Greetings on this wonderful Wednesday! I’m Monika Wright and today I’m going to share some low-cost {okay, and maybe a little goofy} projects using scrapbooking and crafting supplies that you probably already have on hand. "What for?" you might ask, well Valentine's Day, of course...it's less than a month away.

First up in my roundup of little bits of goofiness is this message I hid in my husband’s sock drawer one year. You see, he had to be away on a business trip for the few days surrounding Valentine’s Day and this is what greeted him on the day he left. Using a random chipboard journaling spot and my small letter stamps, I was able to quickly create this message and then tied it with a bright ribbon to a pair of his socks.

I have a small collection of old keys. But, if you don't, I happened to see a set of brass skeleton keys at Home Depot the other day in the key-making section...worth checking it out if you'd like to recreate either of these altered projects made, again, using common scrapbooking supplies. The white matte was no longer in use and the mini canvas was one of those "I'll have a need for this one of these days" purchases that were both put to good {re}use.

And now for some inexpensive home decor!

Here's a little tutorial in words:

• trim your felt pieces to your desired size
• decide if you want to join both pieces of felt together now as you outline the "B" and sew the word "mine" or if you want to sew just the top piece and then adhere them together afterward - the beauty of adhering them after the embroidery is that the back of your wall hanging will be nice and neat
• trace a chipboard letter onto your felt and then freehand the word "mine" - if you don't have chipboard letters in the size you want, use your word processing program and enlarge a letter in the size you wish, print it and trim it to size before using it to trace onto your felt
• using your chipboard stash or your heart punches, trace a heart onto a piece of felt and trim out
• commence your needlework - no worries, it doesn't have to be perfect, as you can see on my sample - and yes, that is a heart for the dot above the "i" in "mine"
• using your Crop-o-Dile, attach two grommets
• cut your ribbon to length and feed through the grommets, knotting to keep it in place
• hang proudly, or hide until it's time to gift it to your sweetie!

I am not a master needleworker, so you should have no problems with this project, either.

Hope you had fun today peeking into my arsenal of silly things that make me smile! I share projects, tutorials and downloads on my blog as well as art prints, mini books and cool crafting supplies in my Etsy shop where the coupon code BIGPICTURE2012 will earn you a 20% discount through January 21, 2012.