Coordinates Collections: Sweet Treats

January 25, 2011

Sweet Treats

I know some people think Valentine's Day is a purely commercial holiday conceived by florists, gift shops and corporate card designers to squeeze a little more money out of consumers' wallets. But not me. I've always been a fan of Valentine's Day. Not because I expect to receive a big bouquet of roses delivered to my door or a gigantic box of Godiva chocolates. Though I certainly wouldn't turn either one of those things away, the thing I enjoy about Valentine's Day is that it encourages people to express love (and even appreciation) in very overt and tangible ways. And for those of us who like to make things, Valentine's Day is a perfect time to create something fun and special for the people we love.

I found this little bucket container in my scraproom (I think it might have had flowers in it at one point) and thought it would make a perfect candy container. I started pulling out supplies to decorate it and realized that a 12" border sticker (this one is from the Imaginisce Animal Crackers collection) was the perfect length to wrap around the center.

To give it some dimension, I made an accordian flower (with a border punched edge) and topped it with a Jillibean Soup journaling sprout, along with some BasicGrey Curio alphabet stickers and a canvas sticker. I added a ribbon around the bottom and tied a few on one of the handles with a die-cut ticket that I wrote on.

I added a few die-cuts to the top of the bucket to finish it off, then I filled it up with some colorful jelly beans that were a perfect match for the colors in the papers.

Because I made this little project with extras that were lying around my scraproom, the only real expense was the jelly beans. Very little investment for a treat that will bring a big smile to a friend's face on Valentine's Day!

Share the love, everyone!