Valentine's Craft Projects: Modern Country Crafts

Hello, all you gorgeous lovers out there!!!

And happy Valentine's Day!

Over on Instagram, I've been sharing my favourite Modern Country Valentine's craft projects so I thought I'd take this opportunity to share some Valentine's Crafty gorgeousness with you..... These are all craft projects that I've made myself, so it goes without saying that you can make them too!!! 

{And, yes! I've FINALLY joined! If you haven't come to say hello to me on Instagram then I'd LOVE to see you there!}

First up, this mother-of-pearl heart cushion....I actually made this from an old sofa cushion which I took apart so I was able to reuse the piping from around the edge. I'm all about the shortcuts! You can see the full tutorial here...

Then these rosebud hearts! Aaaaah, these are some of my favourites! I never get tired of gorgeous rosebud letters! Aren't they pretty!? You can learn how to make your own here...

I made this cushion to remember our wedding back in good old 1999, using my awesome Vintage Typewriter Keys stamp set. And I used the drawn thread technique for the first time too!! See how here...

This blanket-stitched heart is so snuggly and warm - and lavender-filled so it smells yummy too....All the deets are here...

Awww, and this heart and cinnamon garland is a stunner! The only hard bit is threading the string through the cinnamon. If you can do that then you're away!! See the instructions here...

And last but not least my Scrabble tile magnets. Basically, if you have a glue gun and a Scrabble set, then this is as good as done (find out how here)...

And there you have it! My all-time best Valentine's craft projects!! Which one is your favourite?

Take Care Till Next Time, my Valentine's lovelies,

Sarahxx

All images: Modern Country Style

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Romance Is For Life....

Happy Valentine's Day, my darlings....

To have and to hold,

for better, for worse,

for richer, for poorer,

in sickness and in health,

to love and to cherish,

from this day forward,

until death us do part.

That's what I call real romance.

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It's Valentine's Day

Whether you're smooching with your partner.....

{how romantic is this?}

or spending the evening with good friends (doesn't that look fantastic fun?)......

.. or on your own, curled up in bed, with a good book ...

I really hope that you have a very

Happy Valentine's Day.

 Images via Wedding 0011, Casa Tres Chic and Cabbages and Roses

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Valentine's Rosebud Initials

Here are my Valentines Rosebud Ornaments. I've shaped them into our initials.

G for Guy

S for Sarah

And, of course, a heart.

Sarah loves Guy.

Or Guy loves Sarah.

Depending on how the mood takes me.

;-)

The letters were actually easier to make than in yesterday's post. There was no twisting of the wire to be done.  Just gently bending the end back around the last rosebud.

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One more day to go to my English Garden Party. Eeeeee!

Come on over tomorrow (Wednesday morning GMT) to link up.

There will be a bath available for anyone who gets over-excited by all the scrumptiousness available to drool over.....

{Can you imagine? A bath in the garden?}

I'm linking to the fab parties in my sidebar.

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Rosebud crafty tutorial

Hello again, sweet pea,

Well, am I glad to see you today. It's so good to have some adult company.

{Between you and me, the chicken pox saga is somewhat taking its toll on my sanity.}

Have you chosen your outfits for Wednesday's English Garden Linky Party at Modern Country Style?

I'm thinking some posh wellie boots would go down well.

Yup, this is definitely the outfit I have in mind.

;-)

Please will you come along and link up your garden/ flower (fake or otherwise)/ outdoors posts too (the grabbable button is on my sidebar to your right)?

{I can't very well have a dress like that and prance around on my own, now, can I?!

Oh, alright, I probably could but it would be *so* much more fun with you.}

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Now onto the rosebuds.

This is one of those excellent crafts that pretty easy to put together but looks absolutely awesome when it's done.

Here's what you'll be needing:

A packet of dried rosebuds, which, if you're wondering where to find them, I got easily-peasily from eBay. My second home.

Some firm but malleable wire

Pretty ribbon

Step 1

Take a rosebud and push it onto the end of the wire. If your wire isn't stiff enough then you can use a needle to make a hole and then slip the wire through that.

Step 2

Repeat until you have between 20 and 30 rosebuds on the wire then snip off the wire with a few cm spare at each end..

Step 3

This part depends on what shape you want to make. If, for example, you're after a heart then simply bend the two ends round until they touch and twist together to secure, trimming off excess if necessary. Shape the wire-loop into a heart.

Step 4

Attach pretty ribbon.

Step 5

For a gorgeous finishing touch, swivel the rosebuds so that the stalks all face same the same way.

Step 6*

Love Modern Country Style for always.

Mine are up and look so lovely and romantic. Tomorrow I'll be sharing my rosebud reveal.

Can't wait!

* Step 6 optional

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Valentine's Cushion

I have an announcement to make.

You are all cordially invited to:

 Modern Country Style's English Garden Party on Wednesday 9th February 2010.

Just to be clear....I am SO chilled out about what you can link up. Does it have to be a perfectly manicured garden? Nope. It can be a bunch of flowers, or some herbs, or dried flowers, or your winter yard, or some lovely outdoorsyness (no, not 'odiousness', Mr Spellchecker...) of your choice.

Out of my factory of fun, I have masterminded a new button....which is over on the righthand side of my blog, on the sidebar.

I will love you forever and a day if you grab the button (by copying the html code below it) and put it on your sidebar if you have a blog too.

Thank you so much.

Let it be known far and wide that I love Valentine's Day. Not the commercialised schmaltzy version but the loved-up coupley thing. 

Slow dancing. Red roses. Love letters.

Makes my tummy do a flip at the thought of it.

So, with that in mind, here is the first of my Valentine's offerings.



A Valentine's cushion celebrating our marriage together.



We got married at a gorgeous red-brick church 1999, Sussex, England. The sun shone for us and we absolutely glowed with happiness all day long.




I used bleached calico on the front and grey wool on the back for an envelope-backed Valentine's cushion.



I used a draw-thread technique to create the two lines on either side of the stamped section by pulling about ten or so complete threads out of the material. It creates a kind of ladder effect.



My top tip is do that bit afterwards. If you mess up on the stamping, you don't want to be repeating the pulling.

Don't ask me how I know or I'll growl. :-)



I love the combination of the two textures and colours: the soft charcoal wool and nubby off-white calico.



Perfect for snuggling up with, alongside this pearl-grey faux fur throw.



I used a mixture of vintage typewriter keys and standard alphabet stamps. I have a bit of a stamp mania going on at the mo.

Stamping everthing in sight I am.

I've already given this cushion as an early Valentine's present to Mr Modern Country and was utterly blown away when he said that he *loved* it.

Yes, he used those words. L.O.V.E.D. 



Well, you could have knocked me down with a feather. 

 And thank you so much to Cindy at Oakview Cottage for sharing my Modern Country kitchen makeover. Have you visited her blog? The photos she and her husband post there are awesome.......and she's LOVELY too. ;-)

Come back soon for some rosebud scrumdiddlyumptiousness.

Could there be anything more Valenitne-y than rosebuds?

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