Next Stop - Valentine's Day!
Well - we covered Mardi Gras (2/12/13)
last time - so we are moving on to Valentine's Day. I decided to try
something different this year....partly because - I admit - I'm bored
with the normal Valentine's Day stuff. There's only so much red, candy,
and flowers a girl can take! Also - I REALLY didn't want to take down
my Christmas (now Holiday) tree. I love the look of the lights in the
window when I come home - it just lends a festive atmosphere to the
house. So - I decided to do a Valentine's tree!
I
started this weekend with a trip to the craft store to purchase a bunch
of die-cut wood hearts. I found the wood ones, some tin, and a bunch of
different paper punches to use as well. JACKPOT. Breaking out my
other craft supplies I started making ornaments for my tree.
First - I wanted some garland to hang - so I punched a bunch of hearts out of patterned paper, added some
glitter and attached them to some red ribbon with hot glue! - So cool!
Next
came the ornaments. I started with the wood die-cuts as they would
take the longest to dry. I painted some and stamped others. I took some
pastel markers and started adding color as well as putting some sparkly
dots and texturized paint to give them more pizzazz. (Three of them are
shown here). I also painted then started to bead a few. Once they are
dry - I'll be adding some eye hooks to the top and on the tree they'll
go.
In
addition I took some additional scrapbook paper and punched all
different sized hearts, that I added ribbon loops to for hanging. I'm
in the process of decorating those now. And you know there will have to
be an egg or two coming.
All
in all - the tree is beginning to look very festive. As soon as it's
done I'll shoot another picture and post. Start making your own
ornaments and send me a link, comment
or picture so we all can see what you've come up with.
Now -- where's that box of chocolate!
