Valentine's Day party

Dear Aidan,

Daddy brought home a note from daycare on Thursday saying that your class was going to be having a Valentine's Day party on February 11 and that we should bring the cards (and treats if we wanted to) by February 9. Of course, I didn't want to buy a generic card pack. I wanted to make something more personal. Daddy didn't want me to spend a lot of money, but I get joy out of doing things like this so I just went with what I wanted to do. This morning I went to Michaels to pick up a few craft products. I love going to Michaels because I get so much inspiration from just walking through the aisles. I can literally spend a whole day there. I was planning on making my own cards, but I found these really cute Martha Stewart Valentine's Day cards that were in the clearance section. I decided to buy that and incorporate that into my treat bag that I'm going to give to all the kids in your class.

Here is the Martha Stewart Valentine's Day card set. I got it for $8.95? I think it was way more than that, but I got it on sale. It came with a card, an envelope, and a label sticker.

Here is the card all composed. I love how the backside of the envelope has a heart punched through it. When I was thinking of making my own cards I was going to buy a heart punch, but punches are so expensive so I thought this was a better route.

Look how cute it is! The little hearts on the labels- well the dark red ones at least- are shiny.

I made 16 cards. The card kit came with 18 cards so I have a few left over. I'm thinking that I can use this idea for a future project...

I also bought a Martha Stewart Valentine's Day stamp kit. I think that was also on clearance so I got it for a good price. I used the stamp that had 'Sealed with a Kiss' written on it and stamped it onto a pink textured paper that I had lying around. I then punched it with my punch. I'm going to be sticking this on the paper bag. You'll see how I executed it later on.

Here are all the treats that I bought for the treat bags.

I wrapped all the marshmallow hearts in white tissue paper and tied it with bakers twine.

I put the candy hearts in a clear plastic zip bag. All the treats- the marshmallow hearts, Hershey Hugs and Kisses, and candy hearts worked so well together. All the colours just went together. I was really happy with how it turned out.

Here is the 'Sealed with a Kiss' punch that I stuck on the paper flap.

I stuck the Valentine's Day cards on the front side of the bakers bag.

I sealed all the bags by sewing a zig zag pattern with my sewing machine.

I hope the kids like it. I had a lot of fun making these. I made an extra one for you so that you also had a treat bag for the party. :-)