A Tiny Tote of Treats

Today I want to share a bit of Valentine's Day inspiration with you. This is a gift I made recently - it is a machine embroidered bag filled with valentine treats and a couple of the "heart lollipop wrappers" I made several weeks ago. The bag was embroidered on white cotton fabric...is about 6" tall...and has a boxed bottom, so it stands easily. The bag has matching embroidery on the back side and is from the Husqvarna Viking Collection "Purse Pizazz" (#184) by Anna Haraldsson. I enjoyed picking out shades of pink thread for this whimsical little bag and assembling it...and then picking things to fill it. I have made several of these bags before and they work great for collecting orts and small snippits of thread...I also have a couple in my bathroom for cotton balls and q-tips.

...and I just *have to* share a photo of a few Valentine gifts my friend Mary gave me earlier in the week...she filled a heart gift bag with the cutest owl kitchen towel, a great piece of valentine fabric featuring vintage valentines (too cool), some fun shiny red rick rack, valentine swankie hankies, and some Hershey's kisses! This was such a sweet Valentine's Day surprise...

This evening, I am finally starting to feel a bit better, although my voice is yet to return. I just spent the afternoon printing invoices and packaging the new designs for shipments this week - and after a few hours, I am starting feel a bit rundown again...but I think the worst has finally passed (crossing my fingers). Thank you all for the well wishes and the birthday notes! I am hoping to feel well enough tonight to bake my husband a Valentine's Day treat...and to enjoy some model stitching....