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Lollipop Flowers for Valentine's Day

Here are this years Valentine's Day cards.

I started by crocheting small hearts. Here's the post about that and where to find the pattern.  I was quite pleased to find something to do with this garishly bright red that I got in a grab bag of red yarn. I don't like throwing things away, but I couldn't picture what to make of it. I'm sure the kids will think it's great.

I tied the hearts onto the lollipops - maybe not the best way as it was quite fiddley. We cut out green leaves from construction paper, wrote the names on them, and glued them to the lollipop sticks.

Voila! you have a cute heart flower for the Valentine's mailbox, a candy and a keepsake for each kid.

Hearts and more Hearts

Every Valentine's Day we make some kind of handmade valentines for my 9 year old daughters school class valentine's exchange. Of all the kids in her class she and maybe one other are the only ones who bring something original and unique, quite a stand out among the Hannah Montana and Spiderman store bought valentines. You gotta know that this year we can certainly expect some Bieber valentines.
The valentines have usually has been a lot of work for me, but  it's well worth it.  So this year, in honor of my new found love of crochet, it's crocheted hearts for everyone. This is my work from yesterday - we plan to attach them to lolipops and add green paper leaves. Should be way cute.

Set up like this they remind me of cherry blossoms. I really have way too many creative ideas to be able to keep up to myself. Find that part kind of frustrating really, but maybe I'll make a little cherry blossom or two or three.

By the way, the free pattern for these hearts came from  Planet June.