Cat Valentine

Are there any cute little kitties in your life that need a little extra love?? How about a Valentine for your wittle kitty?? 

I thought it might be fun to bring Danny a little dirt and grass inside during this cold winter weather. Here's Danny:

Here's the grass:

It's cat grass. Cuteness, right? Kitties are supposed to love this stuff and it helps them get rid of hairballs. Danny, as you noticed above, is awfully fuzzy. This means house-of-hairballs. So, I'm going to give him a Valentine that will warm his heart....and help me out in the process. Now hairballs, and the hacking up of hairballs......."That's Yuck" as my Munchkin would say.

LOLCATS

I even made a little decoupaged plant pot with sheet music kitty paw prints and hearts. 

The seeds sprout within a couple of days, so by Valentines Day is should be ready for him to munch on. Get started on yours now to have it ready in time!! Your cat will love you for it. Maybe. :-)

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Iris Folding Valentine

I am a huge fan of Iris folding; it looks so complex, but it is actually quite simple. I have used Iris Folding for birthday cards and Christmas Cards, to decorate a house and to gift to a friend. It is definitely a multipurpose kind-o-craft. If you would like to make this heart, you can find a template: HERE and for instructions on how to make your own Iris folding patterns from scratch go HERE. To give you a sense of my process (I made up this pattern above, just to try making my own) here's a little photo recap:

The writing is fairly faint, but you can see the lines and numbers I sketched out. The first part of my project was to make a drawing of a heart and cut it out of cardstock. Then I had to impose a triangle shape over it and, using a ruler, decrease the size of the triangle by 3/4 inch increments. Once that is done, I label each segment with a number and keep track of which paper corresponds to each number (ex: striped paper = numbers 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 20, 23, etc) to help me keep track of where each paper piece goes. 

Next, you flip the front of the cardstock (the side people will see) over so that is is facedown and you pattern cutout is in it's place in the middle. Using the paper that corresponds to each number, fold the paper and cover each segment, taping them lightly down on either end. Work in a clockwise motion around the pattern. 

You'll be so surprised once you flip it over. They always come out so fantastic!! You'll be getting lots of ooo's and ahhh's over this craft I promise. :-)

Don't you just love the way the paper lays in the pattern. I think it's beautiful!!!

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Valentine's Galore