop…

See you soon!

Link up your creativity!

Home Matters Linky Party – Pink Valentine

Welcome to the weekly Home Matters Linky Party #413 Pink Valentine.

A great place to come, share your blog posts, and make new friends.

We are so glad you are here with us each week.

Before we start the party, let me share my Winter project:

DIY Valentine’s Gift Pink Container With Initial

Easy Valentine’s Card With One Colored Pencil

Meet the hosts!

Donna @ Modern On Monticello — Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram

Mel @ Decor Craft Design — Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram

Allyson @ Southern Sunflowers — Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram

My feature picks this week!

Winter Tablescape With Rose Gold Decor – Stunning Yet Simple

DIY Valentine Pillow

Valentine Sprinkle Cookie Recipe

Dollar Tree Hanging Heart Decoration

Home Matters Linky Party Guidelines:

Please link up no more than THREE posts each week–try to make sure that they are new links that you have not shared here previously.
Please take some time to poke around and visit some of the other links.
Please take some time to check out your hosts and co-hosts on social media.
We appreciate the variety of blogs on the www; however, the Home Matters Party is for links on matters of the HOME. Please link accordingly.
We ask that you do not add other Linky Parties, Blog Hops, or Giveaways–unless you begin the party with a new project, recipe or post.
On the same note, please do not add links of an extremist, political or strong controversial nature. (The hosts and co-hosts read each and every blog post linked and will contact you directly if you have linked something that does not fit into the realm of the party.)

With your help, we can continue to grow the Home Matters Party! Thank you!

We are looking for Co-Hosts. Help us Rock this party!
If you are interested, please contact Donna at radforddesignstudio@gmail.com.

Link Up!

Thank you for joining in the fun and excitement at the Home Matters Linky Party. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do. We look forward to chatting with you in the comments.

See you soon!

Link up your creativity!

Easy Valentine’s Card With One Colored Pencil

Giving a handmade Valentine’s card for your loved ones will leave a special meaning. You can craft a Valentine’s card or draw your Valentine’s card. This time I’m going to share an idea of an Easy Valentine’s Card With One Colored Pencil. Yes, You will only need to use a pink colored pencil to draw your own Valentine’s card. It’s easy and quick to do, and of course it looks super sweet for Valentine’s Day. Let me show you how I draw my Valentine’s card step by step.

Things To Prepare

Super short list of supplies for this Valentine’s card, and your main tool is your hand. Let’s see what are the list supplies which were used to make this Easy Valentine’s Card With One Colored Pencil :

A drawing paper (I used B5 paper size)
Pink colored pencil
Black drawing pen

How To Make

To show how much I love my loved ones, I drew lots of hearts. It’s easy and will take less than an hour to draw even for those who doesn’t used to draw. Anyway, just follow these easy steps on how to draw an Easy Valentine’s Card With One Colored Pencil :

1 . Fold your drawing paper into two, neatly.

2. Now, draw a frame with one line by using pink colored pencil. It doesn’t have to be very straight lines, it can be a little bit shaky lines.

3. Next is to draw many hearts in a different sizes and orientation. Some are big, small, medium, or tiny. Some are facing left, some are to the right and some just straight. I was starting with drawing a big hearts first then follow by smaller and smaller hearts.

4. It’s time to color it. Start to color some hearts in darkest pink. Press your pink colored pencil while coloring to get a darker pink. Try to scatter the colored hearts.

5. Repeat it to some other hearts, but this time, loose your pressure to the colored pencil to have a lighter color than before.

6. Do it again with even lighter pink, so you will get 3 shades of pink; dark pink, medium pink and light pink.

7. Your hearts coloring is finished, so now take your black drawing pen and write “/lav/” which is how to pronounce “love”. And on the inside, write down “That’s how you say it”. Finished!

I think is super cute and you can make more of this Valentine’s card easily. You can change the pink color with other favorite color of your loved ones, like maybe red, purple or even blue. Well, but if you want to stick to the traditional Valentine’s color, then use a pink colored pencil.

For more of my future Winter and Valentine’s Day posts, please follow me! And if you wanted to add my creations to your Pinterest boards, please follow me on Pinterest! Also find me on Instagram and Twitter!

Happiness Is Homemade 462 – Mostly Valentine

Welcome to Happiness is Homemade 462 celebrating Football, Valentines and just winter in general. These are a few features that caught my eye, share the comments what is catching your eye, maybe you can help me pick next week.

Trust me it is not easy to choose the features each week. Y’all are so creative and fun.

Football Fun

First up is a fun feature from Fat Dad Foodie. He created the perfect little dessert for Football sunday, or maybe Superbowl. If you’re looking for a fun and easy football shaped cake recipe that will make game day even more special, look no further! This Football Shaped Cake Recipe is the perfect way to show your team spirit. Made with a cake mix and cool whip, it’s easy to put together – and topped with heath bar and caramel, it’s sure to be a hit

Hearts and Swag

Here I am with my Tree still up and a house full of Christmas but I am thinking of Hearts and Flowers too. Debs Buzz is sharing 20, yep you read that right, 20 Table and Craft decor ideas for the heart day coming up.

Crochet Creations

Carrie from Cre8tion Crochet has created a beautiful scarf and hat set.

Love of Raspberry

And from Claire Justine, 5 fun desserts. She is sharing five fun Raspberry delights good for heart day or any day.

Bombs for the Bath not for Drinks

How fun are these homemade bath bombs for the littles? Eash has a fun little toy hidden inside. Must Have Mom shares These bath bombs fizz beautifully in the tub, make skin super soft and the surprise toy inside reveals itself. It creates so much fun during bath time. And they are so simple to make.

MEL’S PICK

Valentine Starburst Dot Art Card DIY Tutorial

On to the Party!

Linda @ A Labour of Life

Sinea @ Ducks ‘n a Row

Beverly @ Eclectic Red Barn

Katie @ Love My Messy Messy Mess

Mel @ Décor Craft Design

Niki @ Life as a Leo Wife

Don’t forget to stop by Home Matters Linky Party…

Don’t forget to stop by You’re The Star Blog Hop…

Thank you for linking up! For more of my futureWinter and Valentine posts, please follow me! And if you wanted to add my creations to your Pinterest boards, please follow me on Pinterest! Also find me on Instagram and Twitter

See you soon!

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DIY Valentine’s Gift Pink Container With Initial

Valentine’s Day is a month to come, it’s time to think about our loved ones. A loving thought that is best being expressed in a tangible thing, a Valentine’s Day Gift! Yes, and I have an idea for a little cute gift for Valentine; A DIY Valentine’s Gift Pink Container With Initial. This glittery pink container is great for Valentine’s Day gift. You can fill it with sweets, cute hair clips, some mini cosmetics, anything! And of course the initial is the initial of your loved one’s name. More great news is that the Valentine’s container is super easy to make. Let see my tutorial!

Things To Prepare

Like always, I use things that I can find on my craft supplies. I don’t intentionally buy new supplies unless it’s an essential part of my project that I don’t have. Let’s see what are the list supplies which were used to make this DIY Valentine’s Gift Pink Container With Initial :

Small Pringles can
Pink pattern paper wrap (mine is with Robin and flowers pattern)
Pink glitter craft foam
Pink ribbon
A white drawer knob plus a screw
Clear glue and paper glue

How To Make

To show how much we love our loved ones, an adorable pink glittery container with sweets or any cute mini gifts will definitely showers them with love. Anyway, just follow these easy steps on how to do DIY Valentine’s Gift Pink Container With Initial :

1 . Prepare a small Pringles can or any other similar can that you have with a lid. Make sure it’s cleaned. Unless you want to give a Pringles as a gift, then you can skip the cleaning part.

2. Cut the paper wrapper to the size of the can and then glue it to wrap the Pringles can. I chose the part where the paper has a Robin bird on it.

3. Next is to cut a pink glitter craft foam to cover the lid and cut out an initial. Be careful with the initial, don’t draw it on the wrong direction.

4. Now, after you paste the glitter pink circle and an initial to the wrapped can, it’s time for you to install a cute knob on the lid. Use a small screw to secure it.

5. Lastly, get some pink ribbon and wrap around the side of the lid. It’s a great finish for the lid to look better. Finished!

It’s your choice to send a can of Pringles with my decoration idea or use this empty decorated Pringles can as a container to your other mini gifts or sweets for Valentine’s Day. Whichever makes your loved ones happy, that one will surely the best to choose. Above all, this cute valentine’s gift container will steel any girl’s heart.

Upcycled Valentine Wall Decoration

I was so excited when Julie from Sum Of Their Stories invited me to join her Monthly Sustainable Pinterest Challenge. What is this Sustainable Pinterest Challenge? For the explanation, scroll down below, I just copy paste it from Julie. Lol, I hope she doesn’t mind.

The Pinterest Challenge has had a bit of a reboot for 2022 and is now the Sustainable Pinterest Challenge. Each month I join a group of creative bloggers and we select a pin or two to we feel inspired by and give it a go. Starting in January 2022 the Pinterest Challenge has a sustainable, eco friendly twist to it. All the projects shared will have something about them that involves recycling, upcycling, a general ethos of reducing waste and using what we have. It’s not about beating ourselves with a stick, it’s just about giving thought to how we can make small changes in our lives just a little more sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment.

This month the theme is “From The Kitchen” so I thought of my broken baking pan right away. I couldn’t use it anymore as it’s already leaked, but I still keep it. Yup, I’m a bit of a hoarder. Then I spotted a round wall decoration on Pinterest which inspired me to make use of the ring side of my old baking pan into a Valentine Wall Decoration. I incorporated my Valentine Card from CD into this project. So, let’s find out more on how I made it.

Things To Prepare

For this upcycling project, I took my old project of Valentine Card From CD as one of the main ornament. So, this is actually an upcyling upcycled project. LOL! I sometimes do that if I think of new idea of incorporating my old project with the new one. And this Valentine wall decoration is a great way to preserve your precious Valentine card from your loved one. Anyway, let’s see what I use to make this Upcycled Valentine Wall Decoration:

A Valentine card made out of CD (click to learn how I made it) or you can use any of your Valentine card or ornament.
Old baking pan (just use the outer ring side, it’s a removable baking pan – springform pan)
White paint
Pink checkered ribbon
Gold ribbon
Glue

How To Make

It’s so easy to make, and super quick. Most of all it’s an upcycling decoration from the kitchen. Now, gather all the supplies which I’ve mentioned above and follow these easy steps on how to make Upcycled Valentine Wall Decoration :

1 . Take the old outer ring of the springform pan and clean it. Let it dry. Then you can paint it effortless with white paint to make a rustic look which I like. Leave it to dry.

2. Continue with inserting the ribbon hanger of the CD Valentine Card in the pan’s lock. Secure it.

3 .Make a ribbon out of gold and pink checkered ribbon. Paste the ribbon to the top of the ring, by the lock. Done! Hang it somewhere that you like to decor your home with Valentine’s vibes.

Now let’s take a look at what the other Sustainable Pinterest Challenge participants have made for their “From The Kitchen” challenge.

Julie | Sum of their Stories

Gail | Purple Hues and Me

Terri | Terri Steffes

Ann| The Apple Street Cottage

T’onna | Sew Crafty Crochet

Julie | Treasures Made From Yarn

Lydia | Life Beyond the Kitchen

Allyson | Southern Sunflowers

Mel | Decor Craft Design

Donna | Modern on Monticello

Linda | Crafts a la mode

Niki | Life as a LEO Wife

Kitchen Storage Jar to Pretty Vase

Upcycle Fry Pan DIY

Upcycled Valentine Wall Decoration

DIY Tea Towel

Cakeplate Makeover and Valentine

Jelly Jar Sewing Kits

Vintage Lace Tealight Holder

How to make Reusable Sandwich Wraps

Crochet Dishcloth and Sponge Set

Repurposed Altoid Tin to Camper Games

Wooden Cutting Board Makeover

Crochet Jar Covers

For more of my futureValentine posts, please follow me! And if you wanted to add my creations to your Pinterest boards, please follow me on Pinterest! Also find me on Instagram and Twitter!

Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #412 Valentine’s Day

Welcome to the Happiness is Homemade Link Party 412. Can you believe the end of January is “nigh” upon us. Meaning winter is flying by and hey It is my Birthday, usuallyn a signal I am heading somewhere warm but not this year again. No worries though all these amazing posts are inspiring me to create and that helps. Linda from A Labour of Life ( Moi lol) is our hostess for the month of January and this marks the end of my adventure, Handing the baton off to a new hostess but for today so let’s get started

Link Features for Happiness is Homemade 412

It was an interesting week, a lot of self reflection Bloggers sharing what they are working on and what their followers loved last year. I hope y’a;ll know how hard it is to only pick 4 posts to highlight. which is why I want to remind everyone, take a moment and search through. This is a space to get inspired and help each other out. I swore this week I would get off the Valentine’s theme but seriously way to many awesome heart features.

A Tablescape

I have found my grove and my feature routine so lets start with a tablescape. And this weeks feature caught my eye probably because I have been thinking hearts and flowers.Actually it was the heart plate that caught me. I just found some heart bowls so stay tuned for my next table lol. Today the bright red and pink hearts caught my eye, A Valentines table. Inspiration for the gal who loves to celebrate love. Anne’s Inspired love really nailed this one.

Tasty Chocolate Charcuterie,

Trying something new this week, check out this yummy looking Chocolate Charcuterie Board from Wonderlust and Wellness. This Chocolate Charcuterie Board is filled with delicious and decadent chocolate treats – perfect for just about any occasion. You’ll find everything you need to build this rich, chocolaty, dessert board – a sweet charcuterie board idea!

Valentine’s Sugar Scrub

I love a good sugar scrub but don’t love all the extras that are in some commercially prepared ones. Plus they can be expensive. This easy DIY sugar scrub from Everyday Savvy requires just a few ingredients and can be infused with your favorite essential oils. This sugar scrub makes a great DIY gift for Valentine’s day or any holiday.

Valentines Kitchen Decor

Penny’s Vintage Decor has created the cutest Valentines Kitchen ever. I am serious I am now on the hunt for Ceramic Cakes, Chickens and homemade heart and love signs. Take a tour through her home you wil not be disappointed.

Special Feature

If you are looking for free printable kids Valentine cards then look no further! These kids Valentine cards from Must Have Mom are perfect for handing out at classroom Valentine’s Day parties and exchanging with friends

Linda @ A Labour of Life

Sinea @ Ducks ‘n a Row

Beverly @ Eclectic Red Barn

Katie @ Love My Messy Messy Mess

Mel @ Décor Craft Design

Niki @ Life as a Leo Wife

Mel’s Pick Of The Week

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Meet Me at the Eiffel Tower Table Valentine from Debees Buzz

Thank you for linking up! For more of my future Valentine posts, please follow me! And if you wanted to add my creations to your Pinterest boards, please follow me on Pinterest! Also find me on Instagram and Twitter

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