A DOZEN POSES ... Just in time for Valentine's Day

A Dozen Poses!
By Kellie Geres, Regarding Nannies Development Team

Instead of a dozen roses for Valentines, which flowers only last a little while, give A DOZEN POSES which will last a lifetime!

This is one of my all-time favorite Valentine projects! I had so much fun the first year I did them - mom and both grandma’s received one from my charges!

Supplies you will need …
• 12 wooden skewers – the kind you use for kabobs, found in the grocery store
• Heart shaped paper doilies in pink, white or red or combination of colors
• Floral green Styrofoam for base of flower pot
• Clay flower pot – size medium to large
• Red paint
• White puffy paint or paint pen
• Brush
• 12 photos
• Glue
• Cardstock paper in pink, white or red or combination of colors
• Valentine scrapbook paper
• Valentine Stickers
• Confetti
• Tape or glue stick
• Scissors






First thing is to paint your pot. I like to do two coats, and the paint I use is acrylic craft paint. I found mine at Michaels. This dries really fast. When red paint is dry, then take your white puffy paint or paint pen and decorate the outside of the pot. You can also use stickers and such and put a coat of mod podge


Take your photos and make 12 small circles, squares or heart shaped photos, big enough to fit in the center of the heart doily. Use glue to adhere them to the doily.
Use tape to adhere the skewer to the back of the doily. One skewer for each heart/photo.

You can then use the cardstock paper or Valentine theme scrapbook paper to place on the back of the doily, to cover the stick and tape. This is optional.

Once you have all 12 hearts done with the photos and skewers, it’s time to prepare the foam insert for the pot.

The foam will insert into the pot but you may have to cut some of the corners off of the bottom so it goes down deep enough. Use a sharp knife (adults or older kids only) to cut four corners of the foam off and insert into the pot.

Now take each of your heart skewers and start adding them to the foam. With a scissors you will cut of the ends of some of the skewers (adult or older kids only) so that the heights vary in the pot.



Once all your skewers are inserted in the pot, take the red confetti and cover the base/foam.

Make a handmade card expressing you’ve given A DOZEN POSES to last a lifetime!






ENJOY!

Week End Round Up

Here is your weekend round up for the last week of January.

Some of you may have noticed that I previewed the wrong week last weekend..........oops

I will try to do better this week.

We had a great week here on Regarding Nannies and hope you enjoyed the variety of articles and ideas we offered.

On Monday Moxie, Kellie shared another great article from Nanny Network about Nannies and what happens if you don't pay their taxes.



On Tuesday Tips Alice shared a great link about Winter Safety for Kids.



On Creative Nanny Wednesday, Nanny Gael Ann shared a great idea for decorating Purell bottles.



On Thursday Table Talk , Kellie spotlighted the Nanny Network of Richmond



On Financial Friday, Alice gave us links to articles that told us when was the best time of year to purchase all kinds of different items.

Next week we will feature another great article from our colleague Greta Schraers' Cincy Nanny blog. We will also have a great Valentine Craft from Kellie and start doing articles from the featured speakers at the 2010 INA Conference.