Deal of the day!

So have you ever heard of Wuslu??

If you haven't and you don't have any extra money ever to spend on stuff for your house just pretend you never heard of it.

If you do occasionally have some cash to spend or if you are needing some things for your house, indeed check it out!

I have not been a follower of Wuslu for very long.  I've seen it talked about here and there, mostly on Miss Mustard Seed's blog.  I checked it out occasionally.  They offer ONE deal per day.  Once that day is over the deal is gone.

You can go back and see the stuff in their 'history'.  After I joined up and followed the site and now get an email with the daily deal every day, I did a little digging through their history.  And found that they offered this rug not too long ago.  I was so disappointed that I had missed it.  It was a great deal and I have seen these rugs here and there and loved them.

I also noticed that on some of the deals they would say 'back by popular demand' or something along that line.  So I emailed them and told them that if they could offer this rug again I would be delighted.  I promptly received an email back saying they had a few left and they gave me a link to buy one!!!!!  I promptly bought it:)

I love how they used to include the ampersand in the alphabet.  For some reason I really like that thing!

Just some editing fun I had over the weekend.

For now my new rug resides here in my dining room nook.  Not sure where it will land, but that's one of the things I like about it - it's 3'x5' so it's easy to move it around.

It is made out of bamboo and has a nonslip backing.  I'm glad I bought it.  I have yet to buy anything else on wuslu but I do check out their deal every day.  You never know when they are going to offer the perfect thing you have been looking for.  Or that perfect gift you haven't been able to find.

And they do offer the stuff at a very good deal!  Check it out:)

Have you found any good deals lately?  Got any 'good deal sites' out there to share?

~Valentine's Decor~

Heart found here.

Ribbon found here, and sent to me from Cali!!  Thanks so much, check is in the mail:)

Valentine Cards

One of my favorites.

The whole pile.

Another favorite.

This one was made by Little Sister (age 6)

I glued the arrow where she told me to and I cut the upside down v in the post-it note.

Now to get them mailed to people.  Or hand delivered.  Or maybe they will just be stuck here and there for decor. 

Valentine Cards

Stamps.  A must when card-making:)  I prefer Cavallini.  I now have so many sets that they have to be stacked in TWO stacks on the shelf where I keep them.  You just can't have too many great stamp sets can you??

A trug full of supplies and tools.  Scissors, punches, twine, ribbon, tape, tickets, glue...

Cut some card stock into card size pieces.  No measuring or perfectness here, just wing it.

Hot glue gun.  Another must.

Make some arrows out of skewers and Japanese Washi tape.

(if you want some of this tape and you live close to me let me know.  I will be ordering some soon and I'd be glad to add yours to my order.  Saves on shipping!)

Follow the instructions HERE to make the arrows.

We made several small arrows by cutting the skewers into 2 and sometimes 3 or 4 pieces.

And by using toothpicks.  This sized them for gluing to cards.

I love texture.  Layer it up!

Old maps are a favorite crafting item of mine too.  I bought a huge book of old maps at the Springfield flea one year for $3.  It's a wonderful thing to have around:)

Have you made any valentines this year?  Do you buy them from the store? 

I have seen some adorable altered valentines that originated from good old Wal-mart!

Getting Crafty

So Little Sister had been asking to do some crafts.  Thinking up crafts for her to do wasn't really very high on my list of 'things-to-do'.  Then I thought of the crafty tutorials Kara had put on her blog!

So I set up my laptop on the dining room table, got out some supplies and we all got crafty!

Little Sister was thrilled.  She thought it was so cool to have the computer sitting right there with the craft showing.  And as it turns out she is a natural crafter.  She has an eye for what looks good.  I was impressed:)

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Little Sister doing a careful job of covering the arrow head with Japanese washi tape.

A skewer, arrow head and arrow end ready for the hot glue gun.

(I handled all the gluing)

Showing off her creation.

Finished product

This was one I made.

This one is Middle Sisters.  She made a removable point for the pointy end of the skewer. 

It just cracked me up how each girls arrows looked just like them.  Middle Sister made hers extra long.  It ended up with way more tape on it than this even!  And looked sort of messy.

The Teenager (who will really be a true teenager in just a few more days!) did a great job on her arrows.  Then she put her name and initial on them.  Sounds just like her.  And I have NO idea where she would have picked up that trait.

The Teenager likes to be silly!

:)

If you need crafting ideas for you kiddos I highly recommend checking out Kara's blog. 

She's given us some really fun stuff lately.

~Getting Crafty~

Kara is doing some really cute Valentine crafts and sharing them over on her blog.

You really must hop on over there and see what all she is creating.

Little Sister has been wanting to do crafty stuff lately.  I got the stamps, some valentine stickers, and some card stock out for her the other day but she soon lost interest.

This morning I thought about these delightful arrows Kara had made. 

So I showed Little Sister and she was so excited.  We all ended up making arrows.  They each have their own distinct look and look like the person that made them!  Pics are on my camera - I will down load them soon.  For now, feast your eyes on all this crafty goodness in Kara's photo above and head on over to her blog for more!