Valentine Garland from Castoffs $0

Fabric for hearts: Huge basket of clothes for D.I. donated from a sister-in-law

(I rifled through it, picked my palette, and cut out as many hearts as I could.)

Fishing line: Thanks to the husband we have roughly 3,000 miles of it

Crimp beads: Bought a jar of 1,000 a year ago- they last forever

Crystals to innersperse on fishing line: Leftover from my sister-in-law's wedding decorations

Poly stuffing: Have an endless bag down in the crawl space

I placed two hearts right sides facing out, sewed them together stopping my machine with an inch to go, stuffed the 1" opening right then and there, finished sewing. Threaded strands of hearts and crystals with fishing line. Spaced everything evenly with crimp beads. Ended up making 8 garlands with the clothing shown.

Sweater Arm Leg Warmers $0

The arms of the D.I. sweater I used to make Valentine garlands with.

Cut the arms off of the sweater. Hem the unfinished edge, put the cuff on the ankle.

Paint Swatch Valentines $3

Paint swatches: FREE (I grabbed a few per week leading up to Valentine's Day as to not wipe out Lowe's or Home Depot's supply of swatches.)

Candy $3

Envelopes

Rubber Stamps & Ink

Clear Coat Aerosol Spray

Corner Rounder

Saw this in Country Living magazine a year ago. Appropriately, most of the pink and red paint colors are named "Sizzle," "Burning Love," "Crush," etc. RE and I trimmed them, rounded the corners, stamped the letters with Versafine ink, sprayed an aerosol clear coat to prevent smearing, filled the square vellum envelopes with candy, and taped them shut with pink grid washi tape.

These would have cost money if I didn't already have a bunch of scrapbooking supplies on hand, as well as the vellum envelopes, which can be pricey. I'm a sucker for vellum AND squares, so I would have cashed out an IRA for these if I had to.