Mail call and mini house goodness!

Our mailman has been busy lately.  Tammy from "Tammy's in Love" sent me the sweetest Valentine card. 

Tammy and I share a special bond with our international adoption connection.    Thank you for my sweet card!

Erica from Golden Egg Vintage and I exchanged Valentine houses.  You can see the house I sent Erica on this post.

Isn't the Kewpie doll just the sweetest little thing!!

She always makes the fullest decorated mini trees.  It's just perfect.  In addition to the little house, she made the sweetest Valentine Bingo card.

She also filled a huge box with all sorts of special goodies.

She even included a paper Chinese lantern which is just perfect for our CNY tree.

To top it off, she also included this dollhouse decorating kit.

 Thank you, Erica.   I've said this before, but blogging friends are the most generous friends.

Isn't this weekend is just speeding by?  I'll have more Chinese New Year pictures to share on Tuesday.  If you enjoy watching the super bowl (I'm all about the commercials) have fun.  I'll be sneaking off to watch Downton Abbey during the game.
 

Tiny dancer...

I've been hanging onto this tiny heart jello mold waiting for the perfect project.

 I hope you found some time to play this weekend.

XOXO

Happy {Heart} Day!

May your Valentines day be filled with lots of love...

...and lots of sweet things!

XOXO

♥

  

Sharing the love...a Kim K. Valentine give-away!

Thank you for all the Josie "get-better" wishes.  We can already see improvement in just 24 hours of stronger medications. 

Another sweet Valentine arrived Monday from Patti at Paintin-Patti. Aren't these little farmers absolutely darling!! 

 Glitter, flowers and a sweet couple...who could ask for more!   Thank you, Patti!

My little white Valentine tree is nice and full this year.

The precious little pink pom pom kitty was made by Viv last year.

 I've added a few more decorations using teeny tiny hoops that I scooped up from the thift store and filled with red fabric.

I'd like to share a bit of Kim K. Valentine love with a "no strings-attached" give-away.

I'm even including the gingham apron in this give-away too!

I also left the chocolates inside this Kim K. decorated Valentine box!

In case you're up to a little baking, here are a few cookie cutters.

 In order to be entered in the giveaway:
* Leave me a comment on this blog post.
Period.
That's it.
Absolutely no strings attached.
I would love for you all to become followers, but there's absolutely no pressure. This is a giveaway for the pure joy of giving back to my blogging friends!
* Entries close at 8:00pm EST Sunday, February 3rd.
* Winner will be picked randomly by one of my two girls (whoever happens to be home and eager to be my assistant).

My sweet blogging friend (Molly) of Birdie Blue is also having a lovely Valentines give-away.  Be sure to stop by.  Here's a sneak peek. 

 I am continually amazed at all of the wonderful kindred spirits here in blogland.  I feel blessed to have gotten to know so many of you!  Good luck and Valentine hugs!

Sweethearts candy box crafting...

Hello.  My name is Kim and I'm addicted to glitter.   

With a bit of glitter and  a stash of lovely Valentine graphics found on Meri's blog (ImagiMeri), I've been flipping .59 cent box of sweethearts candy into ornaments.

It's really simple.  Empty the box of sweethearts candy and then cut out the heart graphic on the front of the box.

It doesn't even have to be a perfect heart-shape because it gets covered up anyways.

Decorate the interior of the box with Valentine graphics and paper doilies.

Outline the heart cutout with trim and then cover the sides of the box and the back in glue and glitter.

I've decided that nothing is safe from glitter in my house.

Glitter makes everything better!
Linking with It's a Very Cherry World Rednesday!

Special delivery!

A very special delivery arrived this week from Elizabeth (Creative Breathing).

She and I are exchanging Valentine treasures with each other.

Isn't he the most precious delivery-boy!?!

 He looks right at home in front of my Keystone dollhouse.

Other goodies in my special package included these sweet cards and this adorable Elizabeth-crafted Valentine.

Love is in the air!

XOXO
 

Thinking inside the box...

Over the years, I've posted tutorials on how to decorate heart-shaped candy boxes.

 For more ideas, see this post.

 Sunday afternoon, I tried something new for a couple of the Valentine exchanges that I'm participating in.

 I decided to separate the box lid and base to create my Valentines.

After the candy is removed, you can use the lid and the base of the box to make two Valentines out of a single box of candy.  Think of these $1.50 candy boxes as mini shadowboxes and layer them with some of your favorite treasures!!

This is interior view of the candy box lid.   The sides were generously brushed with white glue and glitter was sprinkled on top of the glue.

The sides of the box were layered with crepe paper ruffles (see this post) and then trim was hot-glued in place.

Even the backside of the lid gets decorated.

  It's important to make things pretty from both sides!

Here's another version, this time using a Valentine given to me by Elizabeth (Creative Breathing).  I love the reference to China tea.  A miniature teapot adds a little dimensional texture.

This is the backside of this Valentine.  Another sweet image shared with me by Elizabeth. A tiny flower is glued to the sweet little girls hair.

I've been having so much fun seeing what some of my blogging friends are up to with their Valentine crafting. Here's the teapot Valentine!

Happy creating!