Tammy Mitchell Photography» make handmade valentines http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com Life In Pictures Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:38:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Free Printable Valentine Party Circles: The Cupid Collection http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2012/02/01/free-printable-valentine-party-circles-the-cupid-collection/ http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2012/02/01/free-printable-valentine-party-circles-the-cupid-collection/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:53:43 +0000 Tammy http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/?p=3650 Good morning!!  Can you believe it’s February??  This year is already flying by!! :0  To celebrate the launch of The Sandbucket I am giving away a free printable for the 2 inch party circles featured in my article.  You can head on over to My Fabulous Fete to download them…

Have a great day!
tammy

]]> http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2012/02/01/free-printable-valentine-party-circles-the-cupid-collection/feed/ 0 Make This: My Heart’s a Stereo Homemade Valentine and free printable http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2012/01/10/make-this-my-hearts-a-stereo-homemade-valentine/ http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2012/01/10/make-this-my-hearts-a-stereo-homemade-valentine/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:42:38 +0000 Tammy http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/?p=3543 I have been desperately trying to come up with something clever for Andy’s valentines this year.  Boys are hard to begin with, but then when they get older it gets even more difficult to be creative and fun, but not too cutesy.  We were rockin out in the car the other day to our favorite song of the moment Gym Class Heroes: Stereo Hearts and it hit me!!  My heart’s a stereo…it beats for you!  The challenge became building a stereo out of candy.  Well…i think it came out pretty cute…what do you think?

and the back…

or you can do it without the boom box handle…  ;)

A funny side note…when I asked Andy if he knew what a stereo was he said  “nope.”  Feeling a little dated here!! ;)   Anyways, he loved them and thinks they are totally fun…even if he does have to explain to all the kids what a stereo is. lol!!  ;)

Would you like to create these yourself?  Here’s what you’ll need:

-large (movie theater box size) box of sweetarts  (Walmart or the Dollar Store are the cheapest I’ve found)

2 small boxes of lemonheads or similar

2 large chocolate coins

2 medium chocolate coins (you can find all these coins in bags at party city in their candy section)

1 small box of nerds

2 rolos

if you want to create the handle you’ll need about 6″ of ribbon.  Tie a knot at each end and then glue the handles at the knots to the top of your stereo. 

You’ll also need this free printable message for the back of your stereo.  ;)   You know I love you guys!! :)   Cut them to about 3.5x 5.5 size.

Download your free copy here:

Free Stereo Valentine Printable

And…if you’re in the mood to listen to the song, here you go!  ;)

 have a great day!
tammy

]]> http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2012/01/10/make-this-my-hearts-a-stereo-homemade-valentine/feed/ 1 Make This: Will you o-fish-ally be my valentine? Order Frosted Pillow Boxes Here for a limited time http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2012/01/08/make-this-will-you-o-fish-ally-be-my-valentine-order-frosted-pillow-boxes-here-for-a-limited-time/ http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2012/01/08/make-this-will-you-o-fish-ally-be-my-valentine-order-frosted-pillow-boxes-here-for-a-limited-time/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:07:30 +0000 Tammy http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/?p=3526 Well, valentine plans must be in full swing!!  I am aware that these have been getting a “little” attention on pinterest and craftgawker due to the number of emails I’ve been receiving regarding the frosted pillow boxes.   :)  I unfortunately ordered them from a wholesale supplier of mine, without realizing that they would cause a frenzy!! :)   So, I’ve decided to make them available here to you all.  I have placed an order for them and they will be arriving by late next week, in time for me to get them out to any of those of you that are interested.   I will send them first class mail and I am pricing them in packages of 10 boxes.  Please order multiples if you need more than 10.  (Paypal button is at the end of the post.)

These were created using frosted pillow boxes (the 3.5×5 size), a little satin ribbon, a 1.5 inch circle punch, a 2 inch scallop punch and some goldfish crackers. you know, a little salty to cut through all the sweets these little ones will be getting. :)

To make them easier to create I will also provide a free download for the tag, how does that sound?? ;)   That means all you need to pick up is some fun ribbon,  and the fish! :)   If you wanted to do them as candy valentines they woud also be fun with swedish fish. 

i love love love the pink and orange combo, but to “boy” these up it would be really cute with a blue ribbon and tag too. blue and orange is always so striking!  I will make the free printables in an orange option and a pink option so you don’t even have to go the extra step of buying colored cardstock to put under your white tag if you’d like.  :)   You will be able to just punch them out with a 3″ scallop or circle punch and ta-da!

You can find the free printable for these tags to download here:

o-fish-ally be mine tags

I hope you have  fun creating all these handmade valentines!  Place your order now so I don’t run out of boxes!! There is a limited supply. BOXES ARE NOW SOLD OUT

have a great day!
-t

]]> http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2012/01/08/make-this-will-you-o-fish-ally-be-my-valentine-order-frosted-pillow-boxes-here-for-a-limited-time/feed/ 0 make this: homemade BOY popcorn valentines http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2011/02/08/make-this-homemade-boy-popcorn-valentines/ http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2011/02/08/make-this-homemade-boy-popcorn-valentines/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 08:12:34 +0000 Tammy http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/?p=1903 This year I decided to make Andy’s valentines about as easy as it gets! :)   You can buy these cute .75 ounce popcorn boxes on amazon (50 for 8.00).  With a little cardstock and some microwave popcorn to fill em up, I’m in for about 30-45 minutes total and I think they turned out pretty cute.  What do you think?

How are your valentines coming along??  Only a few more days!! :)

Have a great day!

-t

]]> http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2011/02/08/make-this-homemade-boy-popcorn-valentines/feed/ 2 make this: valentines http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2011/01/11/make-this-valentines/ http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2011/01/11/make-this-valentines/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:39:35 +0000 Tammy http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/?p=1843 Well, my Christmas decorations are finally put away just in time to make way for these:

I found them at my favorite place, Homegoods.  They are so cute.  Glittered, 3 dimensional….yummy!!  You know how I feel about paper goods!! :)

I am working on a little project with them.  If it turns out I’ll be sure to share it.  In the meantime…run to homegoods and grab yourself some!! :)

Have a great day!
-t

]]> http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2011/01/11/make-this-valentines/feed/ 1 Make This: How to Make Adorable Matchbox Valentines http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2010/02/04/make-this-how-to-make-adorable-matchbox-valentines/ http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2010/02/04/make-this-how-to-make-adorable-matchbox-valentines/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:11:20 +0000 Tammy http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/?p=1010 I have been saving this one for you for almost a year!!  I ran across it last year just after valentines and saved these pictures to share this year just in time for valentines.  They are seriously SO cute and easy.  I am headed to albertsons today to grab some matchboxes (about $1.50 for 10 boxes) and make these myself.  :)

Grab some scraps of paper and ribbon, some tape and a heart punch and you’ve got yourself some homemade valentines in minutes…

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Thanks to inchmark for the cute idea! :)

Have a great Thursday!!

-t

]]> http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2010/02/04/make-this-how-to-make-adorable-matchbox-valentines/feed/ 3 make this: cute boy valentines–free pattern download http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2009/02/10/make-this-cute-boy-valentines/ http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2009/02/10/make-this-cute-boy-valentines/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:56:40 +0000 Tammy http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/?p=959 I really wanted to MAKE valentines this year for Andy’s class.  I wanted to last year, but with 35 kids in the class I thought FORGET IT!!  This year there is a MUCH more manageable number so I thought I’d give it a whirl.  Boy valentines are HARD!!  I came up with a million fun girly pink and red ideas.  For boys…not so much! :)   I finally came up with something I think will suffice.  I was happy when Andy walked in and saw them sitting on the counter and said “cool, mom! Rockets!”  That made it TOTALLY worth it! :)  
I simply drew out the idea on a sheet of paper, then cut the individual pieces out of some paper I’ve had lying around for ages that I still love.  :)  
Valentines front  
They each measure about 4×6 
Valentine web  
For the back I printed out the message on a white sheet of cardstock.  I used the free skater dude font from this si  te.    
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glued it all together, stuck a sucker on it and called it a day! ;)  
They aren’t anything fancy, but if you’re in a bind and want to make some yourself, you can Download the Rocket Pattern that I made for you. :)  
Have a great day! 
-t

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