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This week my dear friends over at Sweet Athena are hosting a giveaway for my Etsy shop, Bouncing Ball Creations!  So enter the giveaway before this Friday for a chance to win any one item from my shop!

A big thank you to Sweet Athena for hosting the giveaway!

In case you didn’t guess from the message I put in the Valentine’s Day cards, I decided to make some cute sleep masks for my friends.

Aren’t these little creatures cute???  I made the fronts of the masks out of felt pieces that I embroidered together.  To make the actual masks I just sewed the fronts to a soft red fabric with a piece of batting in-between.

Here’s the finished Bunny mask.  One of my friends has pet bunnies, so I thought this would be a fitting mask for her.

I embroidered the eyes, nose, and whiskers, and also attached the pink for the ears with embroidery.

Here’s the finished Owl mask.  I chose colors to make it look like Hedgwig from Harry Potter, for my friend who’s a huge Harry Potter fan.

I embroidered the eyes and attached the white felt at the top and the beak with embroidery.

And, finally, here’s the finished Fox mask. The last name of one of my friends is Fox, so of course I had to make her a Fox mask!

I embroidered the eyes and nose and attached the white pieces with embroidery as well.

I love how these sleep masks turned out.  I especially love that I was able to take an idea in my head and make it a successful reality!

I first saw the idea for these cards on Pinterest.  You all know how much I love origami, and these little hearts are so simple and cute!

For the inside of the card I cut out a heart shape from red card stock and wrote “Wishing You Sweet Dreams for Valentine’s Day” on them.  I love the patterns that I used for the cards, and I love how they turned out!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine’s Day!

I used the same concept that I did for the Valentine’s Day Cards that I made, except I stitched a heart around the word “birthday” this time.

The stitched heart was also on the inside of the front cover, so I colored it in really quickly and wrote a simple message.

I love how it turned out!

I am absolutely going to make these for our party.  What a great idea!

This recipe for Artichoke Dip Bread looks delicious!

These baked southwestern egg rolls would be a great Super Bowl Party treat!

Who wouldn’t like to snack on these pear melon martini jello shots???

And finally, I think these would look so cute in team color-themed sprinkles!

This tape measure brooch is so cute!

I can’t wait to try out this gorgeous string art project!

I love the look of this art project, and it’s so easy to make!

I can’t wait to try and make this art project too!

And finally, you won’t believe how easy it is to make these cute bud vases!

I printed off the Bouncing Ball Creations logo onto colored card stock, and then used Mod Podge to attach some pages from Harry Potter on to the back.  I then used a decorative corner punch to  add a little fancy flair to these little tags.  I looove how they turned out, and I love that I was able to make a few hundred tags for (essentially) free!

These paper tags inspired me to create my own tags for my Etsy shop (coming soon!)

These folded paper stars are so beautiful, I definitely want to make some.  The instructions are in Norwegian, but the pictures are easy to follow (plus there’s a handy Google Translate button at the top to translate the site into English!)

I think this paint chip art project is so neat, and there are a lot more fantastic paint chip ideas at the website!

I love this string art piece!  I am dying to try to create one myself!

And finally, not only does this ear bud embellishment look great but it stops your earbuds from becoming a tangled mess!