* gifts from my heart *

These packages are so cute!

Although my family will like what's inside more.

I decided this year to buck the trend of traditional Valentine's chocolate.

(Besides the grocery store already had Easter chocolate displayed.)

So, I bought my family their favourite chocolate bars. Yes that's right!

I love to create something out of stuff I already have around my house.

First I wrapped each chocolate bar with plain white printer paper....it was handy.

Then I took a bit of fabric and ripped it into strips to create the ribbon. 

For the  tags I used my Underwood typewriter to type my messages.

 I cut out hearts around the messages and then used a thumb tack to

punch holes so embroidery thread could be strung through them.

I used a small whole punch to create a hole in the top of the heart to string bakers twine through.

Then I tied the fabric ribbon around the white package

and cut tails at the end.  The final touch was adding the heart tag!

TA-DAH! 

* special packages for special people *