Before I tore my house apart for our remodeling project, I made some paper heart garlands to decorate the house for Valentine’s Day. I just love V-Day, I’ve never really lost that excitement of it from being a kid. I used to love making Valentine’s cards to pass out to classmates and the party and the sweets…and I still love all that. So, I decided to use some gift wrap from Smock Paper and Erin Ruth (which they both sent me to play around with) to make a sweet heart garland.
I used the Smock Paper gift wrap in the kitchen, since the colors matched better, and the Erin Ruth wrap in the living room for the same reason. I freehand drew a heart, traced it and cut it out about a milltion times. Then I used the sewing machine to sew the hearts together in long strands. Very simple and I really like they way it turned out.
How about you? Have you decorated for Valentine’s Day? Share your pics in Indie Fixx Holiday Decor Flickr Group, which is a group to show off your holiday decorating no matter the holiday…even National Talk Like a Pirate Day!
Absolutely adorable idea. I love the black and white hearts!
Love it – your house looks great!
Hey, Jen. Love your garlands! and Smock and Erin Ruth papers are amazing! If you get a hankering to make more, I’d love to send you some of my vintage Valentine wrap. Here’s an example: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37854939
Let me know, k?
I am all about the sewn paper chains recently! I LOVE how simple they are to make, but how gorgeous they turn out looking. I made a tiny heart paper chain to attach to a valentine card… super cute!
Cute idea! I love the fact that not all are red or pink either.
I love this garland that you created! It looks like it just belongs there around the chalk board. So cool!!!