Knitting, Crochet and Crafts

Month: February 2024

  • Slimline Thank You Card Making Idea Featuring Floral and Botanical Motifs

    Slimline Floral Thank You Card + Vintage Crocheted and Embroidered Linen
    Slimline Floral Thank You Card + Vintage Crocheted and Embroidered Linen

    I created this handmade thank-you card awhile back when the lovely people over at Pinkfresh Studio hosted a card making challenge to celebrate World Card Making Day. The card you see pictured above was my challenge entry.


    At the time I originally made the card, I didn’t take a very good picture of it because I was in a hurry to beat the challenge deadline. I made a mental note to take a better picture of the card later. Then I promptly forgot all about it.


    Fast forward to now. I’ve been unpacking boxes because I recently moved. A few days ago, I came across the vintage embroidered linen you see pictured in the background of the photo above, and it occurred to me that the vintage linens in my collection would make lovely photo backgrounds for all my craft projects. So I am working on updating and improving bunches of my old photos to look prettier.


    What do you think? You can see the “before” photo below and the “after” photo above.

    Supplies for Crafting This Slimline Thank You Card

    The supplies used for making this slimline thank you card are all by Pinkfresh Studio:

    Handmade Thank You Card Featuring Floral and Botanical Motifs -- This Card Is Made Using Craft Supplies by Pinkfresh Studio
    Handmade Thank You Card Featuring Floral and Botanical Motifs — This Card Is Made Using Craft Supplies by Pinkfresh Studio

    Thanks so much for checking out my project. I appreciate your interest.

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    Posted By: Amy Solovay

    This page was last updated on 2-9-2024.

  • February Garden Journal Pages for the Happy Planner or Other Discbound Planners

    February Garden Journal Pages for Discbound Planners Such As Happy Planner, Tul and Arc
    February Garden Journal Pages for Discbound Planners Such As Happy Planner, Tul and Arc

    Happy February, Crafty Friends!


    In most of the United States, it’s cold and wintry outside. Even if you’re an avid gardener, gardening might be the last thing on your mind. However, this month is a fantastic time to start planning this coming year’s garden — and making a garden journal to track your gardening successes and failures. If you haven’t already started a garden journal, now is the ideal time to do it.


    When I am actively gardening, I habitually make garden journal pages to keep a record of what I did well (so I can repeat those successes) and about what went wrong (so I can tweak my approach the following year and hopefully fix whatever went wrong). I also like to keep a record of what I planted where, so that I can be sure to rotate crops effectively the next year. My garden journal also incorporates to-do lists that keep me on track on what needs to be done in the future.


    If garden journaling is of interest to you, I invite you to check out more of my garden journal pages and read more about my process for making them.


    If you maintain a garden journal, I’d love to know more about what you record in it and how it has helped you achieve your gardening goals. What do your garden journal pages look like? The floor is open for comments, so please feel free to ask questions or share insights in the comments area below.


    Thanks so much for visiting! I truly appreciate your presence here.

    More February Craft Ideas


    February Planner Layout Made Using Graphic 45 Patterend Papers from the Time to Flourish Collection
    February Planner Layout Made Using Graphic 45 Patterend Papers from the Time to Flourish Collection

    Posted By: Amy Solovay

  • February Crafts: Fun Ideas for Valentine’s Day Crafts and Other Crafts to Make This Month

    February Garden Journal Pages for Discbound Planners Such As Happy Planner, Tul and Arc
    February Garden Journal Pages for Discbound Planners Such As Happy Planner, Tul and Arc

    Happy February, crafty friends!


    Are interested in finding creative, unique, engaging and useful craft ideas for the month of February? There are SO MANY possible things you could be making — and I couldn’t even begin to list them all here in this short blog post. However, I’ll offer an overview of the pages that my typical readers tend to visit most frequently in the month of February. These suggestions are the most relevant February craft ideas I’m currently aware of. If you have other suggestions to add to this list, I invite you to post a comment at the end letting me and the other readers here know about them.

    February Holiday Crafts

    Valentine’s Day Crafting in the Month of February

    Valentine's Day Crafts -- You're invited to check out these free crochet patterns for heart and flower motifs.
    Need Valentine’s Day Craft Ideas? You’re invited to check out these free crochet patterns for heart and flower motifs.

    Valentine’s Day is one of the more prominent February holidays on the Gregorian calendar. Many people celebrate this day by making Valentine’s Day crafts. It’s popular to exchange Valentine’s Day cards with your friends and loved ones; it’s also a day when couples take time out to spend a day, or at least an evening, together celebrating their romance.


    Slimline Valentine's Day or All-Occasion Card Making Idea Featuring Paper Flowers; the Flower Stamps Are Made by Gina K Designs
    Slimline Valentine’s Day or All-Occasion Card Making Idea Featuring Paper Flowers; the Flower Stamps Are Made by Gina K Designs

    If you like to make fun Valentine gifts to give to your significant other or your friends / family, February is a fantastic time to work on these projects. You can tap here to find our ideas for Valentine Cards to Make, or tap here to find our main directory of Valentine’s Day craft ideas.


    You can click or tap here to view our main directory of card making ideas.


    If you want more info on how to make the floral slimline card pictured above, go HERE.

    February Planner Crafts and DIY Calendars

    If you maintain a physical planner, junk journal, scrapbook, or art journal, you might want to decorate your February calendar pages, journal pages or scrapbooking layouts with seasonal stamped images or embellishments. I invite you to check out the following pages for ideas:

    Winter Craft Ideas

    We’ve put together a list of winter crafts that are seasonally appropriate for February crafting in many regions of the Western hemisphere.


    We hope these ideas are useful to you as you start on your February crafting. Thanks so much for your interest!


    Posted By: Amy Solovay


    This page was last updated on 2-11-2024.