Tuesday Tutorial {candy conversation hearts paper garland}

happy 1st day of february lovelies!

i brought some flowers for you...

click it for a high res for your desktop ;)

i'm linking this puppy up to Darcy's sweet shot.

and to celebrate the first beautiful day of february 

i have a super easy, cute tutorial for you!

scroll down for the free printable!!

ok, you know the stuff...

here's how to make your own -in paper that is...

print your sayings onto pastel card stock and 

cut out with Creative Memories' custom cutting system heart shape.

(if you don't have the heart shape cutter, don't fret there's a free printable!)

once you have all your shapes cut out (took me literally 2 minutes with my cutter)

then you can either hang them horizontal like a banner or like this...

i taped a thread to the cabinets above my bar and

i attached the hearts to the thread with tape -soooo high tech ;)

what i love about this little DIY, was something i hadn't planned...

since the paper is light and only attached at the top and the 

hearts aren't touching anything *this garland rotates*! 

the hearts slowly spin in different directions, like a sweet display of love.

you can add plain hearts to the back or hearts with sayings since it spins.

you could call these your paper candy heart-strings!

download the free printable here!

yay! happy day!

xoxo

ps get ready to link up on tomorrow's what i love linky party!!

Sweet Shot

linking up with Darcy's Sweet Shot Tuesday...

surf check.

father and son.

{del mar beach}

xoxo

Tuesday Tutorial {Happy 2011/Thank You}

linking up with Darcy's sweet shot today :)

celebrate the new year!

i wanted to make happy new year cards and needed to write thank you cards. 

i decided to combine the two into one nice card :)

take a family photo or a photo of the kiddos... 

this can be tricky - the outdoors are distracting to baby.

i edited it in iPhoto -crop to a square and leave space for text on the photo

go into picasa 3 download here

click the photo you want to edit

add text

i chose big caslon for happy and edwardian script for 2011

export your photo back to iPhoto (i don't like how picasa prints)

duplicate your photo

print "custom" size 5 x5

print 2 on one sheet of photo paper

*you could probably do it all in one app like picasa and 

save yourself a few steps, but i am picky and choosy ;) 

then with your favorite cardstock create 6.5 x 6.5 square card.

have all the family members thank the recipient inside the card

adhere photo to front and mail asap :)

now my friends and family can hang up a nice 2011 photo of the kiddos,

and i have one for me!

happy new year!