Decorated Valentine's Day Tree

With the extreme cold and snow we've been having

this winter, I've pretty much just been hibernating and
trying to stay warm.

But I do continue to go to work at my office job each day

and as you may know I

decorate our office tree for each holiday.

So of course I wanted to share 

the Valentine Tree.

For this tree I wanted all things love and romantic 
that one envisions for Valentine's Day...

 that famous heart-shaped box of chocolates
hearts 
cupids
hugs, kisses
bouquets of roses

gifts of jewelry

all with a bit of a "vintage" because

I love the victorian style Valentine images that are available on line. 

 I found some free printables here and 
at the Graphics Fairy here.

I mounted them on poster board,

 added some glitter and sparkly tinsel style pipe cleaners
and a little red satin bow at the top. 

I cut cupids, Xs and Os (hugs & kisses) 
from glittered foam sheets

I had a few small candy boxes that I 

 would hang on the tree.

Then I made a few more non-functioning candy boxes 

(they don't actually open). 

To make these I cut two hearts from poster board

and glued them together with a 1 inch strip in between;

then decorated the tops with silk roses, ribbon

and Christmas tinsel.

As you scroll down you will see 

two more candy boxes...

this one hangs next to a candy bonbon ornament

(styrofoam ball wrapped in decorative

tissue and clear cellophane, twisted at the ends)

this one one hangs next to another handmade

fake candy truffle

See my tutorial on how to make

these truffle ornaments here.

I found these gold glittered gift boxes at a

dollar store and knew they'd be

perfect for this tree....

I imagined they were for gifting jewelry

so I found a template here  from minieco.co

for a 3D folded paper diamond and glued it onto

a ball mason type canning jar ring lid.

I tucked a few bouquets of roses (silk)

between the tree branches
wrapped with the same tissue paper
as the candy bonbons.

See more Valentine related posts

at the  Sew Darn Crafty  link party

or click the button to go there

Wishing you and your special 

Valentine a wonderful day!!!

Happy 2014!! See the New Years Decorated Tree

our office holiday tree

silver & gold 

lots of glitter &  sparkle

streamers

Happy New Years crowns 

party horns 

blow outs

clocks to strike in the new year

beverage bottles bursting with bubbles

can you see the champagne glass in this photo...

 party hat tree topper

A Christmas Craft Show

Hope you enjoy these photos from a recent

Christmas Craft Show

I participated in.......

 

 

 my little skier snowman

 

here he is with

more of his snowman friends

before I dressed him

in his art paper cone hat and scarf...

 

We made it a mom and daughter event.

 

My daughter baked up a storm

with her perfectly decorated cookies...

 

 

 

 

caramel corn

 

 

 

and individual sized bags of English Toffee candy

 

 

 

More of my snowmen

and some Christmas Tree cookies

 

 

 

 

 

 

My wire armed snowmen on pedestals

were there too...

 

 

and Santa snowmen

in little red Santa boots...

 

 

glittery book trees...

 

 

glittery scenes under glass ...

 

 

 

 

 

miniature vintage perfume bottles...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A few "vintique" treasures

decorated for the season,

 

like this antique shutter

perfectly rustic/ primitive with its

timeworn original green paint...

 

 

 

 

a child's wooden vintage runner sled...

 

 

vintage funeral baskets overflowing with holiday spirit...

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you enjoyed coming to the show with us.

 

If you are interested in purchasing

one of my snowmen please contact me

as I have several left over

but just haven't posted them

in my Etsy store as yet.

 

 

 



A Fall Pumpkin in my Etsy Shop

 

 

 

I've been wanting to get my Etsy Shop

up and running for some time now.

 

 

I've just listed this polyfilled pumpkin

made from a rag rug.  It has a Great texture

and I've attached a piece tree branch for a stem.

 

You may see it here  https://www.etsy.com/shop/TresBetty?ref=si_shop

 

Hope you're having a wonderful Fall!!