Deb's Days

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

How to Make Homemade Valentine's Day Cards - Tutorial Tuesday

Make Homemade Note Cards for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Thank You Notes, and More!

With Valentine's Day coming up next month, I thought it would a good time to bring back this handmade Valentine's Day card sewing and crafting project idea. If you have some extra fabric scraps or strips just hanging around you'd like to use up, this quick and easy project could be just what you've been looking for.

Homemade Valentine's Day Fabric Note Cards

For this project you will need:

Fabric strips, 1” to 1 ½” wide in varying lengths
8” x 10” piece of muslin for foundation
Cardstock
Iron
Pinking shears and scissors
Sewing machine
Matching thread
Envelopes
Heart template from the pattern

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As usual, we have a step-by-step how-to tutorial to go along with it. Originally filmed in 2013 (when I had a cold - and you can sure tell it!) it's still a fun DIY craft to whip up super quick. You can also make your own Mother's Day cards, thank you notes, Christmas cards, and more using the idea!

Get the written pattern with step by step directions, color photos, and printable templates as a free PDF digital download. Click to find out more!

Looking for something else?
Check out some of my other Valentine's Day sewing and crafting projects!

Otherwise you can find the homemade note card project tutorial right here:

Friday, January 1, 2021

Foster Kitten Friday - The New Year's Edition

Happy New Year from the Wild, Wild, Wild, Wild, Wild, Wild, Wild West Gang!

It's a new year and everyone is taking on a new role.

Annie Oakley is the thief, stealing a kitty blanket away from me...

and dragging it across the room.

Scratch that. Wild Bill is the thief, taking the tape measure when I was trying to remeasure Wyatt Earp's legs.

Now I remember...Annie Oakley is the jumper. Straight from the floor to the counter-top height table in one swift move. (And barely captured by my camera.)

No, wait a minute. Calamity Jane is the one who is the jumper.

Feet in the air in this picture.

And Wyatt? Well, he's the three legged cat who takes over my keyboard...

and the back of my recliner any chance he gets.

Want to help contribute to the work I do with foster kittens? I have an Amazon wish list right here. These are the things I use again and again, year after year. With daily laundry and frequent cleaning, items have to be replaced often. I’d love anything you’d be willing to send my way!

What? Did I say three legged cat? Sure did. You'll have to watch his video to find out more...

Learn more about living with the Wild West Foster Kitten Gang here.

Watch all the episodes of The Adventures of Wyatt Earp, the Foster Kitten with no back feet, here.

Friday, December 25, 2020

The Adventures of Wyatt Earp, the Foster Kitten Born Without Any Back Feet

What is life like for a foster kitten who was born missing both his back feet and paws? Watch each week's episode of The Adventures of Wyatt to find out! You'll get to see how a disabled kitten, Wyatt Earp, grows and learns to use prosthesis as he gets ready for adoption. New videos every Friday!

Learn more about living with the Wild West Foster Kitten Gang here.

Foster Kitten Friday, the Christmas Edition

Merry Christmas and Happy Foster Friday from the Wild West Gang!

We had planned on doing some kitty cat family photos today to share with everyone, but 10 week old kitties aren't always cooperative. While we didn't have a Christmas tree this year, we still could have taken their pictures in front of stockings or a Christmas quilt. Heck, I would have even been happy with them all sitting still in one place anywhere in the house today!

Although it's still early in the day, they've already had enough excitement this week with Wyatt's Christmas presents so we're giving them (and me) a break from the camera. Instead, we'll go with the few moments of quiet we had. As the Wild West Gang is definitely living up to their names those moments were few and far between.

All together on the cat tree with some Christmas decor
in the background is as close as we'll get.

Calamity Jane sound asleep. Silly girl.

Annie Oakley and Wild Bill oh-so-close to napping.

Shhh...don't tell Wyatt I took a picture of him with
one of his Christmas presents.

What? Wyatt has a Christmas present in the picture? Yep! Check out his video to see what he got.

I also got a huge Christmas present from Wyatt. Every day for the last six weeks he has gone to the bathroom outside the litter box. I've cleaned up pee and poo off of his blankets and run laundry. Every. Single. Day. But last night, on Christmas Eve, after I finished putting together his video...WYATT USED THE LITTER BOX!!! Happy Dance, Happy Dance! So while it's not mentioned in this week's video it definitely will be in the next one.

Merry Christmas to all!

Learn more about living with the Wild West Foster Kitten Gang here.

Watch all the episodes of The Adventures of Wyatt Earp, the Foster Kitten with no back feet here.