Thursday 17 February 2022

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 


  


8 comments:

  1. I love the concentration you can feel from the photo of her and what beautiful cards she has made. I too bought a butterfly punch - a large one and a tiny one many years ago and they have been used so much.

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    1. So satisfying to have a piece of kit that proves its worth over and over again!

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  2. What a lovely activity to enjoy with Rosie!

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  3. I have that same butterfly punch which I bought for our wedding. Over 500 butterflies were punched for name cards, table names and confetti and then I punched about 500 for Margaret' s wedding last Summer as well as hundreds of others for various cards and crafts with kids. A real workhorse! You and Rosie made lovely cards!

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    1. Why am I not surprised that you have that punch?! Do check out the Bookbinder blog

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  4. That is amazing. I love it when kids make their own decisions and find out things for themselves. That origami ring looks fabulous.

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    1. The ring was really easy to fold with a large square. I suspect the finger sized version would be a lot more fiddly

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  5. I, too, think that you and Rosie make some lovely cards! Love that photo of her hard at work! :)

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