Love is in the air...

Yes,

it's that time of year...

Time for the little ones to locate a shoebox,

round up some pink and red construction paper

and

Mom's roll of tinfoil,

and perhaps

  a paper heart doily or two... 

(loved those)

Valentines boxes...

I loved making these when I was young. 

Anyone else?

It was always such a contest

to see 

who had the best box.

So a little school days inspiration

and

we have a new pattern

titled,

"Be My Valentine".

 

Our box

is going to be a heart-shaped

chocolate sampler box

by 

Whitman's chocolates...

 

We're going to

re-purpose

it into a fun little box

to keep

our scissors, thimbles

and any other 

stitching ditty you desire...

We aren't going to use construction paper,

however

old pages from books

and

sheet music

will be our

paper of choice...

 

Pattern includes charts for a

cross stitched heart-shape pincushion, 

an envelope-shaped needle keep

and 

an embellished

needle threader.

All little projects fit nice and snug in the little sewing box... 

All 4 projects on the 

"Be My Valentine" chart

are quick stitches,

a fun weekend project!

And for those who can think outside of the box,

(no pun intended!)

this certainly doesn't have to be done in Valentine's colors...

can you visualize this in browns & blues?  

Paint the heart brown

and

switch out the red and ivory flosses

for blues and browns

and

you have a piece

to leave out 

and

enjoy year round.

But

since this is the season of Love,

I chose to do mine in reds.

 Speaking of Love...

for all you eagle lovers out there,

love is in the air at the Decorah, IA eagles nest!

Yes, 

they are courting 

and 

they are busy 

with  house  nest

keeping.

So go take a look, 

the infamous corn husk

(a new one)

is in the nest once again...

makes me laugh!

And lastly,

"March's Word Play"

is now ready!

Have a good week,

Brenda