Sweet. Heart "Stockings"

Please tell me I'm only "fashionably late!"  We don't usually make too big of a deal about Valentine's Day here, but I did have some leftover pink felt from -- hmmm, a bedroom project --  (see my previous post).

I decided to make some heart stockings - okay, okay - there's just no such thing as heart stockings.  What would you call them, then?  {wink!}  My brilliant idea?   Make a heart template, cut it out, sew the sides together, add a ribbon for hanging and a bow for that little "something extra".

This is how the pattern looked.  The seam was zig-zagged on my sewing machine, but there is no reason you couldn't glue it or hand stitch it.  (Disclaimer:  This was an "original" idea, so if you have seen this project on another blog, I didn't copy it...)  And because it's felt, any boo boos can be trimmed right off!

If you have a Boy, I think my Strapping Lad of a son would enjoy these heart stockings done in black, maybe with a red ribbon, and sour candy, of course. They would be cute birthday party favors, too.

Next, I pulled out all of my whites, reds and a few pink pieces of pottery.  (We have almost NO light here today so I used the "blinky" flash for some of these photos.)  I just {heart} the conversation candy in the stemmed glass with a candle.

It's amazing what you can find when you look around the house.  I had the pink raffia stored in a closet - raffia is another thing I {heart}.

Yummy layering.  I tried to get one full shot of the hutch.

 

  

This is much better!  If you wonder why so many of my photos are taken on my kitchen table, it's because I get the best light here, even on dreary days like today.  

Well, I hope I wasn't too late for you to get another idea for Valentine's Day.  In a pinch you could put these together after church on Sunday (which is totally something I'd do by the way {smile})!  Have a wonderful, love-filled, blessed day with, who else?,  those you love!
Edited to add:

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