Happy Valentine’s Day to “Ewe!”
As usual, I didn’t get a Valentine’s Day post up until the day itself–which is probably a little ahead for me since I’m usually posting after the fact!
The Ladybug and I whipped up a few Valentine’s Day tags for the crew’s teachers yesterday while she was home sick with an earache. (Which is hopefully on the mend!)
I had come across a couple different versions of using “ewe” on cards over on Pinterest and am a big fan of using sheep since they are so easy to draw. I’m no artist, but a cloud with legs? I can handle that.
And they wouldn’t be complete without some real wool roving, now would they?
The Ladybug thought we should use real cotton at first, which would have been a cool idea too.
I thought we would just use wool (of course). At first I pulled some out of our wool bags from this past spring–big mistake! I forgot how dirty and smelly it was!
So we put that back in the barn and dug out some clean roving instead–which was actually right upstairs and could have saved me a lot of hauling and dragging and climbing outside!
It only took a tiny wisp for each tag. The kids were pretty happy with it. They get excited about sharing stuff like this from the farm. It makes a simple Valentine very personal for them. You could also use quilt batting, cotton fluff or cotton balls, or glitter to add a little flair.
I’ve also mentioned before that I’ve been on a bit of a papercrafting supply diet. Ok, ok, I decided not to buy anything until I used up a good portion of my existing stash…and I have definitely stuck with that for paper, ribbon, and stamps for almost 12 months now! And apparently it’s working, because it turns out I’m just about out of pink ribbons. Any pink ribbons. Valentine’s Day has pretty much decimated my pink and red ribbon supply.
I still have a lot of paper though…
What supplies do you find yourself using the most?
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Love this! I want to come hang out on your farm. :). Lately yarn & paper have been my things, watercolors have made an appearance, too.
I’ve been using my watercolor pencils a lot lately–and that’s something kind of new for me. And yarn, always yarn! 🙂
Very, very cool!! I’m on a self imposed no buying crafty materials as well. I’ve got a HUGE box of stuff that I’ve been storing for about 3 years that I’m donating to a local children’s museum. Right now I’m going to have to break down and by ink. Running really low on that!
I’m about to clean out some odds and ends that we’ve been saving too. We just have so much that we don’t even get to some of it. I hate to get rid of it, since a lot of it was given to us and as soon as it’s gone I’ll end up needing to buy something! But there for a while I was turning into a real paper-hoarder. 🙂