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(More on this later!) So I made a whole mess of Valentines, but you know what?  You're only getting little sneaky peeks, no apologies, but you can clearly see the super pretty Altered Pages Vintage Valentine collage sheets I used, and plenty of the Vintage Text pages:  AND the hearts--LOVE those German scrap hearts! Our theme here at the artsociates blog this month is crafty ORGANIZATION.  I don't consider myself very organized, but I do generally know where all my stuff is, because of this one simple tip: KEEP EVERYTHING IN THE SAME SPOT--as in, don't move supplies around.  After use, return them to the same place everytime!  Also, I keep a couple of boxes of supplies handy.  One I call a "go box," with basic supplies, making it easy to grab and go wherever, whether to the living room or the car:  The other has basic bookbinding supplies: Necessities all together, ready to create.  Much better than hunting f...

It is time to make some  old fashioned Victorian Valentines! Give a special someone in your life a handmade Valentine! With lace, paper doilies, glitter and a sweet image. Did you know,  Valentine's Day reached its height of celebration during the Victorian Era?  Or that some Valentines were so thick with layers of paper and embellishments they were given in presentation boxes.   The image for this Valentine is from the Victorian Valentine collage sheet. It was first adhered to a thin piece of chipboard  (about the thickness of a cereal box) and then  fussy cut.  Also cut a heart from the chipboard slightly smaller than the largest doily.  Adhere the large  doily to the chipboard, glue lace around the backside edge of the chipboard. Add lace around the backside of the smaller heart.  Attach smaller heart to the larger heart. Use a black marker and carefully edge the fussy cut images.   Attach  la...