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Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Family Hearts
February is just a couple of days away, so it's time to start on my Valentine's crafts. Okay I probably should have started a few weeks ago so that I could actually enjoy some of the decorations that I want to make, but I am going to give it my best shot over the next few days.
As a kid Conversation Heart Candies were a staple to every Valentine's Day. I never really liked them, but I always liked to read them. Now they put all different sayings on them. At the store the other day I was looking at the Valentine candy and discovered that Brach's makes Ice cream Flavored Conversation Hearts. I decided that I was going to give them a try. Here are a few of my favorite sayings.
The new Ice Cream flavors did not impress me, but the candy did inspire today's creation.
Materials Needed
Wooden Hearts
4-6 Different Pastel Paint Colors
Staple Gun
Paint Brush
48" of 1.5" wide ribbon
Letter Stickers
The hearts had barcode stickers on them so I had to use a combination of a razor blade and Goo Gone to get the adhesive off. To make sure that I covered up the slight color that the Goo Gone gave, I had to paint each of the hearts with 3 coats of paint.
After the paint is dry, arrange the name letters on the hearts. To attempt to get the names centered and straight, I started with the middle letter of the name and placed it in the center of the heart. I then placed the letters on either side and so on until all letters were on the heart.
Next I spaced the hearts on the ribbon. The dots on the ribbon helped me to space them equally apart with out having to measure it. I used the staple gun to attach them in place.
I next attached an 8 inch piece on the top heart to form a loop to use as a hanger.
This SUPER CUTE decoration will hang in our house year after year!
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Adorable!
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