Favorite Finds Friday

I have seen so many amazing things this week, it was so hard just to pick a few! I'm trying not to pull from the big crafty competitions, since I'm sure you guys will see them all over. I've found a lot of inspiration from the blogs I follow in my Reader and from hopping around my favorite linky parties. Here are my Favorite Finds from this week:

Kimbo from A Girl and A Glue Gun made this adorable necklace from nylon knee highs and beads. I never would have thought of it.

The lovely ladies of eighteen25 used a bowl and a candlestick to make this cute Valentine Candy Dish.

Robyn over at Craft With Me had my favorite idea all week! She made a little love notes booklet to pass back and forth with her hubby. She has some super cute digiscrap freebies on her blog and hosts a linky on Fridays called Friday Finish It that you should totally link up to! I normally do, but didn't have anything finished to add this week. 

I'm kind of in love with this throw pillow from Amy of Diary of a Quilter. I think it's so classy and simple. Love it!

I also love love love (!) this gift idea for the man in your life. Suesan of Frou-FruGal came up with Man Candy. You have to head over there and see what she put inside. I'm a fan of all things Duct Tape. Just sayin'.

I'm amazed by all the crafty people out there. 

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P.S. There will very likely be a part 2 of this post sometime this weekend.

Feeling Crafty

I'm still not done with my super crafty craft, so I made a printable for you guys instead. Let me know if you like it and I may be encouraged to do more in the future. (Also, if you'd like a different background that can probably be arranged.) I like decorations and sayings that are a nontraditional, and this is one of my favorite love quotes: "Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love."-Charlie Brown. So, here goes:

If I did it right, all you should have to do is click it to make it bigger and right click to save. It's free to use, not to sell and if you take it, please follow me!

I'm going to have 3 different posts today, so bear with me. I have a surprise for you guys in my last post today.

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I'm Feeling Crafty

I'm feeling very crafty. I have several projects that I'm working on, but I'm not ready to share them yet. Next week I'll have a tutorial for you, but this week I'm going to share this table runner that I made last year.

My version

The Original by Phyllis Dobbs for Quilter's World Magazine

It's really the only Valentine's Day craft that I've made since I was little.  I found this table runner pattern and got to work. It was the first time that I had worked from a pattern and turned out way better than I expected. I only used outline quilting and I flipped one of the hearts so they would face the same direction. It was going to sit on top of our buffet, up against a wall, so I thought it would look better that way. I loved how it turned out. Here is a close-up of one of the hearts on the sides:

This was only the second table runner I ever made and only the third quilted item. I made it as part of an ongoing gift for my moms. I'll share the other table runners I made in that gift throughout the year. I like to look through and see how much better I am now and see all of the new techniques I've learned.

Have you made an amazing VDay decoration? Leave a link in the comments below. I'd love to check it out!

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