No-Sew Briday Shower or Baby Shower Towel Cake

I made this for a friend of my niece, last weekend.  They are super easy and make a wonderful shower decoration.  These can be made in the brides wedding colors or baby nursery colors as well.

FREE INSTRUCTIONS: on my Craftsy site

http://www.craftsy.com/project/view/No-Sew-Bridal-or-Baby-Shower-Towel-Cake/26693

Quick Keepsake Valentine Envelopes

This weekend, I made six fabric valentine keepsake "envelopes" for each of my Grandchildren.  These only cost about $2 to make, as the placemats that I used for this project, were ready made from the local Dollar Store.  Additionally, there is a minimum of sewing and can they be finished very quickly. There's Still Time!

I have listed the FREE PATTERN on Craftsy:

http://www.craftsy.com/project/view/Quick-Keepsake-Valentine-Envelope/27632?fresh=true

Links:  History of Valentine Cards

http://www.emotionscards.com/museum/vals.html

http://www.novareinna.com/festive/valcard.html

To view beautiful photos of vintage Valentines: 

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gbv=2&q=vintage+valentine+cards&gs_sm=1&gs_upl=0l0l1l2368l0l0l0l0l0l0l0l0ll0l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1093&bih=522&wrapid=tlif132911923128510&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=E8A4T8mrLNShtwfY9_3OAg