Pinterest to the Valentine's Day Rescue

If you've got some last minute Valentines cards to do, but don't have a lot of time and are not interested in spending a lot of money, the Sistas got ya back. We needed some quick easy Valentines card ideas so we did what every God-fearing Christian woman does...we browsed <a href="http://pinterest.com/sistasinzion" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijPFDs-nUGA1w8isUjfbDNavX2CSO9krQai4YhRE0Ko6OVFm55PiIz1nVphHhlMSU4lwpJw2K1TjndsyU96myWHJjsAo8A9ZNJU3awTYRqb1x8Bdp6ubRduBo-8QxRYwEoKKAHZ_1voeQ/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijPFDs-nUGA1w8isUjfbDNavX2CSO9krQai4YhRE0Ko6OVFm55PiIz1nVphHhlMSU4lwpJw2K1TjndsyU96myWHJjsAo8A9ZNJU3awTYRqb1x8Bdp6ubRduBo-8QxRYwEoKKAHZ_1voeQ/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Mostly our Pinterest attempts look like this:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRpBfCCTxxXUwFxnM9-DGafsmAYJIeq9jrLQxCCiNPEHVD0s3dkhZhDK6hyphenhyphenWQ3WVC9AlBAb6tD-npshbgjpIDBcCV1avNPUsOa9yGpsqNFQCbXS1_YJ7O77qYodY2xLYl40XEn23Cceto/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRpBfCCTxxXUwFxnM9-DGafsmAYJIeq9jrLQxCCiNPEHVD0s3dkhZhDK6hyphenhyphenWQ3WVC9AlBAb6tD-npshbgjpIDBcCV1avNPUsOa9yGpsqNFQCbXS1_YJ7O77qYodY2xLYl40XEn23Cceto/s400/2.jpg" width="248" /></a></div>But not this time! Y'all believe us when we say this is as easy a pie (why do people say that anyway, pie is not that easy.) The longest part of this project is waiting for the 1-hour photos to be ready and getting your subject to smile (instead of playing in the water).<br /><br /><span style="color: #e06666;">1. Snap a quick pic of the person extending their hand.</span><br /><span style="color: #e06666;">2. Embellish the pic using any software you choose. (We used Photoshop, but something as simple as a phone app will do.)</span><br /><span style="color: #e06666;">3. Send pic to 1-hour photo printer of your choice. (Costco, Walmart, Walgreens, etc...) We printed 4x6s.</span><br /><span style="color: #e06666;">4. While waiting for prints pick up lollipops, do a little shopping or run some errands.</span><br /><span style="color: #e06666;">5. Cut slits in the photos near the top and bottom of the extended hand with an exacto knife.</span><br /><span style="color: #e06666;">6. Slip lollipop stick through the slits.</span><br /><br />Seriously y'all we were able to figure this one out by just looking at the photos on Pinterest! To make 30 cards it cost us $5 in prints and $3 in suckers. The project took under 2 hours including drive time and the kiddo loved it! This was a self esteem boost that left us feeling all crafty and Mormonish! Eat your heart out Martha Stewart!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKA4uPRPNc-gSxle-2VVQJguU3a5TyVKgMrA6za7DGqXUSruga2fyHlrhyYs-aFKeB7Yapw4RP7lur5KYN6CsUmcD4ugmkbbhDas5tToEgiNcvT8wxnXLiPSENU8ifjUl9vfhIQ4Plx9E/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKA4uPRPNc-gSxle-2VVQJguU3a5TyVKgMrA6za7DGqXUSruga2fyHlrhyYs-aFKeB7Yapw4RP7lur5KYN6CsUmcD4ugmkbbhDas5tToEgiNcvT8wxnXLiPSENU8ifjUl9vfhIQ4Plx9E/s320/4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />God is Love,<br />Sista Beehive & Sista Laurel

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