Hi friends! Have you been having fun following along with the 14 Days of Valentines series? It’s been so much fun to have some of our sponsors and friends share some lovely Valentine’s Day ideas! Today I’m sharing with you an cute and easy Valentines Framed Heart Wreath! You may recognize a good portion of this frame wreath from our Rustic Christmas Wreath! Yep, it’s the same set-up, which made it so easy to change out for Valentines. I think I may leave this frame up all year long and continue to find ways to update it for each season. Now won’t that be fun?

What you’ll need:

And the steps:

• I cut a length of burlap ribbon to hang the frame from and used a thumbtack to tack it to the back of the open wooden frame to hold it in place.
• I tied two lengths of twine to the heart-shaped ornaments.
• I tied a knot at the other end of the twine (to keep it from fraying), then simply used three thumbtacks to tack the ornament on twine to the back of the frame so that they hung from the center of the frame.
• And you’re done! Now these pictures show the steps from our Rustic Christmas Wreath, but you can still get the visual and all I did was remove one of the twine lengths and replaced the Christmas ornaments with the heart-shaped ones!

And here’s how this one turned out…

Soooo cute, right? It’s simple, understated, and I love it! I actually picked up those heart ornaments from Target from their Christmas clearance – for 70% off! But they just screamed Valentine’s Day to me, so I knew I could put them to good use. And they’re just perfect here. What do you think?

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Happy Monday all you Night Owls!

I am April, I’m a pastor’s wife, mom, artist, interior design firm administrator,
wine taster, crafter, and generally fun girl. I craft/create/share over at illistyle.

I am so excited Kimberly invited me to share this fun craft with you today:

illistyle Valentine’s Arrow Wreath

Let’s get right down to it, shall we?
here’s what you are going to need:

Wooden Dowels
Wooden Heart shapes
Feathers
Dremel
Scissors
Pencil
paint
Paintbruch
(not pictred: E-6000 glue & masking tape)

First you need the most awesome tool ever, the Dremel. It is a tiny beast.
If you do not have that then you can use a coping saw.

Since the wooden heart is to be the tip of our arrow,
you will need to measure the wooden heart against your dowel to find how far down your notch must go.
Use a pencil to mark the center of your dowel where your cuts will be as well as where to stop!

Now you can use the cutting tool of choice to create the notch for your heart to fit inside.
Then you can simply slip the heart into the notch.
If you made the notch too large, simply fill with some glue to hold your tip in place.

Next, remove the heart and paint your arrow shaft and heart.
I used some trusty masking tape to create my design and keep my lines crisp.

Lastly, reattach your heart tip and attach some feathers to the end of your arrows.

You simply need to cut the feathers to the desired length and attach with some E-600.
Please only use the glue in a well ventilated area (i.e. outside.)
BOOM! Now you have some amazing – and very sturdy arrows.
If you have small boys… or any boys, or a husband, then these are serious weapons of mass home destruction.

Attach your arrows to a wreath.
I choose this 70% off Christmas wreath from Target and used white floral wire to attach the arrows.

Or you could give them to your loved one with a special note. Either way, people are sure to be impressed!

Happy Valentines Day my loves! What will you make to celebrate?

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