Valentine’s Day ‘I Love You’ Wooden Blocks

January 21, 2019January 18, 20195 Comments

I know Valentine’s Day is still a month away, but I thought I would repost these wooden blocks in case you were ready to get started on your decorations!

Good morning! Are you ready for February and lots of pink and glitter? My classroom is full of glitter and sparkles right now. Lol! But I want to keep things a little more simple at home.

I have had these blocks for too many years, circa 1990’s. They spelled out our last name. I wasn’t going to use them for the original purpose, but I kept thinking they were such nice wooden blocks, there had to be something I could do with them. I finally came up with something.

The pictures I took of each step, turned out blurry, but the steps were pretty simple. I painted the sides and back of the block white. Then I used painters tape and to block off the front of the block because I wanted it to stay white. I used scissors to cut straight edges. I went over the sides and a little bit on the front edge with black.

Here is how they turned out. I like the little black edge on the front. I found some black chipboard letters and made a heart out of scrapbooking paper.

Since I only had 5 blocks, I decided on i, u, x, o and a heart.

I layered a soft pink paper over scripted paper to make the heart.

I think it’s the perfect little Valentine’s Day touch!

I’m glad I finally found a use for something else I already had and I love how they turned out! So simple and just the perfect little Valentine touch to my mantel!

Faux Flower Heart for Valentines

February 12, 2018Leave a comment

Good morning! Well, it’s the week for love! Do you have special plans for Valentine’s Day? Do you go out for a fancy dinner, or just stay home and enjoy being with your loved ones? We don’t want to fight with the crowds, so we typically stay in. We order a coupld of heart shaped pizzas, and call it good!

I posted this DIY last year and thought I would share it again for any new followers. I hope you all have a wonderful Valentine’s!

Lauren and I kind of came up with the same type of Valentine project and we hadn’t even talked about it ahead of time. A little scary! We both used silk flowers and mounted them, hers is on a canvas and mine is on a weathered board. You can see hers here. Anyways, I had a bunch of small boards that Lauren had painted awhile ago, plus some silk flowers in my stash and decided to try and put them together.

I pulled out the flowers I wanted to use, I chose pink, and then decided on a grey board so the flowers would really stand out. I drew a heart on a piece of paper and then traced it onto the board so I would have a little bit of an outline to put my flowers in.

I did try this a couple of different ways, but ended up using just one type and color of flower. I was so busy gluing and placing flowers, I forgot to take any pictures during. Sorry! But it is pretty simple. I glued them really close together so they would be nice and tight. I even trimmed some of the petals to give it more of a heart shape. I think maybe smaller flowers with tighter petals would have worked better, but I still think this looks good.

I used a decorative stand to display it on and placed it my shelves in my dining room with my other pink decor.

This was really simple, but I think it looks nice and adds just a little special touch to the shelf.

My Dog’s Purrrrpose (I Know That’s a Cat, Get Over It)

September 8, 2017September 8, 20173 Comments

Hello everyone! I hope you have all had a great week so far and I hope you are ready for the weekend.

One of the things I always look forward to on the weekends (or maybe a Tuesday and Wednesday depending on my schedule) is seeing all of the dogs at my parents house! I love all of them, some more than others, but I love them nonetheless.

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But dogs are actually really good for our general health. They help your heart, mind, and body. Apparently they don’t help the soul like we thought… Anyway they are very helpful when you need them.

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Take our Rozy Blu for example. She is very very very very very sensitive. If she sees that you are upset, she will come and comfort you. She is a cuddle bug and always knows how to make you feel better.

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I believe sometimes, dogs are better than best friends. They won’t judge you when you are ugly crying. They listen to all of your problems without interrupting you to tell you their problems. They (usually) will let you cuddle them and use them as a squishy stress ball. How many best friends will let you do that?

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But dogs are great for your health as well. Dogs can help lower blood pressure and reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases! They can also boost your immune system and help you get the recommended amount of weekly exercise. Trust me, taking all 5 of our dogs out for a daily walk is a challenge in itself.

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Did you know that dogs can be trained to help with more health issues than you think? Dogs can be trained to identify when someone is having a seizure, help to aid in occupational or speech therapy, and even detect different forms of cancer. They are smart and they can definitely be more helpful than you think!

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So as I close this up, I love all of the furry pooches. Ezzy, Scamp, Rozy, Munchy, and the newest edition Maggie. They can be annoying at times, but for the most part they are the awesome!

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And to end this, post a picture of your fur babies in the comments below so we can celebrate them altogether! Also here are my parents cats and my cats just so they don’t feel left out.

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Pink Floral Valentine Heart

February 4, 2017February 10, 20186 Comments

Good Saturday morning! Ahh! Is a day to relax for you or are you busy running around? We have a few household things to take care of , but not too much on the agenda. Of course, there’s the Super Bowl tomorrow. Are you watching or is shopping calling your name? We will just be hanging out at home watching the commercials, while my husband watched the actual game. 🙂

I used a decorative stand to display it on and placed it my shelves in my dining room with my other pink decor.

This was really simple, but I think it looks nice and adds just a little special touch to the shelf.

I hope you have a wonderful Saturday!

Silk Flower Heart Canvas

February 3, 2017February 2, 201710 Comments

Hello everyone! February is now upon us and Valentines Day is a little over a week away. But, that doesn’t mean that all of the Valentines Decor is complete. Hence this project.

But, before we get started, congratulations to Sarah C. on winning the Canvas Factory Raffle! We can’t wait to see what you have picked out!

I have been trying to find different projects for BlitzyBlingArt. And, I went to the 99 Cent Store and found these really pretty silk flowers. So, naturally I bought a few bunches and started my project.

The first thing I did was take all of the flowers off of their stems and cut them short so I could glue them. Next, I cut out a heart and drew it on the canvas.

Then I started gluing. First problem I ran into, I attempted to use Elmer’s glue. Obviously I realized that wasn’t going to work AFTER I attempted to glue the first flower on. Second problem, I wasn’t going to fill in the heart. But then I realized that that as I started to put flowers around the heart, you couldn’t see the shape of the heart.

I decided to use the pink flowers around the heart and the white inside the heart. That way the heart is a bit more obvious and you could see it.

And after lots of hot glue and a few flowers falling apart with cutting the stems off, the canvas was finished. And it looks amazing!

The heart still isn’t very heartish (if that is even a word), but it looks really cool! I love how it looks. The flowers look really nice and it looks full. I also like how it look next to my other Valentines Decor!