Valentine LOVE Shirt

I love my Silhouette for many reasons, but one of the reasons I love it the most is being able to make something when I can't find exactly what I want in the store....which leads me to today's post.

My DIY Love Valentine shirt. 

I didn't like any of the Valentine's Day shirts for little girls at our local mass retailer.  But, they did have blank white shirts that would be perfectly paired with some red vinyl.  ;)

So, I literally took five minutes, a cute font and one of this week's free shapes from Miss Kate'sCuttables and came up with this:

Heat Transfer Vinyl is super easy to use.  Just make your design in Silhouette Studio. Be sure to place the heat transfer vinyl shiny side down on your cutting mat and then mirror your image before you print. Then weed the design once it is printed. 

Then center the design on the shirt, iron and you are done!  So simple!

And this 4-year-old LOVED IT!  :)

 Happy Valentine's Day!

'Blowing A Kiss Your Way' Valentine + Free Printable!

Well here we are already half-way through January!  2014 is already flying by!  February will be here before we know it, and soon it will be Valentine's Day!  

I always like to do a handmade Valentine for the kiddos to take to daycare. And since this is Hannah's first year of school (pre-K), I thought I would try and do something a little more fun!

We found these lip whistle things on clearance at Hobby Lobby the day after Christmas. They were originally $5.99, and I think I paid right at $2.00 for them.  There are 12 in there, so that's roughly 17 cents a piece - which I thought was pretty good.

They came with some weird Santa beard - didn't use those of course. 

I made up a cute little printable to go along with them.

And then cut them down to four pieces with my paper cutter. 

I used an exacto knife and scissors to cut a whole in the middle just big enough that the whistle would fit but also wouldn't fall out. 

Cute, huh?

Let's just say the parents at Hannah's school are going to love me... :)

You can download the file here.
(I've never shared a printable before, so let me know if you have trouble downloading the file. For personal use only.)

Now to decide what to do for the little man's Valentines...

Enjoy!

Linking up to:  Sugar Bee Craft's Take-A-Look Tuesday and the Weekend Block Party at Mama's Got It Together.