fortunes on the bench

We are in handmade valentine land here at the house getting ready some Valentines for school, and also to send to family and friends.  This past Friday was the monthly Crafty Mamas and with sewing machines in tow, felt and some fun paper, we made felt fortune cookies for our little Valentines and exchanged old vintage postcards over some yummy snacks and wine as a light snow fell outside of The Womb Room windows.  

 

I found a pattern that was really super well done and great for quick cute fortune cookies.  One of the mamas tweaked the pattern a bit with great success for use with a lovely heavier felted upcycled wool sweater- came out really cute.  She added another stitch in the center creating a cross which gave the cookie a bit more definition.  Definitely give these a try- you can even hand sew these.  Another easy fun little thing to remember is you can make fun little journals for your sweeties just like that by cutting heavier cardstock for your cover, cut a few pieces of paper smaller than your cover and staple together, stamp the front and bam you have a cute little Valentine journal!

 

 

 The crafty mama's and I were all deeply grounded sitting around together reading these vintage postcards from upwards of 100 years ago- one that they had been saved, the simplicity of that was how folks communicated, and lastly that we were reviving the words from people we didn't know- it was all quite special and we decided to make an effort to send each other postcards on a whim!  I think that means that I need to go antiquing tomorrow for more postcards!

 

 

Tomorrow it will be time to track down the wax paper and shave some crayons per Jasper's request for his Valentines this year.  Love that smell of melted crayons!