Happy Friday + Happy Valentine's Day!

I shall wrap up this week with the very sweet illustration by Anne Lambelet. I hope you enjoyed your week here with me because I had a great fun sharing all the features the past week with you all. If you celebrate the holiday then here're a few quick links with inspiring Valentine's day ideas and free printables.

- Download free card, tags, bookmarks, envelope from here.

- You can print this printable to wrap your candy bar.

- Pillow boxes in two designs can be downloaded from here.

- Easy treat ideas like oreo owls and nutter butter owls.

Have a wonderful weekend! I'll see you on Monday.

xoxo

Shivani

Yvonne Herbst: Felted Creatures

Born in Germany Yvonne Herbst is presently working and living in Everett, Washington. After graduating with Bachelor in Arts degree  from Waldorf school she worked as a painter for 10 years at Pixar Animation Studios but felt she needed to branch out and find other mediums to work with. She taught herself sewing and started to create amazing life-like creatures. Her needle felted animals have distinctive personality and character. It takes about a week for Herbst to make one single animal. 

"The idea to try felting swam around in my head for a year or so before I just bought a small amount of roving and a few needles," she says.

She has an online store Yvonne's Workshop where she sells her needle felted animals. You can join her on facebook for updates on her new work and to see her work in the past.

Owl Gift Bags Tutorial + Printables

Craft Yourself shared a wonderful tutorial with the help of which you can create your own unique owl stand up bag. The tutorial requires a pre-made bag which you customize with owl design or any other design you like. Other option is that you use brown paper bag or make one yourself using fabric scraps, something like this before you put embellishments on it. This is a great bag for a small gift, treats or favors on all kinds of occasions. Once the bag is ready, attach a Valentine's day tag on it which you can download and print for free in four designs.

You must visit the blog following the link above for more creative ideas like mother's day dress style gift bag and father's day tie gift bag tutorials. 

Owl Always Love You Cookies for Valentine's Day

“Owl” Always Love You Nutter Butter are the cutest little Valentine's Day treats ever! These owl cookies are super easy to make and super cute with no baking required. You will be able to whip them up in no time. All in all these cookies are sure to be a great hit at any party.

For the step by step instructions, list of materials (which consists of only a few ingredients) and tips go to Colleen's blog The Smart Cookie Cook.

Printable Owl Card With 4 Patterns

"Owl be Your Valentine" is an adorable card that can be downloaded and printed from here for free! This card comes with four lovely patterns to make origami hearts! You also have an option to fill the banner with a small message or text of your liking before you print the card. Go to the link given above for downloading the card template and patterns to make your own owl card this Valentine's day.