{"id":283,"date":"2010-01-06T13:25:59","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T13:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=283"},"modified":"2010-01-06T13:25:59","modified_gmt":"2010-01-06T13:25:59","slug":"how-do-you-make-your-handmade-valentines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/how-do-you-make-your-handmade-valentines\/","title":{"rendered":"how do you make your handmade valentines?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since we&#39;re collecting handmade Valentine cards from our firefly fans to distribute at local assisted living homes, we thought we&#39;d share some clever ideas from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marthastewart.com\/photogallery\/valentines-day-cards\" target=\"_blank\">Miss Martha<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/familyfun.go.com\/valentines-day\/valentines-day-cards\/\" target=\"_blank\">Disney&#39;s Family Fun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20120a7ad7b9d970b-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Valentines\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e20120a7ad7b9d970b \" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20120a7ad7b9d970b-800wi\" title=\"Valentines\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I like how these pretties were created from simple things like pencils, cupcake liners, left-over candy canes from Christmas, conversation hearts, dum dum suckers and cut up paper doilies.&#0160; Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marthastewart.com\/photogallery\/valentines-day-cards\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a> to see all of Martha&#39;s card ideas and <a href=\"http:\/\/familyfun.go.com\/valentines-day\/valentines-day-cards\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a> to see what Family Fun<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span> has cooked up.<\/p>\n<p>And if crafting is not your forte, we also have created some <a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/valentineclipart.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">festive clip art<\/a> you can use to create a cute card.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e2012876afd282970c-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Valentineclipart\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e2012876afd282970c \" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e2012876afd282970c-800wi\" title=\"Valentineclipart\" \/><\/a>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>And for the kids that like to color, <a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/valentinecolorpage.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">print this sweet sheet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e2012876afd32f970c-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Valentinecolorpage copy\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e2012876afd32f970c \" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e2012876afd32f970c-800wi\" title=\"Valentinecolorpage copy\" \/><\/a> <br \/>We&#39;ll be collecting and displaying your handcrafted cards at our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/pages\/locations-%26-hours.html\" target=\"_blank\">Berkley &amp; Rochester locations<\/a> until February 11.&#0160; And if you don&#39;t live near by and want to participate, please send your cards to: <strong>catching fireflies 3117 W 12 Mile Berkley, MI 48072<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20120a7ad897b970b-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vday 10 4\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e20120a7ad897b970b image-full \" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20120a7ad897b970b-800wi\" title=\"Vday 10 4\" \/><\/a>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>When you bring or send in 3 or more cards, we&#39;ll give you this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/products\/the-heart-that-gives%2C-gathers-memory-magnet.html\" target=\"_blank\">heart photo magnet<\/a> with any purchase to thank you for helping us spread love and joy in our community.&#0160; (for online orders, please mention your participation in this project so we can include the free magnet in your shipment.) <em>*1 free magnet per family<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc3300;\"><strong>Like seeing what we&#39;ve been up to at catching fireflies<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #cc3300;\"><strong>? 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