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Everywhere I look there seems to be garlands. Whether they are made from triangles of sweet fabric or stickers and tape attached to twine, I swoon over them all. I’ve been trying to figure out how to incorporate a garland (or five) into my life. Valentine’s Day is the perfect excuse. Here’s what I made for the peeps in my family. If these tickle your fancy, feel free to make some for your valentines. See download link at the end of this post.

There are 5 Valentine messages + some extra hearts.

I plan to hang them around the house with Japanese Masking Tape in places like the back of a chair, the bathroom mirror, the shower door, closet doors, the front of the frig and for an extra surprise, on my husband’s steering wheel (or maybe his windshield) so he’ll find one when he leaves for work.

I tried to make the Printable as easy to use as possible. All the tiles butt up to each other to reduce the number of cuts and there are tiny dots to indicate where to punch the holes (I used 1/16″ hole punch, but you could use a larger size). Thread with Divine Twine, string, thin ribbon or embroidery floss. Enjoy!

Download PDF Printable HERE.

I’m over at The Bright Side Project giving away 5 spools of Divine Twine. You have until Thursday, December 31st to enter. Click HERE to throw your name in the hat. Good luck!

If  you’ve never visited The Bright Side Project you’ll want to stay a while and enter ALL the fabulous Give Aways the hard-working, incredibly creative and overwhelming generous Miss B and Miss K have put together. They do it all for no pay. That’s right. They do it so that you, me, us, them, everyone can have a happy place to go on the web where things are brighter. A. M. A. Z. I. N. G!

Today over at Skip To My Lou I’m offering a free bookplate and coordinating envelope download. You can personalize the bookplates with the name of your child’s teacher. Click here to go to the post. Enjoy!

Here’s a fun little craft supply for wrapping gifts, making garland, decorating or card making. A sheet full of butterfly outlines. There is a sheet of larger butterflies and a sheet of smaller butterflies. You can print them on text paper, card stock, scrapbook paper, wrapping paper (print on the back), kraft paper, grid paper or whatever you like.

I received something special wrapped in this very pretty map paper. I made copy of it on my scanner/copier because I didn’t want to use up the original. Then I printed the butterfly outline pdf on the back.

Cut out the butterflies with scissors.

I used a glue stick to attach butterflies to the cards and added some Japanese masking tape.

I punched two 1/8″ holes in a butterfly and threaded some divine bakers twine through them to wrap a gift. I like bending the wings slightly so it looks like the butterfly just landed. (Paper from my life time supply.)

Download SMALL Butterfly Outlines HERE.

Download BIG Butterfly Outlines HERE.

Enjoy!

I made this card for a friend a few months ago and thought it might be a fun thing to send during the hectic holidays ahead. Print one (or some), tuck into an envelope with a tea bag and mail or hand-deliver to a friend, aunt, mom, teacher, co-worker, neighbor, sister.

An A2 envelope template is included in the PDF that you can print on pretty paper.

Spread a little relaxation this season!

Click HERE to download.

I love when people are creative.  I especially love when they are creative and generous.  Thanks to the creativity and generosity of Whisker Graphic’s customer Sarah Wise you get to enjoy this scalloped jack-o-lantern tag free download. Sarah created these for her daughter’s birthday party. Hopefully she will be posting photos of said party on her blog soon.

When printed out at 100%, a 2″ circle paper punch will work nicely. You could also hand cut them into squares. Print on card stock to make gift tags or cupcake toppers. Print on full sheet labels and make stickers for party bags or a garland. Be creative. Be generous and tell a friend. Enjoy and a huge THANK YOU to Sarah for sharing her creativity!

Click HERE to download.

As promised, here is another Halloween freebie for you.

Some ideas for using the 3" square tag/label.

This is a 3″ square design that comes 6 on a sheet. This PDF is editable, meaning you can enter your own text and format it how you like (font:style, size, color and alignment; the design is not editable). Enter and format your text, print on card stock or full sheet labels, trim and enjoy. Download tags HERE.

Here’s the BONUS. Over on Skip To My Lou you can download coordinating cupcake toppers and editable invitations (no need to handwrite your party info).

photo courtesy of Skip to my Lou

Photo courtesy of Skip to my Lou

Click HERE to visit Skip to my Lou and download the invitation and cupcake toppers.

Here’s a little something to get the party started, Witch Invitations. Just print on letter-size card stock, trim, fill in and mail to your friends. They fit nicely in A2 envelopes. If you download them it would make my day if you left a comment to let me know. Thanks and enjoy! (Stay tuned. I have another free goody coming soon.)

Click HERE to download.

Can you ever hear (or say) Thank You enough? It feels good to give thanks and it feels good to receive it. These little note-lettes were inspired by Carly.  She left a comment in the It’s About Time Give-Away post suggesting these.

You can write a message on the back if you like. Leave one on the table with your tip at a restaurant, in your mailbox for your carrier, punch a hole and thread some ribbon and attach to flowers you’re giving someone or ??? Leave a comment and share your ideas on how you will be using them.

Enjoy and Thank You Carly (I’m handing you a virtual note-lette right now) for the great suggestion!

Download HERE.

** Update: 9-1-09 — the labels will be available later this afternoon.**  There is a FREE PDF download of assorted labels/tags just waiting for you over at Skip to My Lou compliments of Whisker Graphics. Enjoy! Tomorrow I’ll have a FREE goodie for you here, inspired by a reader. See you then.