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LOVEly Wreath & Linky Party

CRAFTS· HOLIDAYS

This is a sponsored post brought to you by FrogTape for Bower Power’s Frog Tape Fridays. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience.

Happy Valentines Day!

I am such a closet freak about valentines day…I love me some cupid.  C’mon.  Who wouldn’t freak out over a holiday completely dedicated to giving and receiving chocolate, flowers and sentiments of your love?!  It’s practically an entire day dedicated to estrogen.  And that is something my house needs more of.  badly.  So with that said, let’s first spread a little passion…a la Hey Girl.

Most of you have seen the Ryan Gosling photos on Pinterest that boast the ‘perfect male sentiments’….and then folks started converting them to their hubsters….well, I made this one a couple weeks ago for a friend (you might be able to guess who) with the little handsome man in our household for his baby girlfriend and I thought I’d finally share it….

That dimple is gonna be trouble I tell ya.  Big.  Trouble.

 

Okay – now back to my craftiness.  I needed a Valentines wreath.  Needed like a sinus infection needs a Neti Pot.  So I grabbed some stuff laying around the house to get my craft on because nothing says love like a free wreath….amen….

I had some yarn from my photoshoot with Weston.  I used one entire ball.

I also took the pool noodle from Will’s toddler bed.  We had it tucked under the fitted sheet while he was learning to sleep without the rail.  Thanks to you guys for that tip!  But since he is pretty good now without it, I snagged it for my wreath form.

I also used a bunch of Frog Tape and an X-acto knife.  I love the fact that two of the main ingredients for this wreath were from two of my loves 🙂  Destiny.  and Serendipity.  and Beyonce.  (that just seemed to fit so I threw it in there. nevermind.)

The first thing you wanna do is cut out a v-shaped chunk outta the middle of the pool noodle.

Then you can fold it in half to make a…drumrolllllll…..heart.  Boom.  or should I say Thump.

Mark where the sides are gonna meet in the middle and cut each end at an angle so that they meet up nicely.

Now that you have the heart shape, it’s time to tape it all together in place.  Then just wrap in yarn and decorate it with whatever you want.

I went with red and white and pink fabric flowers.  They take about thirty seconds to make and I pin them directly into the noodle.  Uber-simple.

I actually have added more flowers since this photo was taken.  You can’t blame me for getting flower happy.  This kind won’t even die.  And even love ferns die sometimes.  I like the fact that this looks like the heart is wearing a corsage.

It’s now hanging in my kitchen and Will now attempts to make heart shapes with his hands.  He’s gonna be a little Beiber.  Or maybe that is just my motherly eyes 🙂

I’d love to see what you made for Valentines day!  Did you do something crafty?  Make homemade valentines cards?  Or a homemade gift?  Something with loads of pink?!  I’d love if you shared it with me and the other fans!  Just follow the instructions below to join the fun….

Here are the instructions if you are a linky-party newbie…

  • click on the blue “Add Your Link” button at the bottom of this post – it has a blue frog head on it
  • add a link to your Lovely Craft project blog post in the url field (please do not link to your home page but the specific post page)
  • for “name” write a short descriptive name for your project (e.g. “Valentine Wood Art”)
  • if you would like to put the Lovely Crafts button on the bottom of your post, I’d love to see it there….basically it would be a Valentines present to me.  from you.  celebrating our love.
  • If you’d rather just link over to your craft in the comment section, feel free to do that – or even add a link to a free photo sharing site like Flickr with your pics if you don’t have a blog (remember to set the gallery to public so we can all see it).

Now let’s get to the party!  MUCH LOVE….and maybe a little kissing 🙂

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  2. I love the Ryan Gosling inspired sentiment with Will! Have you seen R.G. in Drive? Such a great movie. Love your wreath and those cute little flowers. I wish I knew about that pool noodle trick when my kids were little. Thanks for hosting, Katie!

  8. Love your heart wreath! Hope you guys have a sweet day! PS – what a great tip about the pool noodle as a transition for a rail – I will definitely be using that.

  12. LOVE IT! It’s so simple looking and sweet. I’m a little sad that you didn’t show how to make the flowers though 🙁

  17. Can you tell us how you made the flowers for the wreath. I would love to make some like that to use for bows in my babies hair!

  19. Adorable heart! Love the way you incorporated the gray into it.
    Thanks for hosting the party!

    Happy Valentine’s Day to the Bower clan 🙂

    Lani
    SimplyFreshVintage.com

  22. I would love to see information on how to make those fabric flowers!! I have been trying to figure them out and just can’t seem to…

  24. We use the title Tinkle King in our house quite often. I’m not sure my husband knows where it comes from. 🙂

    I checked on the blog as soon as I got up and was shocked and excited to see so many links already up! Then I remembered that I’m on the west coast and the day has already started for most of you. I feel like such a lazybones!

  26. This is sooo cute!! and I love that it’s made out of a pool noodle!
    Do you have a toot for those flowers that I don’t know about? I love them!

  27. It was just fabric from my old bin…I think I got it years ago at Walmart?
    And I’ll have to do a flower tutorial 🙂
    xo – kb

  31. LOVE the heart wreath!!!
    If you have a moment or two (does that ever happen?) I’d love a tutorial on the flowers. cute. cute. cute.

    And Will and Weston = cute x2

    Have a great day!

  32. This is totally random but it makes me laugh… I live in Knoxville but love me some ‘Noog. The first time we visited we went to Clumpie’s and ate our little hearts out. Weeks later we were reminiscing about the ice cream but couldn’t remember the name so we started calling it Scoopie’s (close, right?). It’s been Scoopie’s in our minds ever since. Totally stupid but it makes me chuckle. Go VOLS!

  33. I LOVE your wreath! I actually purchased supplies yesterday to make my own wreath (gray yarn as well – yay!), but didn’t quite get to it. My Ombre cake disaster took 5 hours too many! I planned on making flowers out of felt – but your fabric ones are even cuter (is that a word?). Would you mind sharing how you made the flowers? Thanks!

    And thanks for setting up the Love Fest party!

  34. omigosh that wreath is so adorable!!

    Katie , I have a question – Did you ever start rice cereal with will between 4-6 months ? Or was he just breastfed until 6? Did you buy any baby food at all like the pureed fruits etc. My boy is about to be 4 months and I am just interested in listening to lot of opinions…Since I work full time I dont know if I will be able to go 6 months with just Breast milk..

  36. Love the wreath!! How did you make the flowers?

    Also..any chance for possibly a March 1st Pinterest Challenge? A spring fever one if you will…

  39. Love your ‘Hey Girl’ of Will! I am SO on the ‘Hey Girl’ bandwagon. I linked up to the ‘Hey Girl’ party that Kelly is throwing over on her View Along the Way blog! You should check it out : )

  43. If I remember correctly I believe I breastfeed until 6 months and then introduced about 2 new foods each month starting with rice cereal and some pureed. Will mostly ate what we ate…so if we ate sweet potatoes, he had them – same with all those other beginner foods.
    xo – kb

  46. Wow – that wreath is incredible. We love using Frog Tape too! I think it came off easier than the common blue tape when we painted our master. How did you make those fabric flowers?

  47. Love the pic of Will. He looks just like my son. Right down to the dimples. Handsome boys are going to be trouble! My guy has em on his tooshie also! I am going to be telling all his dates that haha

  50. Um, so I tried to make a yarn wreath for Christmas and it was a disaster and took me like 3 weeks to wrap it obsessively so that the styrafoam underneath didn’t show. How did you wrap the yarn so that it looks so good? I am a rookie crafter so maybe I just don’t know….

  51. Love the way that pretty wreath looks in your grey kitchen- and YES! Must know how to do those pretty flowers. On a side note, I’m so happy to have the idea for the pool noodle in the kids bed! Woot!

  52. Hi Jane,

    I know you were asking Katie and not me, but if you want multiple experiences…

    I have a full time job and had to come back to work when my son was 5 months old (such a luxury to have so much time). We stared our little guy on rice cereal at 4 months and, like Katie, would add a new food every 2 weeks or so. We added them more frequently as he got older, but 2 new foods a month is pretty good to begin with.

    When he started daycare, he was still having all breastmilk at daycare and then one meal of solids at home. After about a month, we slowly started sending some purees to daycare with him, basically paying attention to his cues and talking with his teachers who were really great about telling us when he was wanting more solids.

    I managed to keep nursing at home and pumping at work until he was a year old, but they have a mother’s lounge where I work, which makes it so much easier. Even so, my milk supply went down dramatically when I got back to work since my pump just wasn’t as effective as having my little guy nurse. I don’t think I’d have been able to keep him happy with just breastmilk after that since my milk production was never all that great to begin with (you might do better if you have a really great supply). Being able to send solids to school with him definitely helped!

    Good luck!

  54. Love it! What an awesome, inexpensive idea! I’m always asking myself why the hell couldn’t I have though of that?! Pass your crafty genes this way, please!!

    Will sure is going to be one little heartbreak 😉 Are you prepared for this? Haha!

    Hope you had a fabulous Valentine’s Day!!

  56. He’s a lady killer that’s for sure. Did you know last summer there was a pool noodle link party too? Yup, I made a noodle wreath for it, yours would of fit right in!

    Bliss

  57. What an adorable wreath! I recently used a pool noodle as a wreath form, but I never thought to make it any shape other than round–SMART! Thanks for sharing your project and allowing us to share as well. Happy Valentine’s Day!

    ~Abby =)
    #194, 10 Days of Love

  58. What a cute and simple way to up-cycle that pool noodle! Unrelated, but I’d love to hear about the exercise plan you referenced a few weeks ago. I’m feeling highly unmotivated to change my slovenly ways and would love to hear if/how you’ve managed to do the impossible and put together and implemented a plan. AND, that kid has some serious star power!

  59. Hey Katie…a totally unrelated question for you- at what age did you transition Will from the crib to the bed? We have a bed waiting for my son but he currently has no issues with his crib so I don’t want to switch anything up just yet. Just curious when I should start thinking about making the switch. Thanks!

  60. We probably should have done it sooner but we waited till he was so fast at climbing out that it was like there was no rail at all. I think in hindsight we should have switched him sooner. I’ve always heard that you should wait until they start climbing out and if they never do, then wait until they feel uncomfortable.
    xo – kb

  61. Right now I have a very complicated plan…it’s just do some sort of exercise for thirty minutes every other day. Every two weeks I plan on increasing that ten more minutes till I’m doing an hour 5x a week 🙂
    xo – kb

  66. Happy Valentines Day Bowers!

    Love your wreath, it’s gorgeous and reusable for wedding anniversaries, engagement anniversaries and the-day-we-started-dating anniversaries… Ok we don’t celebrate all of them but if you so choose to, your wreath would make the perfect decoration 🙂

    I’m newish to blogging but am loving it! I’d love you post your links party button but I don’t know how to, help? Or even a starting point!

    Thanks hun!

  68. Love the wreath! Wish I had seen it earlier as I have all the fixins’ for one. I got the email at 2:57 this morning….a day late 🙁 My husband’s birthday is Valentines Day so the grey heart just got me. Will make one for sure though!

    That picture of Weston in the basket of yarn is adorable! And the “Hey Baby Girl”….too cute!
    I just recently started following you and believe that’s for Clara. Just met Sherry and John last week in Charlotte! Hope to meet you sometime soon!

  72. I am not a huge fan of Valentine’s Day but I have to say, that is the best wreath! I have to decorate a bit because the kiddos love it so I might just have to bust this out next year.

  80. Are you asking about how to do a linky party or how to participate in mine? I’m not sure which one but I’d be happy to help!
    xo – kb

  81. LOVE IT LOVEI IT!!
    Can’t wait to see the tutorial on the flower because I am clueless on that part!
    I might one just to hang up not just for valentines day! Because its so easy and SO CUTE!
    Great job..

  86. I’ve already participated in your fab party! Check me out at #215 baby hand heart art. What I’m trying to work out is how to pop your ‘Lovely Crafts Linky Party @ Bower Power’ button on to my blog post and make it a link so people can go from my art post directly to your page and get on down with the whole links party. Does that make sense?

    Thanks in advance (we are working on two different time zones here! Sydney, Australia to Bower Power central, US)

  87. This wreath came out super cute! I really like the colors – the yarn and contrasting fabric. Very nice! 🙂

  88. Okay – so you right click on the image that you want to upload on your post (like the linky button)…then just upload it onto your post and link it up.
    Here is what the code will look like if you just wanna plug it into your HTML…
    “”
    xo – kb

  90. Not to harass…but did you post a tutorial on the flowers? I’m going to work on a wreath for the Pinterest Challenge and I need to do those flowers!!! : )

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