Holy Valentine Batman!

I always like to get creative for my son's Valentine's cards. His school also allows us to send treats which adds another fun element! When he was younger, I thought it would be nice if I let him make the Valentine's cards. On his own. By hand.

Yeah...no.

Now I save us both the trouble, and make them myself pending his approval. All I ask is that he sign his name, and we're both happy! We save the handmade Valentines for family members like Daddy and Grandma.

While browsing the web for ideas, I came across this super cute idea from Zakka Life. Alex is a huge fan of Batman so I decided to tweak it a little and make his superhero lollipops a bit more specific. Then I found this fabulous 3D Valentine card on Tip Junkie, and an idea was born!

Presenting a 3D Batman Valentine's Card! Perfect for boys!

I've created a printable template for these. Not that it's going to be useful to anyone the NIGHT before Valentine's but there's always next year, right?

Supplies needed:

Template printouts
Lollipops
Scissors
Tape

How to make:

1. Print out the card, the batman masks, and the cityscape.
2. Cut out the cityscape by cutting along the outside of the each, leaving all of the tabs attached.  There are 9 per page. The tabs are just like the ones you would find on a paper doll. Fold the tabs on each cityscape along the white dotted lines for the 3D effect. 

3. Place one piece of tape (about an inch long) along the two tabs on each side, next to the folded crease.  Don't tape over the middle crease! Place a smaller piece of tape on the bottom tab.

Cut out the cards - there are two per page. I had Alex sign the back of each card.

5. Line up the middle crease on the folded tab to the edge of the cityscape printed on the card and tape it down. Follow this step for all the tabs. Tape down the other side, as well as the bottom tab.

6. Cut out the batman masks and wrap around the lollipops and tape in back.

7. Tape your batman lollipops inside the cityscape pocket you've created and you're done!

Voila! Have a great Valentine's Day!
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No Time for Laundry

It's my first blog post!

I'm excited because I finally did it. I've been talking about writing a blog for years and kept making excuses and putting it off. At first it was for lame reasons: I didn't know what to write about, I didn't know what to name my blog, I couldn't decide what colour the font should be.

At the end of the work day I just felt like vegging out on Facebook instead of being all productive and writey and stuff. And now I have good reasons: like a seven week old baby who doesn't believe in sleeping longer than two hours. And a five year old that needs a lot of attention. Then there's a husband who expects to be entertained. And that laundry isn't exactly going to fold itself.

But finally at 1am on a Wednesday morning, it happened. The three boys in my life are all asleep at the same time. I found a name for my blog. I picked a font colour! (I went with classic black, do you like?) The dishes are done. The Facebook news feed is slow. And the laundry...well it's not folded, but I did think about it, which is more progress than I made yesterday. So here I am.

I'm not sure what the main subject of my blog posts will be. There are so many things I could write about - my kids, my writing career, my love for all things crafty and for throwing parties. Maybe a mixture of everything. I'd like to think that people can visit my blog for fun, inspired ideas and a little bit of laughter. So sometimes I will post instructions on how to throw a Buzz Lightyear birthday party, and other times I will post about how much I hate ironing. And folding laundry.

The important thing is, I'm writing. So thanks for reading :)