Valentine Boxes

This is a must to do for Valentine's Day

Who wouldn't L-O-V-E this cute little box to hold cards and treats for Valentine's Day?

My kids love Valentine's Day- really, who doesn't- when chocolate is involved??  I love this time of year- I get so giddy about the cute pink and red decorations, chocolate, flowers, heart shaped crafts your kids bring home from school, chocolate, heart shaped sugar cookies, chocolate, the extra hugs and kisses you get from your kids, a special dinner or night out with your true love and did I mention all the CHOCOLATE?

So this year we decided that super cute Valentine Boxes would be a

 fun project this year- we hope you like them too.  

Scrappy Crazy Quilt Blocks

This is a perfect way to use up all your scraps and make a very cute and personalized quilt block- you could use this in quilts, wall hangings, pillows and more.   

I love creating and I love NEW fabric- I'll be honest- I really take more after my Aunt Barbara when it comes to using fabric.

My mom and Grandmother have always been frugal, and conservative with fabric.  any fabric whether it was the old orange polyester (grandma pants kind of thick heavy polyester) or an old curtain or pair of pants- was saved- cut up into quilt blocks or strips to use for a later project... 

(OK- even old pantyhoses were cut up and used as ties for the plastic sacks the fabric was kept in)... so when I say frugal, and conservative you know just what I mean... 

Any way- like I said, I really took after my Aunt- meaning that she would take a super cute piece of fabric and cut out from the very center the little frog and then, stash the rest- maybe using it in another project... and when I think of another project whether it is a quilt, or a wall hanging- I find just the right print- "Fussy" cut it and stash the rest.

So just to be clear though...  I would ever throw anything away- I just LOVE using new fresh crispy fabric for most all my projects... but I have to say that this Scrappy Crazy is just as fun to create- even if I didn't use any NEW fabric.  

This is just the perfect project for all those quilters and sew-ers out there that are just like my mom and grandmother.

Lets get started...