dont be a valentines grouch! – Oh my fabric heart

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So yesterday was the big dreaded V day! Hence my 365 picture above. How did it go for you?

We actually had quite a fantastic day in terms of everything running smoothly and going well despite the fact we didn’t really plan it and left it up to fate/snap decisions (typical us!) as usually this doesn’t happen. Something always goes wrong! But yesterday the universe was on our side. We travelled to Dublin to get lunch together, drink my body weight in Starbucks coffee and finally visit The Human Body exhibition that was being displayed at the Ambassador Theatre. Exciting!! (more on this later) Not your traditional Vday date you say? Well we don’t do traditional!

the remains of our bus nibbles

The bus up and down to Dublin wasn’t as bad as we were expecting, we kept ourselves entertained for the journey anyway. One thing I have learnt for any future journeys is, people on the last Dublin bus to Cork are more than always, assholes. Both ways we got stuck behind and across from women who felt the need to talk extremely loudly on their phones or blast music from their laptop speakers. Who does that these days?! Hello earphones like. Lucky for Shane he managed to sleep his way home! I however was jacked up on copious amounts of strong coffee and could not for the life of me calm down or sleep. I wrote pages and pages of notes, had a giggling fit and nearly got Shane and myself into trouble as I was mocking the loud phone caller in my caffeine induced state (Luckily she didn’t hear me/was mature enough to ignore my childish outburst..) and finally feeling the draining effect coffee gives whilst I sped-read through my current book.

Nothing better than free music courtesy of Starbucks!

After we returned back to Cork we rushed for more public transport and caught the train home, stopping off in the Chinese to get our favourite munch and head home to jump into our jammies and enjoy our take out cozy style :] Couldn’t have been a better day and night if you ask me! It was our third Valentines together and by far the best! I just love that boy of mine :)

spoilt :)

I was surprised with these yummy delights earlier today! I love Lindt chocolate! That bear is going to get decapitated pretty soon.. and as for the Dairy Box, the first shelf has already been devoured! I’m meant to be giving up chocolate at the end of the month, so i’m getting my fix in before Lent! :) Hope you all had a lovely Valentines too! xo

Don’t be a Valentines grouch! With V Day next week I thought I would share a few of my favourite DIY projects and cutesy things. Who doesn’t like receiving something that lets you know you’re adored? Even if you are single and ”forever alone” (i hate those silly slogans..) why not pamper yourself or treat you and your bestie to a day of loveliness? I never go over the top for V day cause I’ve always thought it was just a way for the Card company to make more money (here I am going on about being an anti-grouch then!) so I always made my own cards anyway. HANDMADE IS BEST, ALWAYS!

I made a few simple and easy to make yourself jewellery bits for you to try yourself!First I’m obviously going to mention the cute little Matching moustache necklace and key ring I made for last weeks diy, is it not the cutest idea for a couple? I think so. See my tutorial how to make these cute little tashe’s here.

Little L.O.V.E bangle, made from copper wire. Super easy to mould the lettering and then curl a little latch and circle to close. The only hard part is it keeping shape, unless you use a stronger wire than copper like I did. Make a bunch with different words!
Love heart ring, made from copper wire. I made this to kind of go with the Bangle above, as they match and look simply lovely. Same sort of approach as the Bangle, twist it into shape and hook the end into the loop to finish. The smaller the shape the sturdier the shape holds.

Below are some of favourite nerdy valentine finds via Tumblr and general internet creeping, it’s not always roses and chocolates you know! I just love all of these gifts below! plus they are all makeable!
From top left to bottom right; Cute heart made from Lego bricks for all the Lego lovers out there! (I would glue the bricks together and add a key chain!) Oven bake clay tentacles in different colours with suckers holding the heart shape, i love this. For all the Portal lovers out there, making your own companion cube with Fimo clay for your special someone is such a cute idea! And finally, this genius scrabble pillow set! This could be easily done on blank cushion covers and watered down acrylic paint.