~watercolor Valentines in a few easy steps~

I thought of several titles for this post:

How to fake being an artist

Pretend you are an artist when you aren't

How to make professional looking Valentines for under 37 cents each

Whatever you want to call this, it's super cool, and super easy. 

The steps might sound long and confusing, but if I can do it, you can do it!

First off. 

You will need {the app} 

WATERLOGUE

This app. is for iPhone iPod, or iPad.

If you follow me on instagram, you will be familiar with this app.

I love it!

The first thing you want to do is find some FREE printable images.

Please make sure these are copyright free.

I found some on Pinterest, and various blogs offering them.

Not every photo will look good with this waterlogue app. 

I tried about 30 before I came up with a dozen or so that I liked, so 

play around with it.

Make sure you have on hand:

watercolor paper, {any craft store should have it}

and a printer with full ink.

I found this cute image here.

I saved the image to my phone and turned it into a watercolor with the waterlouge app.

Here is how it turned out:

Cute right?

Love it! 

Next, I emailed the finished photo using the app.

Once I had the email up on my computer, I saved it to my computer.

Repeat this step with all your images.

Once you have all the images saved to your computer you can insert them into a word document and print them out on your watercolor paper.

It's that easy!

When you are in word, you might have to manipulate the size of the image and the direction it is going in order to get it to print correctly. Play around with printing a few on plain paper so if you mess up you don't waste the watercolor paper.

Ready to see some more? 

This image I found here.

I think it is my favorite.

{and darn it, I can't find the blue one anymore~sorry!}

The rest of the images I got from one of my favorite sites~

Wedding Chicks

 The thing I love about the Wedding Chicks free printables is that you can customize them in a ton of different colors and add your own initials and wording.

 Here is the finished product of the first one I featured.

I got one image per sheet, but I suppose if you made the images {cards} smaller,

you could get a couple on a sheet.

I figured these came out to about 37 cents each.

Not too shabby if you ask me!

Have fun creating!

xoxo

~ DIY ribbon covered Valentine's box~{& a winner}

I have a really simple project for you today that is perfect not only for Valentines Day, but for birthdays, mothers day, etc. 

I am sure you have all seen this little cardboard type boxes at your local craft shop right?

They come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, even heart shaped ones.

I thought these were perfect for my son's teacher and bus driver to show a little love this 

Valentines Day.

Here is how I fancied them up a bit…..

I started by using adhesive backed ribbon by Martha Stewart.

I love all her products, and I love that this is actual ribbon.

You could use washi tape for this project as well if you prefer.

I simply covered the lids of the boxes with the ribbon until every inch was covered. 

{sorry, I got carried away and didn't get a picture along the way}

For the bottoms of the boxes I chose some coordinating scrapbook paper, 

measured, and simply glued on.

I love this green heart paper.

Here are my strips for the side of the round box. 

On the round box I ran short on paper, so I used more ribbon tape and clamped the whole thing until 

the glue was dry.

To finish off the corners on the small rectangular box, I used the ribbon again.

I also finished off the bottom of each box and the under side of each lid. 

Each box got tissue and some heart shaped brownies, recipe coming soon!

 I found this great giant fabric flower in just the right

 color and added it to the top of the big round one.

I myself love getting homemade gifts, and I hope they will love these too.

I also wanted to announce the winner of the Hamilton Beach durathon iron.

Dixie Delights is the lucky winner!

Congratulations on your win, I will be emailing you shortly.

xoxo