Valentine's Day Ideas

Last year, I featured a set of love coupons that I've made for my husband as Valentine's gift idea. I didn't realise that there has been a request for the template until recently...;;^^

Since Valentine's Day is around the corner again, I thought it would be apt to put the template up. The template is available here. (Link updated on 23 Jan 2014)

The template is only for personal use and should not be used for commercial purposes. 

Thank you! ^^

Image source: Mommy by Day, Crafter by Night

I also found another fantastic love coupon template from this blog, Mommy by Day, Crafter by Night. She also provides a blank version that you can personalise to suit you. :)

If love coupons are not your thing, how about handmade cards? 

Image source: minieco.co.uk

This pop-out card tutorial from minieco is just adorable! :)

Image source: Alphamom

Or go further with crafty goodness by making this Tic Tac Toe Hearts from Alphamom.

So what are you making for Valentine's Day to give to that special someone in your life? ^_-

Love,

from me to u.

It's new year's eve!

And it is definitely time to do a recap of what has been happening this year!

More Hana brooch produced this year, one of me.u's bestsellers. Available as a custom-made piece, a variety of Hana was created in 2010. It still remained one of my favourite collection to make, where extreme creativity can be used to achieve a match between the design of each piece and the new owner.

My favourite piece for the year was Little Frog. The best pieces are created when I do take a longer time to finish. Why? There are some ideas that I needed to sit on or even source materials for. This piece was only completed when I acquired the vintage button seen in this piece. Oh, and did I mention this piece is modular? That's why I have to sit on my ideas for a while to work out how things can be pushed further.

 me.u had a debut at the Fitzroy Market this year. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a disaster with the Melbourne weather. The other session to make it up didn't turn out well either. For these reasons, markets for me.u plans will be shelved until further consideration.

The colour of the year for me was definitely mustard yellow. I fell in love with anything mustard yellow. Two major scarves were knitted. My yellow mustard scarf and my pink scarf.

2010 was the beginning of freebies from me.u. The first ever me.u give-away started for Christmas. Two sets of necklace from Animals of the Forest were given away with a special me.u original Christmas bauble. Also me.u original free gift tags template was made available this Christmas. Look out for more freebies in 2011! 

 This year was certainly an interesting year for me as there were definite highs and lows. 2010 started with a major personal low when I had to go through a trying time. However, due to that personal experience, I became more philosophical about life in general. Life indeed do go on...:)

 Photography by Jave Lee 

This was also a year of weddings! I attended many weddings this year. First and foremost, the wedding of one of my best friends early in the year. Then followed by another two weddings and finally it was my own wedding! We had a weekend wedding on the 2nd and 3rd of October. It was a wedding 1 year in the planning from engagement shots, colours to the invites. Next year, read more about how I put my wedding together. Although, when the whole thing was done it was kind of bittersweet...ah well...there is always honeymoon planning next year. :)

All in all 2010 was an interesting year for me.u and for me personally. I do hope 2011 will bring more exciting things. Happy New Year everyone and all the best for 2011!!! ^^

Have you got all your Christmas gifts ready?

Christmas is about 7 days away, have done all the Christmas shopping that you needed to do?

Complete your gift-giving with these free me.u gift tags!

What do you need?

Scissors

Hole puncher

Just download the template here and cut around the dotted line.

This template is only for personal use only. Should you wish to re-distribute the template, please link to this blog entry instead of linking directly to the pdf file. Thank you and enjoy!

Have a lovely Christmas from me to u! ^^

Making a list....

 

... of my original/modified knitting patterns.

Amelie - My Yellow Mustard Scarf

Chloe - Not just another Pink Scarf

Kitty Kat - A Story of a Cupwarmer

Scrunchy - The Stylish Muffler