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February 12th, 2008

more Valentine’s Day wishes from the Lifestyles Channel

Not everyone got their posts into the first Valentine’s Day Lifestyles channel round-up - so here’s the complete one :-) Happy reading!

In celebration of the upcoming holiday, the b5media Lifestyles Channel participated in their own little carnival, hearts and flowers, hugs and kisses…
Because of nasty weather and the horrible flu bug going around and […]

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January 9th, 2008

more heart-felt cards

I showed what you can do with a simple running stitch earlier, but you can also use french knots to make the Valentine’s day cards as well:

It’s definitely more time consuming, but I like the look of the little decorative knots around each layer of felt.
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January 9th, 2008

heart-felt cards

These are one of my favorite Valentine’s day projects (it’s actually one of the classes I teach)  These cards are made from different colors of felt & embroidered with simple running stitches.  Pinking shears add a nice detail to the edges - but don’t worry if you don’t have a pair!  I use pre-folded blank […]

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