Monday, February 11, 2008

Cute Homemade Valentines Gifts : Paper Roses

Paper Roses

For our first Valentine's Day together my boyfriend gave me a dozen hand made roses. He traced his hands on red, white, and pink construction paper. Then cut the hands out and wrote "I" on one finger, a shape of a heart (for love) on the next finger, and "U" on the next finger (he put a heart on the thumb and an "!" on the pinky). He then took the hand cut outs and wrapped the base of the hands around clear straws and put them in a clear glass vase. He added clear marbles in the bottom of the vase and sprinkled Valentine’s Day confetti all over them. He bought a small red teddy bear with white hearts on it and wrapped the teddy bear around the vase and attached a huge "Happy Valentine's Day" balloon to the bear’s hand! I was so shocked when he came to my front door with paper flowers! I still have them and have refused to put them away...it's now 3 years later and we are still together!

--by Mandy

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