Showing posts with label Valentine's Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Valentine's Day. Show all posts

Saturday, February 05, 2011

Baby A's Valentine's Day party


Valentine's Day is just around the corner and I got a note from baby A's daycare saying that his class was going to be having a Valentine's Day party on February 11 and that we should bring the cards (and treats if we wanted to) by February 9. Of course, I didn't want to buy a generic card pack. I wanted to make something more personal. This morning I went to Michaels to pick up a few craft products. I love going to Michaels because I get so much inspiration from just walking through the aisles. I can literally spend a whole day there. I was planning on making my own cards, but I found these really cute Martha Stewart Valentine's Day cards that were in the clearance section. I decided to buy that and incorporate that into my treat bag that I'm going to give to all the kids in baby A's class.

Here is the Martha Stewart Stamp Card and Envelope Set. I got it for $8.95? I think the regular price was way more than that, but I got it on sale. Plus, I had a 20% off my entire order so I got it for even cheaper. Score!
It came with a card, an envelope, and a label sticker. I wrote all the kids' names on the label stickers and wrote a short message on the card.


Here is the card all composed. I love how the backside of the envelope has a heart punched through it. When I was thinking of making my own cards I was going to buy a heart punch and use that in my design somehow, but punches are so expensive.


Look how cute it is! The little hearts on the labels- well the dark red ones at least- are shiny.


I made 16 cards. The card kit came with 18 cards so I have a few left over. I'm thinking that I can use this idea for a future project...


I also bought a Martha Stewart Valentines Day Heart & Key Stamp and Ink Set. I think that was also on clearance so I got it for a good price. I used the stamp that had 'Sealed with a Kiss' written on it and stamped it onto a pink textured paper that I had lying around. I then punched it with my pointed circle punch. I'm going to be sticking this on the paper bag. You'll see how I executed it later on.


Here are all the treats that I bought for the treat bags.


I wrapped all the marshmallow hearts in white tissue paper and tied it with bakers twine.


I put the candy hearts in a clear plastic zip bag. All the treats- the marshmallow hearts, Hershey Hugs and Kisses, and candy hearts worked so well together. All the colours just went together. I was really happy with how it turned out.


Here is the 'Sealed with a Kiss' punch that I stuck on the paper flap.



I stuck the Valentine's Day cards on the front side of the bakers bag.


I sealed all the bags by sewing a zig zag pattern with my sewing machine.






I hope the kids like it. I had a lot of fun making these.