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Heart Shaped Chocolate Covered Strawberries

How to Make Heart Shaped Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Learn how to make heart-shaped chocolate-covered strawberries for a fun Valentine’s Day dessert. It’s easy to make heart-shaped strawberries for a perfect Valentine’s day edible decor. These chocolate-covered hearts can be used as a garnish for ice cream, cupcakes, or served with Champagne.
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DIY Valentine's Day Gift Bag

Beautiful DIY Valentine’s Day Gift Bag Ideas (Quick and Easy)

It’s amazing how quick and easy it is to make this beautiful DIY Valentine’s Day gift bag. I love the texture and using different elements on my gift bags. For this design, I layered paper, ribbon, and lace to make this beautiful Valentine’s Day gift bag. The materials I used… Read more

Valentine’s Napkin Rings

I like to add a little romance to a Valentine’s Day dinner with pretty napkin rings but never wanted to buy them for just one night. I came up with an easy and inexpensive solution. I love to reuse household items so I created napkin rings from a paper towel… Read more

Painted Bubble Wrap Valentine's Box

Stunning DIY Valentine’s Day Gift Box (Painted Bubble Wrap)

Create a beautiful DIY Valentine’s gift box with painted bubble wrap. I am always looking for new ways to reuse what I already have on hand. I had the idea of painting bubble wrap to give my DIY Valentine’s Day gift boxes and bags a nice textured almost beaded look.… Read more

Be Mine Gift Wrap Design

I always wanted to decorate a gift with stick-on foam hearts for a fun and easy to create design. They remind me of conversation hearts candy. These Valentine’s Day gifts could be given to anyone a friend, a child, or even a teacher because they are more charming than romantic.… Read more

Love Potion and Elixer of Love Decorative Bottles

DIY Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas – Valentine’s Day Bottle Art (Free Printable)

Creating beautiful Valentine’s Day bottles are thoughtful DIY Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas. Taking the time to create a custom-made piece of art is a perfect heartfelt gift and makes a gorgeous Valentine’s Day decoration. It can be filled with fairy lights or delicious candy. This is a great Valentine’s Day… Read more

DIY Valentine’s Day Centerpiece (King and Queen of Hearts)

It is easy to create a beautiful and unique DIY Valentine’s Day Centerpiece Idea with a twist that is sure to amaze your Valentine! This Valentine’s Day centerpiece is straying from the traditional hearts and roses with a King and Queen of Hearts, house of cards theme.
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Love Potion

It is easy and inexpensive to create your bottle of Love Potion for your special Valentine. I bought a heart-shaped bottle at the craft store for a dollar and transformed it into an aged bottle of potent elixir that is sure to make the heart flutter at least it when… Read more

DIY Valentine’s Day Cookie Gifts – Cookie Cups

Homemade Valentine’s Day Cookie Gifts are the best type of edible Valentine’s gift. Not only are they more delicious than cookies you can buy, but they also show someone how much you care by spending the time to bake their favorite cookies. Rather than placing your scrumptious treat in a… Read more

Beaded Heart Valentine’s Day Gift Wrapping Ideas

Nothing says Happy Valentine’s Day better than a handmade card, bag, or gift box to show someone you care. This Valentine’s gift wrapping idea becomes part of the gift because it can be saved as decorative storage and used for keepsakes. This design is made with layered craft paper and… Read more

Super Cute DIY Valentine’s Day Cards

DIY Valentine’s Day cards are so easy and fun to make using things you may already have around your house. With a few odds and ends and craft supplies, you can easily create these adorable Valentine’s Day Cards. Both kids and adults can get in on the fun and make… Read more

Beautiful Bubbly – Valentine’s Champagne

It is easy to dress up a bottle of sparkling wine or champagne for Valentine’s Day with a ribbon sash. Just wrap a piece of ribbon around the bottle, glue the connecting area and trim the ribbon tails to matching lengths. Attach flowers and beads to the ribbon with craft… Read more

DIY Valentine's Masks

DIY Valentine’s Day Decorations and Gifts

Learn how to make Valentine’s Day decorations and gifts with a Mardi Gras flair. Masquerade mask gift bags, hear gift baskets, Masquerade masks and decorative heart cups all can be easily made to dress up your Valentine’s Day or for any romantic occasion.
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Bearing Gifts

You are never too old to get an adorable stuffed animal for Valentine’s Day especially if it is used to hold a gift. There is an abundance of cute plush friends in stores this time of year that would be perfect to use for this gift presentation. I used a… Read more

Plastic Wrap Valentine’s Gift Box (Duct Tape Crafts)

As most of you may already know, I love to find new uses for household and normally discarded items. I have always wanted to do something with an aluminum foil or plastic wrap box because I think it has such a great shape and size. I decided on making a… Read more

DIY Valentine’s Day Card

A beautiful floral card design can be created from items you probably already have around your house. This is an easy design to create and can quickly be made over and over again once you have constructed your initial pattern. You can get creative with the colors and textures of… Read more

Valentine’s Gift Wrap

Here is my latest gift wrap idea I designed for Scotch®. I wanted to add texture and depth to this design by layering fabric over a wrapped gift before adding the ribbon and the accents. I think it looks very classy and it’s perfect for Valentine’s Day.
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Valentine’s Day Gifts

The romance of Valentine’s Day is captured with these Valentine’s Day gifts. Miniature rosebuds made from sheer organza heart ribbon accent the whimsical Valentine’s Gift Wrap to create an unmistakable Valentine ’s Day gifts display.
Materials Used for the Valentine’s Day Gifts Designs

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Candy to Go

These whimsical Valentine’s takeout boxes are a fun way to give candy and treats to friends or teachers to show them you care. They are so easy to make. The red one was inspired by candy conversation hearts and for the pink, I just wanted to make something flirty and… Read more

Decorated Wine Bottle

Turn an ordinary wine bottle into an artful display that looks beautiful as the wine is being served. I layered this wine bottle with scrapbooking paper and a strip of textured fabric. Silk roses and a red bow add the finishing touches. This is a perfect accent for a romantic… Read more

Valentine’s Day Gifts and Decorations at FOX 5 DC

I had a great time at Fox 5 DC Sunday morning showing how to make my Valentine’s Day gifts and decorations. We had fun creating my napkin rings and love potion bottle.

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How to Wrap a Bottle of Champagne

Learn how to wrap a bottle of champagne to give as a gift for Valentine’s Day or any other special occasion. This design can be created in about 5 minutes with things you may already have around your house.
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Valentine’s Day Decorations with a Mardi Gras Flair

Since Valentine’s Day and Mardi Gras are a day apart this year, I thought it would be fun to create Valentine’s Day Decorations with a Mardi Gras  flair. I visited my friends at NBC affiliate WBAL this past Sunday, to show how to jazz up you Valentine’s Day decorations and… Read more

Decorated Valentine’s Wine Bottle

Create a decorated Valentine’s wine bottle. Turn an ordinary wine bottle into an artful display that looks beautiful as the wine is being served. I layered this wine bottle with scrapbooking paper and a strip of textured fabric. Silk roses and a red bow add the finishing touches. This is… Read more

Valentine’s Day Decorations and Gift Ideas – NBC

I stopped by NBC  affiliate, WBAL-TV today to show how to make fun and festive Valentine’s Day decorations and gift ideas. I always have a great time when I go WBAL…such an amazing group of people! Here is a link to the segment.

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DIY Valentine’s Gifts and Craft Ideas

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I stopped by WBAL to give some of my tips for creating heartfelt Valentine’s gifts and craft ideas. I love to create unexpected designs that make people smile and most of what I create uses inexpensive… Read more

SEPHORA Gift Bag Transformation

I have often looked at shopping bags that I get from various stores and thought it would be a shame to just throw them away. They are usually high quality bags with nice handles and are very sturdy. Unfortunately, you can’t just put your gift into a bag with a… Read more

Handmade Romantic Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas

I stopped by to see my friends at WBAL to demonstrate how to personalize your Valentine’s Day with handmade gifts and cards. I wasn’t able to get to everything so let me know if you would like instructions on how to make projects seen in this video.
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Victorian Gift Bag

I love texture and using different elements on my gift bags. For this design I layered paper, ribbon and lace to make this beautiful Victorian gift bag. The materials I used are easy to find and it cost less than buying a gift bag but result is much more dramatic.… Read more

3D Heart Gift Bag

I love try to incorporate something reused in all of my designs. This is one of my signature gift bags designs that uses a paper towel or wrapping paper roll to make a heart. It lifts the heart off of the bag to give it a 3D effect. I also… Read more

Strawberry Hearts

It seems that strawberries and chocolate have become the official treat for Valentine’s Day. I have decided to take it a step further and make chocolate drizzled heart strawberries to add that extra charm to a romantic evening.
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DIY Valentine’s Designs

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Backstage at Let’s Talk Live

Here is a picture of me with my Valentine’s Day crafts, food and gift wrap ideas minutes before I went on camera. I love being on that show they are great!… Read more

Valentine’s Napkin Ring

I have always wanted to have pretty Valentine’s napkin rings to spice up a place setting or wine/dessert display but never felt like buying them for just for one night. I came up with a less expensive and very easy solution. I created this napkin ring from a tube cut… Read more

More DIY Ideas

I Pet a Fruit Bat!

I stopped by WBAL on Sunday for my back to school segment and as I walked in, a bat scientist was on air with live bats. It was so cool…he had a Malayan Flying Fox which is the largest bat species in the world. I actually got to pet her… Read more

Fun in the Sun – DIY Sun Craft

Here is a fun summer decoration that would look great at a barbecue or as an accent piece in your home. I love mixing colors and patterns together to give this design more dimension. This is very easy to create with cardboard and decorative paper and is a great project… Read more

Ring Bearer Gift Design

Here is another gift design I created for Nashville Wraps. This wedding gift design was created to resemble a Ring Bearers pillow. This sweet design was made with the gorgeous silver and white Wedding Blooms gift wrap and the sleek Double-Faced Silver Satin Ribbon. Sliver rings were glued together and… Read more

Homemade Barbecue Sauce

For the Fourth of July I thought it would be fun to make some of my own barbeque sauce for my charcoal grilled barbecue chicken. I used to make it all the time following a Bourbon Barbeque Sauce recipe from Bon Appetite. Now that I have children, I have since… Read more

Hands-Free Umbrella Holder

I usually like to take an umbrella with me when there is a chance of rain…I never know when I am going to get stuck in a torrential downpour during an afternoon thunderstorm. It always seems to be raining the hardest when I have to be outside and then stops… Read more

Decorating with Cupcakes

I like to use food as decorations…it makes an event more fun when you can actually eat the party decor. A simple way to add a Fourth of July flair to purchased cupcakes is to add red candy to the tops of white icing and add small America Flags to… Read more

Baby Birds

One of the things I love about the summertime is all of the local farm stands and fresh produce that is readily available. The flavor of freshly picked fruit and vegetables has such an unbelievably delicious taste and texture unlike anything you find at the grocery store.  I also… Read more

American Flag Inspired Masks

I like to create party favors for all types of events. It puts everyone in a good mood and helps to add positive energy to any get together. Favors are not just for kids anymore…adults can also have fun playing with party favors too, like the ones I made here. … Read more

ManneqArt Hair and Makeup Competiton

I had the pleasure of being a part of the first annual ManneqArt hair and makeup competition on Sunday at Savage Mill, Maryland. Hair and makeup artists were meticulously creating their fantastical designs to complement the 40 wearable art sculptures that had been submitted by designers all over the world.… Read more

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