Made With Love

Monday was very cold and wet. Rosie came for the day, and spent the morning with the Sylvanian stuff - in the afternoon she made Valentine Cards with me. It is great to see how she has matured in the 18 months since we had Grandma's Nursery every day. She came up with her own messages to write to family members, and was very specific about the colours to use. We enjoyed using the punches to produce hearts, butterflies, stars and borders- and the different stamps too. Rosie remembered that we could use hearts as petals to make flowers, and then she spotted that a green heart cut in half makes two leaf shapes, We had such fun!

My butterfly punch is ancient- it cost me £9.99 which seemed extravagant at the time - but I have used it so much. In 2017 I produced over 500 for WWDP training sessions. I think in total it has been used over 1000 times- so cost per butterfly is now <1p. The wingspan of the butterfly is about 5cm. At the moment it seems to be out of stock  - but if you are into papercraft or cardmaking, I am sure you'd find one of these useful.

After Rosie left, I did a bit of crafting by myself. The Travelling Bookbinder had a easy tutorial on her blog for an origami heart ring. She suggested making it larger as a napkin ring. I used two pages trimmed from a National Trust magazine to make these [they were 19cm square]  - Kezzie I think you'd enjoy this idea!

Once the soft toys and Sylvanian Family had been put away, Bob and I enjoyed a romantic candlelit supper together