{Love Birds}

Have you ever noticed that for five months,

we are all on a sugar high?  From October to February, we have holiday after holiday, which means yummy food and yummy treats.

Which also means that we are likely to gain a few pounds.

And I admit that I did this holiday season. 

It was only three pounds, but it's three more pounds than I want!

I've lost two and I'm in the process of losing that last pound.  Hopefully by next week it will be gone!

How am I doing it?

I'm counting calories {I've cut out unnecessary snacks and replaced them with fruits and veggies} and cutting out sugar.  Not totally cutting it out {I'm one of those that can't feel deprived or else I relapse :) }, but I'm trying to be a lot more conscious about what I put in my body.

Enough of my ramblings.

On with the crafts!

I found these cute birds on my Storybook Cricut cartridge and thought they would be perfect for a fun Valentine project!

I also used the Storybook Cricut cartridge for the "LOVE" font.

I used the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge for the "birds" font.

And I glued them on my birdcage paper with a glue stick.

I love myself a little bling, 

so I couldn't resist adding some to this project :)

To give it a little more dimension,

I raised the birds with those sticky foam strips (hmm, not sure what they're called).

I also inked the edges of the birds and the heart w/ my ink pad.

And this project was free since I had everything on hand!

That's the kind of project I really like :)

What kinds of things do you do to decorate for Valentine's Day?