Heart Bookmark

Like I said, I've been busy making my room all lovely for Valentines day. I was cutting out hearts, and it was then that I realized I could use the scraps to make something cute. I decided on a bookmark. Not very original, but they are fairly practical.

This is so simple! You also get 5 hearts per bookmark, so you can use those for another project.
You'll need: Scissors, book pages (I am using a page from an old cookbook.) Patterned paper (for the back.) and a pen.
First, cut out a heart the size you want your other hearts to be. Then fold it in half. This will be your template. I made a bunch of these bookmarks and used the same template, so let it hang around till you are totally finished.
Next, take your strip of paper, fold it in half and begin to trace the hearts on. Make sure you trace on the fold. Then cut them all out.
The last thing is to glue it on to your pattered paper and cut it out.

I told you that was easy, but so cute! I already have on in my big honkin' economics book. Makes it a little sweeter.

I take that back. Nothing can make economics sweet. EVER.

Have fun crafting!

Idea of the Week

You may have noticed, (or perhaps you haven't) the Idea of the week icon that has recently been added. It will host sweet little crafts and other things that I may or may not have a full tutorial post about. They generally will be quick and easy things you can whip out when you have a little time to spare.

I just wanted to let you know about that - and it will be changing Sunday!

A project for those of us who don't like coffee

Coffee Filter Pom Poms of course! Aren't these darling?

First, flatten 30 filters (for 3 pom poms.) Next, divide into equal groups of three (I'll do the math for you because I'm nice and because its easy : 10 per pom.) Staple in the center, cut a hole and put some string through it (Again, I used yarn. But, embroidery floss or fishing line would work too.) The last thing is to poof them all up!

Such a fun easy project. I didn't dye these, but I did that with another batch, I'll let you know how those go. I love things that are pure white, so I didn't mind not having dyed ones.
Perfect addition to my paper lanterns. Have fun with this!

Made it

I did it! I made my bed! Please Applaud! Was that too many exclamation marks for you? I hope not. I kind of did a deep clean of my room today. I vacuumed. I dusted. I organized my lotion. It was so productive and nice.

Pre Bed making.

Post bed making. Proof that I really did do it. Somehow the punks wind up on my bed again. I think its apparent they run my life. That's changing now! I make the rules from now on, okay punks? Okay, great. I'm glad we are on the same page.

As I was pondering some great mysteries of life, I had the genius idea to combine all my Bath and Body works items and count them.
And there you have it. Am I obsessed? I don't know. Obsessed is a pretty strong word. Passionate will do. This picture really made me hate my camera. Oh dear.
And since is the ten year anniversary of 9/11, I thought I'd share this again. Before, I'd always thought of it as just a plane crashing into a building. I understood people died, but I never really thought about. But this year, I saw how bad it was. I realized how many people died. I realized how evil terrorist are. I hope we never forget 9/11. I hope we never forget about the people who lost their lives. And I hope we always remember how blessed we are to be Americans.

Sincerely,
Ameri-can, not an Ameri-cant