{"id":5477,"date":"2013-02-06T13:56:38","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T18:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/blog\/?p=5477"},"modified":"2018-11-28T14:07:03","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T19:07:03","slug":"our-2013-valentines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2013\/02\/our-2013-valentines.html","title":{"rendered":"our 2013 valentines"},"content":{"rendered":"

We got an early start on Valentines this year when I came across these cute notebook-paper-printed gift bags<\/a> at Paper Presentation. They’re perfect envelopes for school Valentines, so S and I got busy with stamping, watercolor paints, scissors and washi tape. They were fun to make and kept us busy for a few evenings.<\/p>\n

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We started by painting abstract watercolors on heavy watercolor paper. Once that was dry we were able to cut out the heart shapes. S cut hers freehand. I, of course, like to determine the final shape by cutting a piece of scratch paper and using it as a template. We were able to cut about 4 valentines from each sheet of watercolor paper.\u00a0 Then we wrote our messages on the valentines and cut two little slits in them so lollipops could be inserted. I love what S wrote for Todd’s valentine. She calls him Daddy, but she always writes to him by name. (I’ll finish writing mine now that the photos have been taken and I can get a little mushy in private.)<\/p>\n

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We used a heart-shaped paper punch to make colorful confetti to be tucked into each envelope. We didn’t use much because I was worried about getting confetti all over the classroom floor at school, which might not go over so well with the teacher or the custodian. I had some leftover paint chips that we used for Todd’s valentine, and we used colorful construction paper for the classroom valentines.<\/p>\n

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Each little notebook bag\/envelope was stamped with the recipient’s name and sealed with a few pieces of washi tape. S loved the stamping part.<\/p>\n

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S had so much fun with these, and they allowed her to exercise her own preferences, which is important to her when she’s making something. I liked that they were quick and easy and didn’t involve a lot of planning, since we mostly used materials we had on hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We got an early start on Valentines this year when I came across these cute notebook-paper-printed gift bags at Paper Presentation. They’re perfect envelopes for school Valentines, so S and I got busy with stamping, watercolor paints, scissors and washi …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/valentine-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-1ql","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58365,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2016\/11\/heart-cut-out-back-tutorial.html","url_meta":{"origin":5477,"position":0},"title":"heart cut-out back tutorial","author":"Rachel Le Grand","date":"November 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Thanks to Sarvi we have a cute tutorial on how to make a heart-shaped cut-out back. 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