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Valentine Display {Point of View: Love}

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As many of you know, I adore Valentine’s decor. I loved my Valentine Display from last year, but wanted to change it a bit to freshen it up for this year. I was excited that our Point of View theme for January was “Love!” It was the perfect chance to work on my new Valentine Display!
But before we get to that, take a look at the other fun Point of View LOVE projects!
Meg & Steph (Do It Yourself Divas)
Camilla (Rosy Red Buttons)
Michelle (Stay right here!)

& YOU!!

We want to see your Point of View on LOVE so be sure to link up your love themed ideas on the Point of View link up on Gwenny Penny!
Valentine Display

Heart Ball Instructions
Heart Art Instructions
Valentine Heart Banner
Staple strips of paper together in to hearts and tie together with ribbon. So easy!

Add a wedding photo, some candles, target dollar mini mailbox and some thrift store birds and you’ve made a fun Valentine display!

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Valentine Crafts: Framed Heart Art

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I needed a little something for my Valentine’s shelf. We whipped up this heart art that is a fun Valentine craft for the kids while doubling as a piece of home decor.

Valentine Crafts: Framed Heart Art
Supplies:
Paper or cardstock
Scissors
Stapler
White glue
Plate
8×10 frame
1. Cut paper in to strips (about 4 inch x 1/2 inch).
2. Make in to hearts by putting two strips together, stapling the top, pulling the bottom out and around to make a heart shape and stapling the bottom. We alternated having the pattern on the outside and inside of the hearts.
3. Dip the edge of the heart in white glue.

4. Place heart on your piece of cardstock cut to fit your frame. Repeat until you have your desired look.
5. Take glass out of frame and put your Valentine craft in.
Display your Valentine Crafts for all to see! My little guy is so proud to have something he helped with displayed so prominently in our front room.
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Laundry Room: Three Projects Under $5

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This is the last of the laundry room series. I have three easy projects done for under $5!
Painted Bottles
First, see those bottles in the right corner? Painted. The bluish one was a glass chili sauce bottle with which I used latex paint. The white one is a plastic milk bottle with which I used acrylic. Just pour the paint in, slowly rotate the bottles so the paint coats the entire inside and rotate to rest on a different side every 15 minutes or so for the first hour and a half so the paint doesn’t all slide down to one side. I planned to have a bigger collection, but am still on the search for shapes I love.
Total cost: FREE everything on hand
In this before pic, you can see the clear milk bottle as well as the sea foam thrift store tissue holder we used for our next project…

Fabric Softener Cover

There is something about a bright red box that does not excite me in my new room. The fabric softener sheets needed a new home. Enter the $1 tissue holder, a can of brown spray paint, Martha Stewart Arabesque stencil and white acrylic paint and bam. Lovely new home for my static fighting heroes.
Total Cost: $1 for tissue holder, everything else on hand
Hook Board with Buckets

I wanted a place to house all those odds and ends like buttons, coins and other pocket contents that inevitably end up strewn about the counter. Garage sale board+few coats of white acrylic paint+sanding edges+spray painted Valentine buckets from Target $ section=clutter elimination.
Total cost: $4 ($2 buckets, $2 board, everything else on hand)

Isn’t this fun? Odds and ends are our friends.
Click for the full DIY laundry room tour or to see how to stencil patterns.
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DIY Laundry Room

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I decided that this year was going to be the year I focus more on room makeovers. Get all the half done rooms in to the visions of them I have in my head. I’ve mapped out a plan and if all goes accordingly, by the end of the year I’ll have re-done seven areas in my home. Here’s to making it happen!
Let’s start with the laundry room. There are few things that please me more than a beautiful, organized place even if it is in a corner that no one (except all of you of course) will see and a room strictly used for chores. After all, the laundry room is “loads of fun.” Well, it is now!
DIY Laundry Room
But, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. I have wanted this room done for a long time. Since we moved in 6 1/2 years ago actually. I ripped down the hideous geese wallpaper border soon after moving in. So quickly in fact, that no pictures remain of it. I do have this before shot where you get a glimpse of where the border was as it left a stripe on the peach and gray striped wallpaper. Enough to make you shudder a little.
And now a sigh of relief as the poor room is taken out of its misery.
We still have cabinets to paint, but something about 30 degree weather and painting in the garage just isn’t right. They’ll be getting a clean coat of white as soon as weather permits. So in Utah, probably May. 😉 Let’s focus on the positive.
We already talked about paint and stenciling. (see how to stencil patterns)
Today we’ll be doing a tour of the details and decor. I already had this shelf and hanging area. It just got a good wipe down.
I had an awesomely placed outlet to work around, but thanks to Ikea Lack shelves, it was no problem. I added a tray and cover for my fabric softener sheets on the dryer.
On the small shelf, I put together a Laundry stain removal cheat sheet and a bar of Fels-Naptha. It is supposed to be great at removing stains, just rub over the stain and wash.
I love the nostalgic feel of using an actual bar though I thought it was white when I bought it. I suppose it adds a pop of color. I got the soap dish for $4 on clearance at my local Smith’s marketplace.
The larger shelf holds a jar of clothes pins (again for nostalgia sake) and a jar of Oxiclean. The basket is for socks that have no mates. After each day of laundry I check it to see if any of the mates have appeared. The shelf also holds a piece of white coral and some painted jars that we’ll talk more about tomorrow (see pic above).
Back by the door is a hook board holding buckets for buttons, coins and other small items from pockets. On the ledge is a magnet for safety pins for our sock system. That leaves the perfect space on our counter for a laundry basket.
The last spot on our tour is the ceiling. I had every intention of replacing this light, but then I took a good look at it while cleaning it off and decided I actually quite like the frosty, dainty little thing, so for now it stays.
So, what do you think?
Tomorrow we’ll talk about three easy projects from my DIY laundry room that cost under $5:
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