How to Make Homemade Valentine's Day Cards - Tutorial Tuesday

Make Homemade Note Cards for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Thank You Notes, and More!

With Valentine's Day coming up next month, I thought it would a good time to bring back this handmade Valentine's Day card sewing and crafting project idea. If you have some extra fabric scraps or strips just hanging around you'd like to use up, this quick and easy project could be just what you've been looking for.

For this project you will need:

• Fabric strips, 1” to 1 ½” wide in varying lengths
• 8” x 10” piece of muslin for foundation
• Cardstock
• Iron
• Pinking shears and scissors
• Sewing machine
• Matching thread
• Envelopes
• Heart template – make your own or download HERE or HERE

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As usual, we have a step-by-step how-to tutorial to go along with it. Originally filmed in 2013 (when I had a cold - and you can sure tell it!) it's still a fun DIY craft to whip up super quick. You can also make your own Mother's Day cards, thank you notes, Christmas cards, and more using the idea!

Get the written pattern with step by step directions, color photos, and printable templates in my Etsy shop. Click to find out more!

Looking for something else? 

Check out some of my other Valentine's Day sewing and crafting projects!

Otherwise you can find the homemade note card project tutorial right here:

Looking for more quick and easy projects? 

Take a look at the other sewing and craft projects you can find here at debsdays.com

Foster Kitten Friday - The New Year's Edition

Happy New Year from the Wild, Wild, Wild, Wild, Wild, Wild, Wild West Gang!

It's a new year and everyone is taking on a new role.

Annie Oakley is the thief, stealing a kitty blanket away from me...

and dragging it across the room.

Scratch that. Wild Bill is the thief, taking the tape measure when I was trying to remeasure Wyatt Earp's legs.

Now I remember...Annie Oakley is the jumper. Straight from the floor to the counter-top height table in one swift move. (And barely captured by my camera.)

No, wait a minute. Calamity Jane is the one who is the jumper.

Feet in the air in this picture.

And Wyatt? Well, he's the three legged cat who takes over my keyboard...

and the back of my recliner any chance he gets.

Want to help contribute to the work I do with foster kittens? I have an Amazon wish list right here. These are the things I use again and again, year after year. With daily laundry and frequent cleaning, items have to be replaced often. I’d love anything you’d be willing to send my way!

What? Did I say three legged cat? Sure did. You'll have to watch his video to find out more...

Learn more about living with the Wild West Foster Kitten Gang here.

Watch all the episodes of The Adventures of Wyatt Earp, the Foster Kitten with no back feet, here.

The Adventures of Wyatt Earp, the Foster Kitten Born Without Any Back Feet

What is life like for a foster kitten who was born missing both his back feet and paws? Watch each week's episode of The Adventures of Wyatt to find out! You'll get to see how a disabled kitten, Wyatt Earp, grows and learns to use prosthesis as he gets ready for adoption. New videos every Friday!

Want to help contribute to the work I do with foster kittens? I have an Amazon wish list right here. These are the things I use again and again, year after year. With daily laundry and frequent cleaning, items have to be replaced often. I’d love anything you’d be willing to send my way!

 

Learn more about living with the Wild West Foster Kitten Gang here.

Foster Kitten Friday, the Christmas Edition

Merry Christmas and Happy Foster Friday from the Wild West Gang!

We had planned on doing some kitty cat family photos today to share with everyone, but 10 week old kitties aren't always cooperative. While we didn't have a Christmas tree this year, we still could have taken their pictures in front of stockings or a Christmas quilt. Heck, I would have even been happy with them all sitting still in one place anywhere in the house today! 

Although it's still early in the day, they've already had enough excitement this week with Wyatt's Christmas presents so we're giving them (and me) a break from the camera. Instead, we'll go with the few moments of quiet we had. As the Wild West Gang is definitely living up to their names those moments were few and far between.

All together on the cat tree with some Christmas decor
in the background is as close as we'll get.

Calamity Jane sound asleep. Silly girl.

Annie Oakley and Wild Bill oh-so-close to napping.

Shhh...don't tell Wyatt I took a picture of him with
one of his Christmas presents.

Want to help contribute to the work I do with foster kittens? I have an Amazon wish list right here. These are the things I use again and again, year after year. With daily laundry and frequent cleaning, items have to be replaced often. I’d love anything you’d be willing to send my way!

What? Wyatt has a Christmas present in the picture? Yep! Check out his video to see what he got. 

I also got a huge Christmas present from Wyatt. Every day for the last six weeks he has gone to the bathroom outside the litter box. I've cleaned up pee and poo off of his blankets and run laundry. Every. Single. Day. But last night, on Christmas Eve, after I finished putting together his video...WYATT USED THE LITTER BOX!!! Happy Dance, Happy Dance! So while it's not mentioned in this week's video it definitely will be in the next one.

Merry Christmas to all!

Learn more about living with the Wild West Foster Kitten Gang here.

Watch all the episodes of The Adventures of Wyatt Earp, the Foster Kitten with no back feet here.

Make a Denim Heart Christmas Ornament - Tutorial Tuesday

It's time for us to make another homemade heart Christmas Tree ornament or Valentine's Day decoration. So here we go with today's Tutorial Tuesday - an easy to make denim heart.

For this project you will need:

• Piece of denim
• Piece of contrasting fabric
• Contrasting fabric for loop
• Polyester fiberfill
• Pinking shears
• Pins or Clover Wonder Clips
• Iron
• Sewing machine
• Matching thread
• Rotary cutter
• Cutting ruler
• Cutting mat
• Heart template downloaded from here 

Disclosure: Deb's Days is a participant in affiliate advertising programs designed to provide a means for me to earn fees by linking to affiliated sites. This means that, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission if you click through and make a purchase. Your purchase helps support my work in bringing you new sewing and crafting content.

Pattern has been updated with new directions, supply list, and template.

Get your copy here today!

Looking for something else? 

Check out some of my other Valentine's Day sewing and crafting projects!

Otherwise you can find the OLD step-by-step how to tutorial video for the homemade denim heart ornament right here:

Foster Kitten Friday

Hello from The Wild West Gang!

Hello from Trouble Maker Town!

Hello from the land of Foster Kittens Just Being Foster Kittens!

The week they went wild and got into everything. 

They took things out of the closet. Tried to open kitchen cabinets. Dropped toys into their water bowls. Hid toys around the toilet. Confiscated shoes and stole socks. Climbed up our legs as we walked. Hid tissues. Squeezed under closed doors. Took flying leaps from the cat trees to anything and anyone - people included - within 10 feet of them. It was also the week they thought suckling on brother one night would be a good idea. (Thankfully I heard the whining and was able to get up and stop it.)

They also thought they should be helping me in the sewing room by playing on the ironing table...

and sitting on the Christmas wall quilt pattern as I was working...

and attempting to open my bobbin drawer.

And by taking away a spool...

and knocking off the quilt top and claiming it as her own.

Then when the wildness calmed down we had the cute lap cat moments.

Yep, it was a week of cute kittens just doing what cute kittens do. 

Want to help contribute to the work I do with foster kittens? I have an Amazon wish list right here. These are the things I use again and again, year after year. With daily laundry and frequent cleaning, items have to be replaced often. I’d love anything you’d be willing to send my way!

Even more cuteness can be found in this week's episode of The Adventures of Wyatt. Check it out!

Happy (and cute) Foster Kitty Friday!

Learn more about living with the Wild West Foster Kitten Gang here.

Watch all the episodes of The Adventures of Wyatt Earp, the Foster Kitten with no back feet here.

Make String Christmas Trees Decorations - Tutorial Tuesday

For today's Christmas trees we're working with cotton crochet thread and glue. Better cover that work surface - it's gonna get messy!

Looking for more Christmas projects?
Check out all the other free tutorials here at Deb's Days!

For this project you will need:

• Cotton crochet thread, string, twine, or yarn
• White glue
• Sponge brush
• Cardstock
• Cellophane wrap to cover cone
• Cone pattern downloaded from here

Looking for more Christmas ideas? Check out these projects!

Disclosure: Deb's Days is a participant in affiliate advertising programs designed to provide a means for me to earn fees by linking to affiliated sites. This means that, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission if you click through and make a purchase. Your purchase helps support my work in bringing you new sewing and crafting content.

Looking for the directions on how to make these trees? Check out the step-by-step how to tutorial video for the homemade string Christmas Tree decorations right here: