It’s time to update my planning calendar for 2020. In fact, I’m running a little late on this, and my collection of notepapers with scribbles is getting out of hand… Thankfully, Julia Groves has updated her lovely watercolor designs.
I just should’ve remembered to click the ink-saving option off when printing. Ohwell. 🙂
Thank you for sharing, Julia!
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
Here’s a crochet pattern by Tonya Bush, filled with hearts (as fits the date): a scarf made entirely with corner to corner stitches.
Tonya Bush at Nana’s Crafty Home.
Reminds me of the pixel graphics of the computer games in my youth. In a completely warm and nostalgic way, of course! 🙂 I personally find heart shapes a little difficult to make with pixels (or quilting, knitting, crocheting, what have you) but Tonya’s are perfect. Plus, I love the shade of grey she chose.
Visit Nana’s Crafty Home for the pattern (free, with ads) or buy an ad-free version on Ravelry.
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Time to find a monthly calendar for next year.
This colorful calendar is by Lena at What Mommy Does. She designed it to be all blank on purpose; this way it’s useable every year.
Thanks for sharing, Lena!
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Torrie at Fox + Hazel shared these gorgeous free printable floral birthday cards. (For personal use only.)
Torrie at Fox + Hazel.
I absolutely love that graduated watercolor effect. Thanks for sharing, Torrie!
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This printable Harry Potter Valentine’s Day card project by Nicole at Tikkido is clever – and it’s even possible to make the larger size with an optical fiber wand that lights up.
Nicole at Tikkido.
“You are the ‘lumos’ in my life.” Very apt for Harry Potter fans!
Visit the post by Nicole at Tikkido for more.
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Time to find a monthly calendar for next year.
This floral calendar is by Ananda at A Piece of Rainbow. Each month has a different bouquet with a bit of space for notes. I think December is already my favorite. Very beautiful!
Thanks for sharing, Ananda!
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This year, I’m attempting to organize everything holiday-related well in advance. (The operative word being “attempting.” Eek – it’s six weeks to Christmas!)
I made these minimalist gift tags inspired by my Nordic roots. And I made them specifically to share with you – read on for the link to download yours!
Heart is a popular Christmastime ornament in the Nordic countries, and not reserved just for Valentine’s Day. I made the cross stitch heart and interlaced tag outline with a photo editor.
Then I trimmed them into rectangles, but you can either cut along the outline or create whichever shape you prefer.
Download as .pdf (9 per letter-sized sheet; free for personal use only).
Enjoy!
Time to find a monthly calendar for next year.
This one is by Sarah Titus, with lots of space for notes. Thanks for sharing, Sarah!
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Jessica at Mad in Crafts shared her free printable DIY Star Wars Valentine’s Day cards:
Jessica at Mad in Crafts.
Very, very neat!
Jessica at Mad in Crafts.
Visit Jessica’s site for non-watermarked versions of the graphics. (Free for non-commercial purposes.) Thanks, Jessica!
(Huh. Apparently it’s a thing for me to share Star Wars printables on Valentine’s Day… Now I need to decide whether to go all out with it or do something different.)
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At the end of last year, I wanted to make myself something fun. Since the new Star Wars release date was coming up, that something turned out to be a BB-8 bag.
I used an old pair of pants and various fabric scraps to make it, so the materials were completely free. The bag took me a few nights to make – combining all of those little pieces adds up surprisingly fast. The most time-consuming part for me, though, was deciding on the droid design.
Here’s a quick how-to in pictures:
1 of 4: Deciding on the droid design and cutting as large piece as possible from one pant leg.
2 of 4: Adding stripes and pieces of fabric to the outside to suggest pieces of the droid.
3 of 4: Making box corners, adding an edge binding strip to the top, and adding an inner pocket.
4 of 4: Finished bag.
Not bad for a little fur ball zero dollars! 🙂 If I were to make another, though, I’d probably try a different droid design and fiddle with the inner pocket so that it has more compartments.
