As Valentine's day is approaching, I decided to be festive and actually do a project. You know, one where I am not on the computer. Ya, that doesn't happen a lot. lol. If you want to make this heart tree, it's SO easy and really inexpensive. Use any paper you like...my paper is the Bohemia line from My Minds Eye. I made 9 little "heart trios" as I call them, but you can make any number you like. So here's the project: I took branches from outside and placed them in a vase. I used a piece of scrapbook paper, rolled it, and stuffed it in the vase. Then I put on these little heart trios. Here's how to make them:
First, download my heart freebie here. Print is out as your template. Then you are going to want to cute out hearts from 3 different types of papers. I actually folded my heart template in half and folded the scrapbook paper too so my hearts were symmetrical. Then you want to glue stick three of the hearts together so they look like so:
I then punched a little hole in each of these with a "baby" hole puncher. and hung then on string. I think ribbon would be cute too, but at the moment I don't have ribbon thin enough for this project. So string it was!
I did tie a little crochet lace around the top of the vase. I love how graphic this paper is because it feels so organic. I'd also suggest painting the branches white. I didn't because I like the natural feeling of the branches, but I think that it could be a cute alternative.
Here's my Kitchen 123 Recipe card I made to file away this project (See the recipe card post).
Grab the heart template freebie at my 4shared link: Heart Freebie Template
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