V-day Bunting

So my computer was out of commission for a little while, but things are back up and running now!

I wanted to share the Valentine’s Day bunting I made to hang up over our hearth.

Detail of Heart

While taking down the Christmas decorations this year, I decided to keep up the command strip hangers over the hearth, as I had an idea to do something for Valentine’s Day. A trip to Michael’s produced a small book of colorful scrapbooking paper, glittery ribbon, glittery clothespins, and some decorative sparkly hearts.  This was a super easy craft- I just cut the paper into triangles with scissors, punched a hole in the top corners, and strung the ribbon through. I pulled out some fabric heart ornaments I made a few years ago, and clipped them along with the decorative hearts onto the ribbon using the clothespins.

Detail Handmade Heart

I will say it’s not as cute as most other buntings I’ve seen online, but I like it. The best part is, nothing is glued so I can take the whole thing apart and reuse it or remake it into something else if I care to. Now that we’re into March, I’m thinking if there is anything else I want to put up or make that is more for Spring. More than anything though, I just need to clean and organize the house. Since I only have so much mental space to deal with cleaning and de-cluttering, I need to be careful how I allocate my time. Do I really want to spend all my cleaning time just cleaning up projects? Not really, because too much trash and clutter elsewhere eventually makes me anxious.

Flowers from my Sweetheart

Also, my sweet husband bought me a beautiful bouquet of flowers for V-day. I put them on top of one of the speakers because that is one of the few places the cats can’t get to them. Peanut loves to munch on anything green.