3 DIY'S I'D LOVE TO MAKE.

1. Simple and stylish Wood Triangle Bookends from Make And Tell.

2. A seriously adorable crochet monkey from All About Ami.

3. And a chic pom-pom rug by Lucy of Craftberry Bush for eHow.

FOR THE LOVE OF VALENTINE'S DAY.

Valentine's Day is just around the corner but there's still time to pick up one of these lovelies for yourself, a friend or family member or even the other half ;)

Gold Lover's Lock And Keys // Grow Your Own Bunch Of Flowers Kit // I Heart You Fill-in Books // Clear Cassette Player // Lips Drinking Cup With Straw // Love Poems // Fauna Fondness Valentine Set // Valentine's Love Rotating Stamp // Make Your Own Valentine's Card

I love the make your own Valentine card and the rotating stamp but I think my favourite has to be the clear cassette player from Urban Outfitters, makes me wish I hadn't thrown my old cassettes away. You can even get Star-Lord's Awesome Mix Vol.1 from Guardians of the Galaxy to go with it. I don't think it gets better than that. 

Make sure to check out my other valentines crafts and recipes for more love-filled diys.

DIY WATERCOLOUR SUCCULENT NOTECARDS.

How about a little watercolour goodness to kick off the week?

As soon as I saw these gorgeous watercolour succulent illustrations from Gold And Berry pop up on Pinterest I knew I wanted to make something fun with them. You can download the whole collection of high-resolutions images for free and use them however you want. I used some blank cards, scrapbook paper and the free watercolour succulent clipart to make some simple diy notecards.

I've always liked making my own cards and this is a nice way of making a whole bunch of cards really quickly. I left mine blank so I could use them as thank you notes but you could easily customise them and use them as birthday cards, new home, get well soon etc.

Supplies: Blank cards // scrapbook paper (I used the Amy Tangerine Stitched paper and the some of the Maggie Holmes paper) // Gold And Berry's Free Watercolour Succulent Cactus Clipart // washi tape // scissors // glue

I started off by downloading the succulent clipart, picking 6 of my favourites and resizing them to 3x3 inch squares. I printed them out onto some thin card and cut them to size.

I hate throwing away all those odd shaped scraps of paper so making these cards was a great way to use up some of my scrapbook paper stash. I cut some of the leftover paper down to 3.5x3.5 inch squares and layered them up behind the watercolour cacti to create a border.

I played around with the colour and pattern combinations until I was happy with them and then used paper glue and washi tape to stick them down. The whole project only took an hour and now I've got a set of really cute handmade notecards to use whenever I want.

What would you use them for?

P.S. Don't forget to check out Gold And Berry for more gorgeous freebies.