Cute Valentine's Wreath

 

So everyone needs to have their door decorated for the holidays and my friend and I were looking for a fun whimsical wreath idea for the Day 'o Love. We kind of mixed a few ideas and ended up with this cute wreath made from burlap and tulle and a few scraps of material thrown in for more splashes of color.
I am sorry we didn't take pictures as we went but here is a run down of materials used and how we whipped this wreath together.

Materials - one wreath we got ours from the dollar store (one of ma favorite craft supply stores)

burlap - we had 2 colors but totally optional

tulle- we also had 2 colors of tulle

material - just scraps we had around I stuck with the brown tones and AmyLee went with the black. It is always fun to work on the same project together and see how different things turn out.

Embellishments -  we added a few stamped tags with some words o' love to add an extra element to the wreath. Burlap and tulle hearts with little jewels.

Then throw a store bought heart in the center (optional of course) and with my trusty silhouette added the Be Mine and voila! You have the cutest door on the block!!!

A Delicious Valentine's Topiary

Jennifer made these adorable Valentine's Day Topiaries. They look so craft-a-licious and delicious!!! Jennifer is so super crafty and when it comes to candy and crafts, she's not messing around! She bought most of her materials at the dollar store. 3 glasses $1/ea, 3 pk wooden spoons $1.00, 3- 2" styro-foam balls $1/ea. The most expensive was the candies which she got bulk: Hot Tomales, gum drops, Jelly Beans, and Good'n'Plenty. Her inspiration was from  
http://craftysisters-nc.blogspot.com/2010/09/trickor-treat-topiaries.html 

So you just need a base heavy enough to balance the weight of the candy top and why not fill it up with candy to help out with the stabilization of the topiary. Then you paint the wooden spoon handles and the styro foam balls. Then jab the "non-spoon" end into the center of the styro-foam ball and start hot gluing on your candy one piece at a time. (One piece on the ball, one piece in your mouth and repeat until fully covered)

Jennifer said this is the only way she can allow candy into the house - since it is glued down!

Valentine's Day Hearts

Our very first post...Okay... here goes noth'n!

Now... lets get down to business!

We made the cutest little hearts with wire photo clips. Here is step by step instructions on how to make them!

1.  Cut, sand and paint the wood hearts. We just painted the back and sides because we covered the front with paper. 

2. Trace, cut and modpodge your paper of choice onto the front of your hearts.

3.  We always sand the paper after the modpodge dries, we sand the edges so we get a nice distressed feel. Don't be afraid to sand the edges of the wood too. It looks awesome when everything is sanded. We usually use distress ink too. We love the distressed look!

4.  Because there are two hearts, you can choose to keep them separate or hot glue them together. (NOTE: if you glue them, be careful cause the hearts are slanted and you need the hearts to keep everything balanced. I learned this the hard way. I glued my little heart to my big one and it just kept falling over. I had to pull off heart, which wasn't pretty!)

5.  Add your "Be Mine". We used vinyl cause Tarah is the coolest vinyl lady in town, and I just happen to be related! Ha!

6.  You'll want to mark your drill marks for the wire. We did four holes.

7.  Cut your wire and wrap the edge around a pencil three or four times. Loosen the curls up making them big to small, then pinch them together with needle-nose pliers. Glue the wire into the holes.

Now... you're done! Wasn't that simple! 

The cool thing about having three of us do these projects is you can see how different our tastes are. We're all so alike, but oh so different!  

This one is Jennifer's she added some embelishments to the wires.

This is Tarah's. She did a patch-work type thing on it and didn't glue her hearts together!



This one is mine!