My daughters and I are in a playgroup that gets together every other week. There are 13 Moms, 13 two-year olds and a handful of siblings – a big group, I know! I have known most of these women since my daughter Savannah was 5 weeks old. We met at a breastfeeding support group through the hospital where I delivered and have been friends ever since.
Our playgroup has decided to do a Valentine’s Day exchange this year. We were instructed (by one of the former teachers in our group – I guess you never lose that teacher mentality) to bring 12 Valentine’s (1 for each child, excluding our own) and to decorate a box or bag and bring it to collect all of our childs’ valentines.
Well, we haven’t decorated our box yet, but I decided I wanted to do something a little different than your standard boxed Valentine’s for my girls to give their friends. I saw this idea somewhere (I think it was in one of my parenting magazines) and I just thought it was too cute to pass up!
Lindsay Wilkes is the owner and designer behind The Cottage Mama. She creates timeless, vintage inspired sewing patterns for children’s clothes. She is also a fabric designer for Riley Black Designers / Penny Rose Fabrics, author of the book ‘Sew Classic Clothes for Girls’ and can be seen teaching nationwide and online in her video series ‘Lessons with Lindsay’ sponsored by Baby Lock Sewing and Embroidery machines.
You are sooo clever!!!
This is a really cute idea and great for kidlets…super creative. Stop by and say hi sometime!
New to your blog. Very clever and cute.
That is super cute!
What a fantastic idea! I’m so gonna do this 🙂
That is so cute! I love kid things like that :o)
P.S. Thanks for stopping by my blog! I love girly things too!! :o)
Seriously? Love it! I’m filing this one away for when I have kids.
That is so incredible cute! and I love all the yummy goodie combinations in there 🙂 Creative indeed!
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The kids will love this! Still need an idea for toting some of the Valentines? Maybe this will help http://practicallyspent.blogspot.com/2010/02/mod-modge-valentine-carrier.html
Oh, what a cute idea!!
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