Love Of Family & Home: Valentine's Day Yarn Wreath with Felt ...

Hey Friends!!

I hope y'all are having a great weekend!

This week wraps-up the last week of our "Dog Days of Winter" Challenges. The theme for this week's challenge is "Love It." That means we want to see all of your Valentine's Day related projects! It can be Valentine's Day decor, crafts, and/or recipes. I'm excited to share my project for the challenge with you today!?

My Valentine's Day Wreath.....

What do you think?!?

I know it's not the traditional Valentine's Day colors, but that's alright with me. Sometimes it's fun to change things up a bit, don't ya think?!

This wreath was super easy to make! I just started with a straw wreath that I purchased at Hobby Lobby. It was $3.99, but I used my 40% off coupon to purchase it. I bought a package of light gray yarn (also from Hob Lob) & just wrapped it around the straw wreath until it was completely covered. There is no need to take the plastic packaging off the straw wreath....just leave it in place!!

Then I got busy making these super fun felt roses to decorate the wreath. I just bought several different colors of felt at Hobby Lobby to make them.?

1. Start buy cutting a circle out of the felt. For larger roses, you'll want a large circle. For smaller roses, you'll need a small one. To give the look of petals, you can cut out of wavy pattern along the outside edge.

2. Then cut your circle in a spiral as shown in the picture above. Continue the wavy pattern throughout until you reach the center of the circle, which will be your flower base.?

3. Starting at the outside of the felt/circle, begin rolling your felt towards the center.

4. The more you roll it, the more it should start resembling a rose.?

5. When you get to the end, you will be left with the base at the center of the circle. Hot glue the felt rose to the base to secure it. If the base is wider than the rose itself, simply trim off any excess.?

To dress them up a bit, I hot glued a pearl to the center of each rose. This is completely optional. ?I used my leftover pearls from this project. Then I hot glued each rose to the wreath.?

Once I had all of my roses made, I decided to add a little bunting to the center of the wreath. I just used some cardstock & my cricut machine to cut out my triangles & the letters "XOXO".

You can secure the bunting to the wreath using straight pins and/or hot glue.?

Once my bunting was added, the wreath was ready for a little photoshoot....

I just hung my wreath using some pink & white polka dot ribbon that I found at Walmart. You can hang yours however you like!

So, that's it!! Easy peasy & super cute!! Or at least I think so! :)

Be sure to come back tomorrow to show off your Valentine's day creations!! We can't wait to see what you've been working on!!

Don't forget, if you link up on just one blog, your project will be seen on all NINE blogs!! So, get those projects completed & get your posts ready!!

If you don't have a blog, I would still?LOVE?for you to join in!! Share a picture of your project with me on my?Facebook Page! I will be sharing some of my favorites over the course of the week!

I hope you all have a beautiful Sunday!!

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Source: http://www.loveoffamilyandhome.net/2013/02/valentines-day-yarn-wreath-felt-rose-tutorial.html

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Physical therapy booms with aging, active seniors - The Seattle Times

SPOKANE, Wash. ?

One of Brian Cronin's physical therapy clients is in her 80s and is still skiing. Another is middle-aged, recovering from a water skiing injury. Another is a middle-school-age girl with Olympic gymnast dreams.

With an aging, yet increasingly active population, Cronin has seen his business and the physical therapy industry expand.

As baby boomers age, health care is changing to accommodate.

The Spokesman-Review reports (http://is.gd/d284OF) that with millions of uninsured Americans poised to gain coverage through federal health reforms, professionals in health care fields like physical therapy are facing the challenge of meeting the needs of more and more patients.

Some worry that not enough people will be trained and licensed to keep up, especially as health reform awards insurance coverage to patients.

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Information from: The Spokesman-Review, http://www.spokesman.com

Source: http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020282223_apwaagingbutactive.html

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Deal of the Day: Seidio 3500mAh Extended Battery w/ NFC for Galaxy S3

The Feb. 1 ShopAndroid.com Deal of the Day is the Seidio 3500mAh Extended Battery w/ NFC for Galaxy S3. Tired of running out of battery life when you need it the most? When you can’t get to an outlet, this high quality NFC battery will keep you moving forward all day. It utilizes a premium Japanese cell to ensure the highest level of safety and performance, offering up to 60% more battery life than your stock battery. Comes with a replacement battery door.

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Gillmor Gang Live 02.01.13. (TCTV)

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CBS to air special on Houston's death and Grammys

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? CBS says it will air a behind-the-scenes look at how Whitney Houston's death affected the 2012 Grammy Awards.

The hour-long special, titled "The Grammys Will Go On: A Death in the Family," is scheduled for Feb. 9, the eve of this year's music awards.

Last year, Grammy producers learned of Houston's death less than 24 hours before the ceremony. The CBS program recounts the scramble to pay tribute to the pop star and revamp the show.

The special includes interviews with LL Cool J, Jennifer Hudson, Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift and other artists.

The 48-year-old Houston was found drowned last February in a Beverly Hills hotel bathtub. Coroner's officials ruled her death accidental, with heart disease and cocaine use contributing factors.

The Feb. 10 Grammys will air on CBS.

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N.C. Gov. McCrory's comments link college funding to employment

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Should public universities and colleges in North Carolina be judged and funded primarily by how well they groom students for the job market?

Yes they should, Gov. Pat McCrory said this week in a radio interview, offering pointed criticism for college courses he says offer no path to jobs.

Citing the need for more engineers, technicians and mechanics, McCrory said he has instructed his staff to draft legislation that could alter the way the schools are funded, ?not based on how many butts in seats, but how many of those butts can get jobs.?

His comments drew fire from UNC system faculty and others who said higher education should teach more than job-specific skills.

But in interviews with business leaders and educators Wednesday, both themes kept emerging: In a job market struggling to recover, students with specific job skills ? whether from a community college or a four-year university ? stand the best chance of being hired. Yet it?s also important to turn out students who can think critically and be prepared to adapt their skills in a world of rapid change.

Melissa McGuire, director and co-owner of Sherpa LLC, a Charlotte company that helps connect job seekers and employers, says the global economy needs some people with a liberal arts background, some with trade skills and some with advanced degrees.

?Liberal arts is a long-term way of looking at your future, instead of a short-term, get-a-job-immediately kind of way,? she said. But today?s job market makes specialization more important, she said. Companies that once hired several hundred per year and looked for candidates with varied education backgrounds, now might only have a handful of openings ? and they?re looking for specialists.

?People get more specific in this economy,? McGuire said. ?And while the liberal arts is a wonderful education background to have, it isn?t specific to the task needed. (Companies) are really going to hunker down for who exactly fits that role. In a game of inches like this, when the economy isn?t as robust as it could be, you want to have an education that?s specific to what the companies are hiring for.?

Sometimes they?re looking for college graduates with expertise in engineering, informational technology or computer programming. And other times, they need the type of skills only a community college training program can provide.

That?s the case for Siemens AG, which operates Siemens Energy Inc.?s $350 million gas turbine in Charlotte. The company has hired close to 800 people in the last two years and has grown to be the second-largest employer in the Charlotte region?s growing energy cluster, after Duke Energy.

Mark Pringle, director of operations for Siemens? Charlotte plant, said the company?s partnerships with UNC Charlotte and Central Piedmont Community College have helped the company hire well-trained personnel. UNCC engineering students fill many of Siemens? white-collar jobs, and CPCC students are trained specifically to fill many of Siemens? blue-collar roles.

Tony Zeiss, president of CPCC, sees working with companies as core to the school?s mission.

?We?re facing one of the greatest skills gaps in America?s history,? Zeiss said. ?Our job is to reach out, out to ... companies, try to find candidates for jobs, and get them the skills they need. If we?re not performing, frankly we shouldn?t be funded.?

Source: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/01/31/3209847/nc-gov-mccrorys-comments-link.html

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More Borneo elephants found dead, toll rises to 13

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) ? Malaysian authorities found remains of another three endangered Borneo pygmy elephants, deepening a mystery surrounding at least 13 such deaths this month.

The wildlife department in Malaysia's Sabah state is bracing for the possibility of finding more dead elephants in the Gunung Rara Forest Reserve, where an unknown number of the animals roam, said Masidi Manjun, Sabah's environment minister.

Police are investigating suspicions that the elephants were poisoned. Officials have declined to say whether there are any suspects.

The first 10 known deaths captured wide attention when they were made public this week. Authorities released several photographs of the elephant carcasses and a particularly poignant one of a 3-month-old surviving calf that appeared to be trying to wake its dead mother.

"There is definitely a sense of urgency," Masidi said by telephone from Sabah on Wednesday. "We cannot discount the possibility of more bad news."

The orphaned male elephant, nicknamed "Joe" by his rescuers, was taken to a Sabah wildlife park. Officials say it is under observation and appears healthy.

The WWF conservation group estimates that fewer than 1,500 Borneo pygmy elephants exist. Most live in Sabah, one of two Malaysian states on Borneo island, and grow to about 8 feet (245 centimeters) tall, a foot or two shorter than mainland Asian elephants.

Known for their babyish faces, large ears and long tails, Borneo pygmy elephants were found to be a distinct subspecies only in 2003, after DNA testing.

Officials are working to have a laboratory analysis of samples from the dead elephants ready "as soon as possible," Masidi said.

Department veterinarians have said the elephants, believed to belong to a single herd, suffered severe bleeding and gastrointestinal ulcers.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/more-borneo-elephants-found-dead-toll-rises-13-104730653.html

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