When you're home sick (with a mutant sinus infection) a few days before Valentine's Day, what do you do? Well, if you're me, you look for a small project that doesn't require lots of energy. Inspired by a craft I found through Pinterest, I made my own "
Hearts Stitched Together" cards. Since the template link from the source blog was broken, I made my own in Excel, printed it, then used push pins on a cork board to make the holes I needed on the blank card. When I was finished stitching, I had three beautiful cards to send out, made at no cost to me (except postage) since I had everything I needed in my stash already!
The first card I made (top right) was stitched with a dark maroon thread and mailed to my west coast best friend with the inside message:
Friend are God's way of giving us hugs on special days. Consider yourself hugged this Valentine's Day! As of right now, it's still en route to California (so Heather, you better not be reading my blog till after it arrives!)
I made the card in portrait for my second try and ended up adding a third heart because it looked so blank at the bottom. The first thread is a deep red for the top two hearts and a medium purple for the third one. I sent this to my grandmother with the message:
You're sew special to me! Happy Valentine's Day, Grandma! Mom told me that Grandma was very tickled by her homemade card (despite the really bad pun).
The third and final card (bottom right) has one burnt orange heart and one navy blue heart with the saying inside:
Happy Valentine's Day to my favorite Bears fan! Of course, this was stitched especially for my dear husband, and it was very appropriate since we had Valentine's dinner at Bobby G's Chicago Eatery. Please don't think less of my husband for not taking me out for a fancy dinner--this is the third year we've had Bobby's at my request because I love their Italian beef sandwiches. The past two years, Dave brought it home, and I pulled out our china for the special occasion!
