Felt Heart and Doily Garland

I love decorating for Valentines Day.

It makes me smile.

Little hearts and cheer throughout the house.

This weekend I worked on a little Felt Heart and Doily Garland.

LOVED how it turned out.

Supplies:

- felt

- twine from The Twinery {or embroidery floss}

- piece of paper

- embroidery needle

- paper doilies

- scissors

- glue stick

- stuffing {you can always sacrifice a stuff animal for this}

First thing I did was make my heart template.

Went old school and just folded a piece of paper and cut a heart out.

Then cut to hearts for the front and back. And did the blanket stitch around the heart, you can read my tutorial on Em's blog for this stitch.

Really I wish everything in my world had a blanket stitch.

Once you have 80% stitched stuff your little heart. Remember you need more stuffing then you think.

Once you finish off the stitch, take a piece of twine the length you want the hoop for hanging to be, and thread it through the needle. Pull through and then tie into a knot.

Make as many as your heart desires..

Then I took paper doilies {I bought last year at Target}.

Folded them in half and cut them.

Then spaced them on a piece of twine and added the hearts in-between. Gluing the doilies down with the glue stick.

Hung it up on our family photo wall...

Yep I am in love with it.

Here is a few I embellished...

Another little Valentines Day project from last year.

And the wreath I made last year is making its rounds on Pinterest.

Can you tell I like these colors together?!

Enjoy!

Doily Basket DIY {the perfect/cheapest hostess gift, promise}

Got your party heels ready and little black dress back from the cleaners?

But do you have a hostess gift or better yet one you can make for under $5?

No?

Then this DIY is for sista.

What you will need:

- Stitched Doily {not paper} I got mine from Joann's, their large

ones are $3.99 and used one of 40% off coupons.

- Fabric Stiffener, you can find this in the glue section at Joann's.

Again used a 40% coupon. {Just incase you did not know but they take competitors coupons}

- Bowl {large enough for your doily to lay over and not hit the table}

- Cling Wrap

- Gallon Size Zip Loc Bag

Step 1: Pick your bowls. {note I did dye my doilies not necessary}

Step 2: Wrap them in cling wrap and put some extra down on your crafting surface.

Step 3:

Put a doily in the zip loc baggie. Squeeze in a generous amount of fabric stiffener {enough to saturate the doily}. Squeeze the bag and get the doily coated completely.

Step 4:

Remove from the baggie and lay over the bowl. Let dry over night. After about the first two hours I lifted it up a bit so it would not stick to the cling wrap.

Pretty easy and the results are beautiful.

Hope you enjoy. Let me know if you make them!

Now go get your craft on!