Tammy Mitchell Photography» valentine’s ideas 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 Creative Gift Giving: THe perfect Valentine http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2012/01/25/creative-gift-giving-the-perfect-valentine/ http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2012/01/25/creative-gift-giving-the-perfect-valentine/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:45:54 +0000 Tammy http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/?p=3637 Are you looking for something cute and creative this year to give your valentine?  Maybe something fun to send to school with the kiddos that you can make yourself in a matter of minutes?  How about a few of these cuties??

Aren’t they adorable??  I can’t get enough of them!! :)   Here’s the good news…you can make these with a few molds from Michaels, some chocolate melts in your chosen color, and a few minutes.  Save up your 40% off coupons.  All you’ll need is a microwave to make them.  The instructions are on the back of the chocolate melts packages.  Happy sucker making!! :)

Have a great day!
tammy

 

]]> http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2012/01/25/creative-gift-giving-the-perfect-valentine/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 Valentine Free Printable: O-fish-ally be mine tags http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2012/01/09/valentine-free-printable-o-fishally-be-mine-tags/ http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2012/01/09/valentine-free-printable-o-fishally-be-mine-tags/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:41:23 +0000 Tammy http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/?p=3531 Ok, here they are as promised!! :)   I hope these make it easy for you to create! You can either use a 1.5  inch circle punch, or cut them out by hand.  I would suggest printing them on a heavier weight cardstock.  I just finished this years edition of Andy’s valentines and I can’t wait to share!!  Stay tuned!! :)


You can download it here:

If you need the frosted pillow boxes to create these valentines I am now offering a limited number of them here in quantities of 10 I will be receiving my shipment by mid-late next week and will ship them out to you as soon as they arrive in plenty of time to create your valentines. :)
BOXES ARE NOW SOLD OUT

Have a great day!
tammy

]]> http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2012/01/09/valentine-free-printable-o-fishally-be-mine-tags/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: super cute and easy valentine’s decor http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2011/01/12/make-this-super-cute-and-easy-valentines-decor/ http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2011/01/12/make-this-super-cute-and-easy-valentines-decor/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:25:18 +0000 Tammy http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/?p=1847 Ican’t for the life of me remember which blog I found this on last year, but I’ve been saving it for you to share now.  How cute is this???

And the best part is it is SO simple.  All you need is a frame, a scrap of fabric and some leftover scrabble letters.  If you don’t have a frame in the color you want, a little spray paint goes a long way giving an ugly old frame new life. 

If you don’t have any extra scrabble peices lying around, you can often find them at garage sales for pennies.  Ebay is another great place to find old game pieces. 

What a cute gift this would make for a special someone in your life…friend, family…you name it!  I hope you’re feeling inspired to create this simple and ADORABLE decor!

Have  a great day!

-t

]]> http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2011/01/12/make-this-super-cute-and-easy-valentines-decor/feed/ 3 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

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