Valentine’s Day Pillow Cover

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I went to Michael’s about two weeks ago to look for muslin for our homemade lightbox, and got to browsing the Valentine’s Day section.  I found these things called ‘party felt’ that were located in the baking area.  I suppose they could be used for trivets or party table decorations.  There were a variety of of hot pink and red ones.   It reminded me of a project I saw on Pinterest last year.  I bought one that read “Love” on it, and picked up some pink flannel at the nearby fabric store– where I also found the muslin I was looking for.  I thought that I wouldn’t make a pillow for valentine’s day, as pillows take up a lot of room in storage.  Rather, I would make an envelope pillow cover that would fold flat into a storage bin.
A Tossed Salad Life: Valentine's Envelope Pillow
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Weird True Love: A Printable

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Well, I was returning yesterday from the Target pharmacy where I had stopped to pick up Monkey’s acid reflux medicine.  Bless his little heart, he is the happiest of babies, but he does spit up, and sometimes it makes him quite uncomfortable.  As I was walking back to my car, I saw a quote written on the windshield of someone’s car.  It read:

“We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness—and call it love—true love.”

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The Wreath that Started It All…

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About a year and a half ago,  I remember sitting at work and having my coworkers talk about Pinterest, and how addicting it was.  One coworker said that her 17-year-old daughter was using Pinterest to plan her wedding and decorate a nursery.  Initially I was a bit confused, as her daughter wasn’t seriously involved with anyone, nor was she pregnant.  Then I got an invite, and I was hooked.  I learned that I didn’t have to use it to plan weddings or decorate my nursery… I could pin recipes and crafts.  I hadn’t been using my craft supplies in several years, and they had been boxed up and stored away.  Pinterest inspired me to get out my cardstock and heatgun and ink pads and yarn and all the other craft supplies gathering dust in my house.
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