Can you believe we are only a few weeks away from Valentine’s Day? I just finally boxed up the last of the Christmas decorations and here we are staring the Big Day of Love straight in the face. Am I the only parent who kind of dreads the approach of Valentine’s Day, because with 4 kids, all the hoopla for this particular Holiday can get pretty expensive around here.
Unless you come up with a brilliant stroke of DIY “tutorial-itis” (it’s a word, check it) like I am going to share with you all today!
Last week as luck would have it, I was at my local Hardware store when they were changing out the paint chips cards. I quickly snatched up as many as they told me I could and brought those beauties on home and take a look at what I turned them into!
Go ahead and insert an excited sounding kind of squeal in your head for emphasis right here…
To make your own all you need is a paper cutter to cut off the paint color words and the extra width on the sides of each paint chip card (note* each card makes one bookmark.) Then punch a hole in the top and tie some pretty ribbon!
Aren’t these the cutest? Plus they are super simple to make. My 8 year old daughter sat down with me and while I used the paper cutter to cut off the sides of the paint chip cards, she hole punched the top and tied the ribbon. In about 30 minutes we had 30 of them ready to give to her classmates on Valentine’s Day!
Now to kick off the rest of this post and the Valentine’s Day goodness I have to share with you, here is a little music to set the mood.
To show you all how much I love you I have created not one, but 3 adorable Valentine’s Day printables! These 3 are some of my cutest I have designed so far and I invite you to snag your favorite and place it in a frame and Voila you have a perfect decoration or gift to share with someone you love!
You are totally feeling the Love now, right?! Wait a minute, because here comes some more!
And one last one!
Happy Valentine’s Day My Friends!
If you liked this printable, then you might like this one. You can snag it here.
P.S. Don’t give any of these gifts, well at least if you are looking to keep your Valentine around.
Stay Happy! Stay Informed!
Love,
Jen
Comments
How cute. I love those bookmarks. Who would of thought of doing that. Well, you of course.
Have a fabulous day. ☺
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Haha! Thank you! It is probably just that I am cheap and try to figure out how to use things and not throw them away!
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I think it’s a cute idea! Very cute. My mom and I love all things red, pink and white. It’s just so fresh and awesome. I love Valentine’s Day just for that very reason. And because it means winter is more than half over. Right??
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Thanks! The deciding vote here on this project was definitely my 8 year old and these received her stamp of approval! Whew :)
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Those bookmarks are perfect. My dad works at Lowes here and could so get me some paint samples to do this and looks easy enough. Thank you so much for sharing!! :)
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Fun! Yes make them! They really are super cute!
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OK, ladies, be careful when turning that song up too loud, the rest of your family might think you are playing Fallout. That song is in the opening credits and every single guy that plays video games will recognize it. . .
Really? And that right there is how the classics get destroyed. One video game at a time….
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Adorable, and easy and school/parent approved!! Great idea! Those paint cards can be used for eleventy billion things!!
Why thank you and yes, I had not thought of that.. this one is candy free and not having 1,000 Pixie sticks to try and hide from my children is definitely a plus!!
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Happy Valentine’s Day! I’m feelin the excitement for sure! Cute!
Hopefully you are just feeling better in general. I have been worried about you. Thank you!
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What a cute way to use paint chips!
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Thank you! It was a fun project to do as well.
Jen recently posted…Valentine’s Day Inspiration Plus A Kiss To Build A Dream On
Aw, these signs are really cute. Putting one in a frame and gifting is a good idea. And those bookmarks are adorable -that’s great your daughter has enough to pass out at school now!
-Lauren
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Thank you! I am actually pretty happy that the Valentines for her class only cost me a whopping .65 cents this year. The boy is less than enamored at giving these out, so…. Back to the drawing board!
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SO cute, we are totally making these. Now I am off to the hardware store to hoard swatches :).
I am so glad you liked these! Have fun making a few or a hundred :)
Jen recently posted…Valentine’s Day Inspiration Plus A Kiss To Build A Dream On
Those bookmarks are adorable! And would be so appropriate for T’s first grade class. Hope you don’t mind if I include your printables in the Valentine’s Day roundup!
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I am flattered, yes, yes please include them! Thank you :)
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Hi Jen, those are really cute and pretty colors!
Thank you! We had a lot of fun making them :)
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So cute and easy! I am finding these harder and harder to find though. The paint places near me don’t seem to be stocking them as much anymore.
You should come link up at our Bloggers Spotlight party on Thursday night, we pin everything to our group board and have two separate link-ups, one for posts and one devoted to pins so you get even more exposure!
http://www.raisingfairiesandknights.com/category/bloggers-spotlight/
Oh shoot! I picked these up at my big box store hardware store.
Thanks for the invite I will stop by for sure!
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Cute ideas! :)
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Thank you! And thanks for hosting!
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These are so cute! My kids love collecting those paint chip cards every time we go to the hardware store.
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Thanks! I love paint chip cards! It’s all the fun without actually having to paint a wall :)
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Very cute and so easy! This would be a great gift for the class as well! Thanks for linking up with us!
Thanks Tiffany! Hope you had a wonderful Valentine’s Day!
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These are so adorable!! My daughter’s favorite color is pink (at least every other day it is), so she would love these year round! Thanks for linking up with us!! #TakeTime
Thank you! Glad you liked these Tarynn! Long live pink loving Princesses :)
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