If you're the handmade valentines kind of person, you have to consider those people who are not fluffy pink and red heart types...the nonmushy kind. Here is an easy alternative for you. Just cut a heart out of corrugated cardboard, spruce it up a little with an additional tag and you're good to go. Absolutely no mush here.
And then there are the sweet little pink heart types that are so easy to please. The next photo shows a watercolor heart with space for a message. Here's how you do it:
Take a piece of watercolor paper and cut it to fit your envelope. Remember from the previous post...you always start with the envelope. Then lightly pencil the shape of a heart. It doesn't have to be a perfect heart, in fact I think they're more charming when the sides don't match. Then add a piece of PostIt tape diagonally across the heart. PostIt tape comes on a roll and it's removable. If you don't have any or can't find it, use the sticky part of a PostIt note. Just make sure it sticks very well so your watercolor doesn't bleed underneath. Then watercolor your heart with a color of your choice. Let it dry. (That's an important step!) Remove the tape and add your own little short message across the heart.
These are also sweet for hang tags on gifts with the addition of a litle ribbon.
Whatever you do...enjoy your upcoming Love Day!
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