DIY Valentine in a Bottle

I can't believe it's Friday! and...Valentine's Day is so close!

I promised many of you a step by step on how to make these Valentines in a bottle..but, alas, I have run out of time!

so...I'll give you the condensed version!

For the basics of the little wonderland making...you can refer to the little tutorial I did HERE on how to fill the Christmas jars 

& HERE are the Spring jars....obviously, you can take these steps & use them for Valentine's Day.

Supplies to Do-it-Yourself:
mason jar
pink spray paint
flowers

twine
cupid painted pink

mini banners (House of 3 Remarkable Valentine)

sticks & jewel pin: Pink Paislee/House of 3 Daily Junque/Soiree lines

 Steps to Do-it-Yourself:

Steps:
1. Gather supplies. Spray paint the lids & tops of your bottles.

2. Right ON the jar lid, hot glue your treasures. Here, I put pink & white silk flowers on the bottom & glued them to the jar lid. *TIP: make sure they don't spill over the edge of the jar lid, or it's difficult to close the jar.

3. Now, create your mini banners, adhere to sticks/pins & glue them in between the flowers.  *TIP: be sure to measure & have different heights so it will look fab in the jar.

4. After you've got your little treasures glued onto the lid, put the lid together & turn upside down....& screw the lid on. 

5. Turn back upside down, & add the mini banner 'i love you'. To make, simply hand write on a piece of vintage paper, fold & cut & glue.

6. Add the teeny tiny bunting with papers from the Remarkable Valentine Background kit on some fab Divine Twine & glue right to the bottle.

7.  Since, the inside says: 'You're the bee's knees'...I tied a little bee charm on the end...

so cute!

8. Top off the jar with a little mini cupid painted pink & you've bottled up your message!

Hope you enjoy this fun project...Happy lover's weekend! I plan on having a wonderful time with my family!

oh, how pinteResting!

ok...so I'm a little addicted right now to this.

For years, I've gathered clippings,  magazine pages, tear sheets, or printed out things I'd found on the internet for my Style File. *this is a huuuge part of planning for an event or deadline for me...I *need* visual stimulation!*

So, when I found online Pinterest, I embraced it! I just LOVE the fact that we can share...with the proper credit...& 'pin' our inspiration up on our boards. Sharing is Caring! & this is brilliant!

For instance..when I found this line of chalkboard coolness, I wanted to share it on my Pin board so I wouldn't forget the absolute & utter deliciousness! 

*paper+cup*

Come on over & follow my boards & I'll follow yours!

it'll be a Pin Party!

**eta: I've already had a bunch of questions about how to do it. 
1. sign up. you will get an invite.**but, lookie here!  Thanks for the heads up, Heather. HERE is an instant invite to Pinterest!**
2. be sure to get the PIN IT bookmarklet. it makes it easy to pin any image from anywhere. 
3. organized your boards. name them. etc.
4. fill them up & enjoy!

Valentine Flowers....

I had so many requests to learn how to make those napkin flowers I showed in this past post.  Back in 2008 I ran across Dana's tutorial  **simply brilliant! Thanks, Dana!* 

I filed it away in my 'style file' & decided Valentine's Day was the perfect time for hearts & flowers! So, I got to work & created a huuuuge bouquet of them! **I did have an ulterior motive...Valentine Dance decorations**

They are so fun...they are all over my house..on my walls. on my mantle. in jars & vases, lining my tables ...

 I experimented with the sizes & insides of these huge flowers. I found that I LOVED the 15 3/4" x 15 3/4" thick napkins I found at a party store called Zurchers. (& I found some great ones at Hobby Lobby, too.) The thicker the better, so they feel more like fabric than paper.

The center fringe was created with these great fringe scissors...I remember about 4 years ago, I found some of these in Paris & they were quite pricey....& they weren't in my budget. I have kicked myself over & over for not just getting them! LOL...but, thank goodness, Martha Stewart has created some at a reasonable price! 

 As Dana shows in the fabulous tutorial...you'll need different sizes of the napkins.  & simply follow her directions for using the large & small napkins.

I am really into the gold & hot pink right now, so I used gold metallic tissue paper for most of my insides. I folded a piece, tied in with the larger napkins & then, fringed with scissors to create that fun look.

I also did some fun ones with tulle, polka dot & striped napkins in contrasting colors.

We are putting on a big Valentine's Dance for a whole slew of college kids. What to use for decorations? Yes! These fab flowers. HUNDREDS of them! Ok. well...as many as I can make by Thursday! I'll be bunching these up & putting them on the tables, walls, banners/garlands....it will be so pretty, I think!

Good thing my mom & dad are coming for a little visit...do you think they'll help me make some? haha!

Happy Tuesday!

ahh...the sweet life!

Valentine's Day is one of my all time fave holidays! I know...you're surpised, right? 

décor. candy. pink. loved ones. 

it's got all of my favorite ingredients. 

Well, mix in a little 'Simply The Sweet Life Mag' & it's a su*weeet homerun!

If you haven't checked out their online magazine yet..please do it! 

It's sooo delicious! 

And, their blog. 

So many fun ideas, recipes, inspiration & eye candy! 

For this issue, I was a 'creative contributor' along with my creative friends; April & Margie! *spark sisters*  It's so fun to see their lovely Valentines! they are *sick*!

Run on over & look at it...but for now, I'll leave you with a few shots of my Valentine in a bottle~

super fun with some of the NEW Remarkable Valentine stuff.... read more about it here.

 Thanks, Sweet Life, for featuring this little pretty!

quote to think about...

got this quote in my email from Compendium...

thought it summed it all up! 

*love it*

have a great thursday!

**winners for the House of 3 Birthday Bash will be announced HERE. shortly...LOVED everyone's entries! thanks so much!**

tonight's web show...

don't forget.

We will be giving away TONS of prizes during our LIVE WEBSHOW tonight! 

To ENTER, upload one of YOUR CREATIONS using House of 3 products (any or all) to our FACEBOOK PAGE under the "Birthday Bash" album! We'll be featuring your projects and giving you awesome prizes!!!

Upload a photo HERE.

see you tonight!

today is Feb. 1st....2 years ago today...

we opened our doors to our online store: House of 3....

I remember the day...my heart was pounding...we were so excited to open our doors & have our House warming party!

We've created House Adornments. ...our physical jeweled wall art & heart shadow boxes.

Our Digital WareHouse which included Digital kits & downloads; brushes, frames, album pages, & more!

& of course, our mission has been to teach others how to use these fabulous products all over the world...whether you use the Digital products OR you like the Printable Hybrid stuff!

Our LIVE Web Show each Wednesday night has been going for a year now & it's so fun to share our ideas, inspiration & favorite products to USE our House of 3 goodies!

so...do NOT miss our web show to celebRate our 2 year birthday tomorrow night! We'll be sharing our favorite stuff from CHA, sharing our NEW Remarkable Valentines & giving away a bunch of prizes!

Join us for a fun birthday party!

We'll give you peeks into what is in each of the kits & share some exciting things!

And...we are all home safe & sound from CHA. It was so great to see old friends, meet new ones & my FAVE part was meeting House of 3 friends!!!! So many people came up to us & said they LOVED the web shows! So, THANK YOU! And all of you 'lurkers' MUST come out of lurkdom & share in the FUN on the show! *wink*

We each taught some really fun projects with our new lines at the Pink Paislee booth. I taught how to make this felt flower Soiree Party Pin!

We used the cream felt flowers from the new Daily Junque line...misted them with the bright new Tattered Angels Chalkboard Mists & then used some of the cool jewel dangles from our new Soiree line! Added feathers & tulle & wow...we were having a partay! Thanks everyone for coming!

It was so fun to see the Color Connections come together...we introduced the new colors that match PERFECTLY with our new lines! mmmm...they are fabulous!

Saturday night we got to go to the Provo Craft party at the Conga room at LA LIVE! They announced their NEW Cricut 5! its' sooo cool! wow...talk about FUN! They had the dancers from So You Think You Can Dance...Twitch, Comfort & Josh...& others..they were a*mazing!!! The party was so much fun! Thanks again, Provo Craft for throwing such a FUN party!

ok...so much to do to get ready for our birthday party...do NOT miss it: Wednesday, tomorrow. see you there!