This week has been all about the love. I have started to get in the valentine day spirit and do some lovely (play on words) decorating. Plus it gave me an opportunity to see just how ready my 17mo old and myself were for glue and glitter. Usually glitter can be my arch nemesis. I love the look of it, or should I say the idea of it, before it ruins my otherwise wonderful time consuming crafts. I have tried using glitter in all ways. Techniques handed down from master crafters before me, but to no avail. So this week i figured I would let glitter win. Why not? So my 17 mo old and I set out to make a mess, glueing and glittering everything we could. I found out a lot in the process. 17 month olds and glitter can be a lot to jump into so be warned my fellow crafters.....be warned. My dogs will have glittered paws for months to come. But with that said we both had fun and made cute cards for daddy.
To make the hanging hearts seen at top left you will need:
1. floral wire or fishing line
2. paper (your choice, cardstock or construction or even colored printer paper works fine)
3. tape
4. glue (spray adhesive works best but is a little messy, regular glue leaves the paper wrinkled)
5. Scissors
To Make
1. Place two pieces of paper together and fold in half (you need two of the same size hearts)
2. Draw half a heart shape with the center of the heart on the fold of the paper (like you did in grade school)
3. Cut out hearts
4. Place one heart underneath the floral wire centering the wire. It is best to have all hearts cut out first so that you can visualize the distance you want between them. Tape wire to paper. Be sure to leave enough wire at the top to attach to ceiling and to hang to your desired length.
5. Placing newspaper underneath the heart to catch any spray, spray the heart with the adhesive and carefully place the other cut out directly on top.
6. Continue the same steps for each heart. Make as many strings as you want.
If you are feeling fancy spray each side of the heart with spray adhesive (one side at a time) and sprinkle with pink, red or white glitter. Disclaimer: see my post about glitter first :)
