Hibiscus and Butterfly Bowl

Hibiscis Bowl 2" x 4". Drawn, Etched and Painted by hand.

 

What You Need:

* Assorted chocolate kisses and hearts
* Pink, white and red construction paper
* Scissors
* Gold, silver, red or black pens
* Clean, empty jars
* Red or pink ribbons

What You Do:

1. Cut small hearts, strips, and other shapes out of the paper, using all different colors.
2. write loving sayings on the paper. be specific to the intended recipient:
3. Toss the sayings with the chocolates and layer them in a jar.
4. Put on the lid, tighten, and top with ribbon tied in a pretty bow.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Create a Chain of Chocolate Kisses

What You Need:

* Plastic wrap
* Yarn or curling ribbon, cut into eleven 12-inch pieces
* 10 chocolate candy kisses
* Scissors

What You Do:

1. Cut a two-foot length of plastic wrap and lay it flat on your work surface.
2. Arrange the candy kisses on the plastic wrap in a single column down the length of the sheet. Start in the upper left corner, about 2 inches from the top and 2 inches from the side. Leave approximately 1½ inches of space between each candy.
3. Fold the edge of the plastic wrap over the column of candies and continue rolling so the candies are securely covered with 2-3 layers of plastic wrap.
4. Carefully cut away any excess plastic wrap from the side of the roll, taking care not to disturb the positions of the candy.
5. Using a length of yarn or ribbon, tie a knot or bow around the roll between the kisses to separate the kisses and form a chain. Place a bow between each kiss and at the beginning and end of the chain.
6. Trim away any excess plastic wrap from the ends of the chain.

Give away your chocolate kiss chain to someone special as a tasty Valentine's Day treat!

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Check out the great Valentine Gifts on Etsy. I know Christmas shopping just ended and here comes valentines Day.

Valentine BE MINE:

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Hershey's Kiss Roses


Use leftover red plastic wrap from Christmas to make these sweet roses for Valentine's Day, they are very inexpensive to make and guaranteed to be a big hit!

You can either give a single Hershey Kiss Rose or wrap them together by the dozen for your special sweetheart.

Here are the supplies needed for each rose...

2 Hershey's Kiss chocolate candies, any flavor
Pink or red cellophane wrap
Floral stems (with at least 1 or 2 leaves)
Green floral tape

Directions:

Place the two Hershey's Kisses together, bottom end to bottom end, and hold in place. Wrap the Kisses with a small square of cellophane from top to bottom, creating a rose like shape.

Gather the cellophane together at the bottom of the rosebud, but before twisting the cellophane completely closed, add a pre-cut floral stem with the leaf close to the bud.

Wrap the bottom cellophane closed with floral tape, going around the stem and pulling it tight all the way down to the end.
Now you can make your own or
These will be on sale along with etched glass vases for valentines day at Glass City Gifts on Etsy.

Christmas in July Handmade

• Today's craft gives us a little Christmas in July. A snow filled candle holder that you can make to give as a gift or decorate your home during the holiday season.

• Supplies:

All supplies can be purchased at your local craft store. If your not in the mood for creating. My handmade crafts are always on sale at: Glass City Gifts

1. a 3" clear glass cylinder candle holder
2. clear glass or red glass votive holder
3. iridescent snow flakes
4. A few artificial holly leaves with berries. You can also use fresh Holly but for this craft I used artificial.
5. Votive candle

• Put as much of the snow flakes in to the larger cylinder candle holder. I fill mine about 1/4.

• Place the votive holder inside the cylinder.

• Add the Holly

• Add votive candle to the votive holder

Thats it your craft is complete. I added a little extra handmade touch to my candle holder and etched snowflakes around the cylinder. My etched glass is shown in pictures above and can be purchased at: Glass City Gifts
I hope everyone attempts my crafts. They are fairly simple and fun to make. I will add packaging tips later for those of you giving these as gifts.

Red, White, and Blue!!!

Fourth of July Glass