DIY Love Container For Valentine

Valentine’s Day is near, you may want to give some sweats to your loved ones, but you need a special appearance for the sweets to impress your loved ones. A handmade container will impress more than a store bought. It will not cost you a lot as my idea is recycling some used things; in this case I used Pringles can and a decorative tissue paper which I get from a party that is still clean. It’s a cute way to show your love, especially those who love saving environment. Scroll down to see how I made this Love Container for Valentine’s Day.

Things To Prepare

It’s a short list of supplies that you need to prepare. Try to replace it with something similar to my material if you don’t have the same one. Just use whatever you have in your craft stash. Let’s see what are the list supplies which used to make this DIY Love Container for Valentine :

  • Pringles can
  • Decorative tissue paper
  • Decorative paper
  • Pink jute rope
  • Rose ribbon ornaments
  • Paper glue
  • Clear glue

How To Make

To show how much we love our loved ones, . Anyway, just follow these easy steps on how to do DIY Love Container for Valentine :

1 . Make sure your Pringles can is cleaned. Wrap your Pringles can with a decorative paper. I used vertical lines with shades of pink decorative paper.

2. Cut a tissue paper on the picture that you like to use. Mine is a drawing of a Eiffel Tower in France with roses and macarons. I love it, it’s vintage and romantic.

3. Now paste the cut-tissue paper carefully to the wrapped-Pringles can. Use paper glue.

4. Then you can decorate the lid. Take some rose ribbon ornaments and paste it one by one around the Pringles lid. It goes well with the tissue paper pattern of roses.

5. Last touch is to draw or apply some glue to the side of the picture of Eiffel Tower a shape of heart. Use the pink jute rope to to make the heart. Isn’t it pretty?

I think it’s pretty enough to hold your yummy sweets and use it as a Valentine’s gift to your loved ones. A handmade gift plus sweets? That’s surely showers of love! By the way, it’s easy to make, right?

This Love Container project is my contribution to The Sustainable Craft Challenge Blog Hop hosted by Julie with her beautiful blog Sum of Their Stories. It’s a craft challenge with a sustainable principle behind it which comes in different theme every month. This month, the theme is “LOVE” and last month was “WARM“. I love to be part of this challenge as I love to upcycle things into something new, pretty and useful.

Now, let’s see what other blogger’s projects!

Sum of their StoriesUpcycle a Plastic Container with Paint Pens
Our Good LifeWine Cork Phone Holder
Sew Crafty CrochetValentine’s Day Gnome Scarf
Decor Craft DesignDIY Love Container For Valentine
Treasures Made From YarnHeart Garland
Vicky Myers CreationsHow to make a cute paper heart garland
Purple Hues and MeWire Hanger Soda Can Heart Wreath
Life as a LEO WifeWinter Door Hanger without a Cricut
A Rose Tinted WorldDIY Heart Garland from Upcycled Cards
Christine’s CraftsEasy Valentine’s cards using paper scraps.
SongbirdDIY Lace Valentine’s Hearts
Mimi – A Great Name for GrandmaDIY Valentine Branch Tree
Southern SunflowersHow to Decorate a Tin Can Planter

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How To Make Easy Valentine’s Treats Decoration

Do you celebrate Valentine’s Day? You want to have a simple celebration but enough to bring up the Love vibes? Then my Easy Valentine’s Treat Decoration will help you prepare one of the elements for Valentine’s Day. Have a cute simple treats on Valentine’s Day is forgiven, pink shades are not tacky, so combine these two things, then you’ve got yourself a valentine’s treats which able to decorate your Valentine’s Day simple celebration.

I made a very easy Valentine’s Treats Decoration from a cute Valentine’s container which made out of a Pringles can and some pink and blue marshmallows. I think marshmallows are perfect for Valentine’s Day treats beside chocolates and candies. Marshmallows are sweet, soft, yummy, come in many soft pretty colors and usually looks adorable even in just a regular marshmallow form. Don’t you agree?

Things To Prepare

Like always, I use things that I can find on my craft supplies and always try to repurpose or recycling things. I don’t intentionally buy new supplies unless it’s an essential part of my project that I don’t have. Let’s see what are the list supplies which were used to make this Easy Valentine’s Day Treats Decoration :

  • Small Pringles can
  • Decorative paper wrap (mine is with heart pattern)
  • Pink ribbon
  • Clear glue and paper glue
  • Pink paper straw
  • Marshmallows in white and pink

How To Make

An adorable Valentine’s container with marshmallows is super easy to make and serve. The Valentine’s treats can be a decoration element as well. Anyway, just follow these easy steps on how to make Easy Valentine’s Treats Decoration :

1 . Prepare a small Pringles can or any other similar can. Make sure it’s cleaned.

2. Cut the decorative paper wrapper to the size of the can and then glue it to wrap the Pringles can.

3. Next is to paste a small pink ribbon around the top and bottom of the Pringles holder with clear glue. Your Valentine’s Treats holder is done!

4. Now, take some pink and white marshmallow and thrust it one by one to each pink straw.

5. Lastly, arrange all of those pink and white marshmallows on straw in the Valentine’s holder. Super cute for Valentine’s treats decoration isn’t it?

This easy Valentine’s Treats is great for Valentine’s Day decoration. It can be one of a great Valentine’s treats decoration on the Valentine’s treat station in your home. Mixed it with other treats or maybe even make more of this Valentine’s treats and put it along your Valentine’s tablescape as a center piece. Be creative with it.

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DIY Valentine’s Gift Pink Container With Initial

Valentine’s Day is a month to come, it’s time to think about our loved ones. A loving thought that is best being expressed in a tangible thing, a Valentine’s Day Gift! Yes, and I have an idea for a little cute gift for Valentine; A DIY Valentine’s Gift Pink Container With Initial. This glittery pink container is great for Valentine’s Day gift. You can fill it with sweets, cute hair clips, some mini cosmetics, anything! And of course the initial is the initial of your loved one’s name. More great news is that the Valentine’s container is super easy to make. Let see my tutorial!

Things To Prepare

Like always, I use things that I can find on my craft supplies. I don’t intentionally buy new supplies unless it’s an essential part of my project that I don’t have. Let’s see what are the list supplies which were used to make this DIY Valentine’s Gift Pink Container With Initial :

  • Small Pringles can
  • Pink pattern paper wrap (mine is with Robin and flowers pattern)
  • Pink glitter craft foam
  • Pink ribbon
  • A white drawer knob plus a screw
  • Clear glue and paper glue

How To Make

To show how much we love our loved ones, an adorable pink glittery container with sweets or any cute mini gifts will definitely showers them with love. Anyway, just follow these easy steps on how to do DIY Valentine’s Gift Pink Container With Initial :

1 . Prepare a small Pringles can or any other similar can that you have with a lid. Make sure it’s cleaned. Unless you want to give a Pringles as a gift, then you can skip the cleaning part.

2. Cut the paper wrapper to the size of the can and then glue it to wrap the Pringles can. I chose the part where the paper has a Robin bird on it.

3. Next is to cut a pink glitter craft foam to cover the lid and cut out an initial. Be careful with the initial, don’t draw it on the wrong direction.

4. Now, after you paste the glitter pink circle and an initial to the wrapped can, it’s time for you to install a cute knob on the lid. Use a small screw to secure it.

5. Lastly, get some pink ribbon and wrap around the side of the lid. It’s a great finish for the lid to look better. Finished!

It’s your choice to send a can of Pringles with my decoration idea or use this empty decorated Pringles can as a container to your other mini gifts or sweets for Valentine’s Day. Whichever makes your loved ones happy, that one will surely the best to choose. Above all, this cute valentine’s gift container will steel any girl’s heart.

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You’re The Star Blog Hop Creative Valentine

Hello and welcome to You’re The Star Blog Hop Creative Valentine! Happy Valentine’s Day! Beautiful Valentine’s ideas and inspiration on this week creative features. And share your ideas by linking up. Visit the blogs and get more stories behind it. And by clicking the CLICK HERE, you can link your posts and able to find more other linked posts about fantastic recipes, beautiful home decor, DIYs, creative tips, family posts and gardening on this party! Tons of ideas from different fantastic bloggers who have linked their amazing posts.

Congratulations to all other featured bloggers, very inspiring posts! If you want your inspiring posts to be featured too, please join the link up! Old and new post as long as it’s new in You’re The Star Blog Hop. Find the link up button at the end of this post! Your linked posts will be visible to all hosts / co-hosts’ blog and each week will be a themed feature which selected by co-host of the theme; I’m in Creative Week, so together with other creative co-hosts; I’ll be choosing creative bloggers who link up here to be featured on Creative Week every month.

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DIY Valentine’s Gift Paper Weight

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DIY Valentine’s Gift Paper Weight

DIY paper weight can be a great Valentine’s gift for him and for her. It’s useful yet decorative. A Valentine DIY gift would be more meaningful and cost you less. My DIY Valentine’s Gift Paper Weight is a wonderful idea for those who doesn’t know what to gift her partner with something Valentine but not girly pink. Plus, it is so easy to make.

My DIY Valentine’s Gift Paper Weight is in black, a little gold and sparkling red look; fit for him or for her. It does look mature and has sophisticated colors. Therefor, your loved one can use it on his or her office and always remembers you. Don’t you like that?! Scroll more to see how I made it so easy.

Things To Prepare

Actually this is my upcycled project; I used my previous Pumpkin Place Card and re-purpose it as a Valentine Paper Weight. So, upcycling project doesn’t have to be always using old materials or things, but you can also re-purposing your own old project and turn it into new DIY. But I will still explain to you from scratch on how I made the paper weight. For more details, here are the list of the things I used for my DIY Valentine‘s Gift Paper Weight:

  • Ice sticks
  • Wood glue
  • Black paint
  • Gold paint
  • Red sparkling pipe cleaner (or any other color of your favorite)

How To Make

It is a simple and super easy DIY Valentine you can give him or her. You can use different color of pipe cleaner that you know your Valentine would love. Let me share the step by step on how I made my Valentine’s Gift from re-purposing my old Thanksgiving project :

1.Gather a handful of popsicle and tie it with rubber band. For smaller pumpkin, cut the popsicle into two.

2.Apply some wood glue on top and bottom of the popsicle pumpkin and let it sit for while until it’s dry.

3.Paint the undone paper weight with black paint. Let it dry.

4.Paint upper and below side with gold paint. Let it dry.

5.Take a red sparkling pipe cleaner and tilt it around the paper weight with the shape of a heart on top. And your Valentine’s gift is done!

It is super quick and super easy to make. Be creative by adding some personal decoration to the paper weight, maybe some initials or symbol on the Valentine paper weight. So, what are you waiting for? You still have a week to try this DIY Valentine’s Gift Paper Weight. Happy crafting!

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DIY Valentine’s Gift Upcycled Mug

Valentine’s gift for men might be the toughest for a DIY Valentine’s gift. But I have an idea of cheap and easy Valentine’s gift for men. Cheap because it’s an upcycling DIY and easy because it was only took me some simple steps to make. It also works actually for men and women, because it’s a multi-purpose holder of upcycled mug that I made into a DIY Valentine’s Gift.

It can hold some cute heart pens, maybe brushes or anything on his or her working desk. The color is mature and has a simple look, great and work well with the rest of his or her stationeries on professional working station. Yes, professional, don’t you like the word? Anyway, find out more on supplies and tutorial for my DIY Valentine’s Gift Upcycled Mug for him or her.

Things To Prepare

This is an upcycled project, so you should find similar mug to work with. The mug patter can be anything, colorful patter, or solid color or even white plain mug. Once you’ve done with it, the pattern or the mug’s color will be focal point of this Valentine’s multipurpose holder. Don’t worry about ugly picture or pattern on your old mug; as you can see my mug has no beauty look on it, but after it’s finished…wow! Therefor, be more details, here are the list of 3 things I used for my DIY Valentine Valentine’s Gift From Upcycled Mug:

  • Old mug ( any color or pattern, as long as it’s not black )
  • Black acrylic paint
  • Black marker

How To Make

It is a simple and super easy DIY Valentine you can give him or her. You can draw a heart in different way you like. Make use of your creativity to make your Valentine gift more personal. Let me share step by step on how I made my Valentine’s Gift from re-purposing old mug :

1. Make sure your old mug is cleaned and free from oil. Draw a heart shape by using a black marker. Draw it in two outlines to have a heart shape with the mug’s color as the pattern of the heart. So the the two heart lines work as a frame. If you’re not fond of drawing, you can use a heart frame shape paper, stick it on the mug, then continue to the next step.

2. Paint the rest of the mug, only outer side of the mug with black acrylic paint. Leave it to dry. And it’s done! Can you believe it? As simple as that!

It is super quick and super easy to make. Super cheap tooo! Now, if you want to make your multi-purpose mug holder to be more interesting Valentine’s gift, add in some cute love stationeries or some love lollipops or even some chocolates in it and wrap it with clear plastic wrap with a Valentine’s gift tag and maybe a little red ribbon. Voila, DIY Valentine’s gift from upcycled mug is ready for him or for her!

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DIY Valentine Burlap Sign

Preparing for Valentine’s day is fun and full of the feeling of love. It’s still weeks to go, but I really want to share one by one my Valentine’s day ideas. On today, I will start with the easiest Valentine decoration, which I made a DIY Valentine Burlap Sign. It’s nice to hang this Valentine cloth sign anywhere in your home. And it will look great with farmhouse Valentine theme.

I choose burlap to show some different look for usual Valentine which is pink and soft looking. Burlap is more rustic and full of texture. I made the Valentine burlap sign in white color and pair it with delicate white lace. Well, if you fond of farmhouse style or you are looking for something different for Valentine’s day decor, my DIY Valentine Burlap Sign would be a great inspiration.

Easy to make I can assure you and simple craft supplies that you need to prepare. So, it’s a quick DIY you can make together with your kids. scroll down more to get more details on the things you need to prepare and step by step tutorial for my DIY Valentine Sign from Burlap and Lace.

Things To Prepare

These are simple materials to use. Easy to find and inexpensive. I’m sure you will have fun with the 3d art glue paint; it’s a texture paint. If you don’t have or can not find the 3D art glue paint, you can use white hot glue. But it’s easier to work with 3D art glue paint, especially in lettering than using hot glue gun. Anyway, here are the things I used for my DIY Valentine Burlap Sign:

  • Burlap
  • White lace
  • UHU glue
  • 3D art glue paint in white color

How To Make

It is a simple and super easy cloth sign to make for Valentine decoration. You can write or draw the hearts in different way you like. Make use of your creativity to make it personal Valentine sign for you. Let me share step by step how I made my Valentine sign from burlap:

1. Cut some burlap in rectangle shape, the size is up to you, just remember to have it in 1:3 composition. It would look nice.

2. Glue a piece of white lace on top and bottom of the burlap sign. Let it dry.

3. Now write “Our” on top and followed by the drawing of heart shapes. Be creative with the heart shapes, the size, the amount and how you present the shape. All by using 3D art glue paint in white color. Let it sit for a while until it’s perfectly dry.

4. I have this side of burlap that I cut and used as the hanger for this Valentine sign. Secure it with glue. You can substitute it with burlap rope.

Easy and short steps to make a Valentine decoration that you can place it anywhere your home. You can hang it on your kitchen cabinets by making it more than one; or hang it in front of your doors at home; or hang it on your mantel, anywhere you like. My DIY burlap sign will suit nicely with a farmhouse decor.

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Happiness Is Homemade Link Party 359

Welcome to the Happiness is Homemade Link Party 359  We are excited about a new year of sharing, linking, reading, Pinning and inspiration. January is my month to share and inspire you so let’s get to it shall we.  So much to read, so much to see and want to try but for now the posts that have caught my attention.

This week is another Valentines celebration, so it is a heartfelt Happiness if Homemade this week pin

 

X and O Crochet Pattern

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Alexandra from Eye Love Knots thought with Valentine’s Day on the horizon, She decided to work up some fun “X” and “O” pillows. I may even add a basket to my entryway table, and add the pillows there to decorate with since I don’t have that many Valentine’s Day decor piece.

Heart Shaped Truffles

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Heart Shaped Oreo Truffles – crushed Oreo cookies, cream cheese and melted white chocolate are all you need to make these cute Oreo hearts for Valentine’s Day. Plus Walking on Sunshine also shares a  free printable gift tags included below to give as gifts or use for school parties. 

Sweetheart Wreath

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 Today a fun wreath from Debbees Buzz.  The Let me Call you Sweetheart wreath is simply stunning. Wreaths speak to me and this simple five step beauty is something I want to try. 

Valentine’s Basket

valentines basket of treats

Frugal Homestead caught my attention with her creative idea. Let someone special know how much they warm your heart this Valentine’s Day with a You Warm My Heart Valentine Basket. Make it frugal. Make it homemade. And make it from the heart!

4 Fun Crafts

and as a final selection this week Carol from Bluesky at Home is sharing 4 fun crafts that helped create the perfect Valentines Tablescape

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Happiness is Homemade Link Party 358

Welcome to the Happiness is Homemade Link Party 358  We are excited about a new year of sharing, linking, reading, Pinning and inspiration. January is my month to share and inspire you so let’s get to it shall we.  So much to read, so much to see and want to try but for now the posts that have caught my attention. Truth be told I was expecting a full Super Bowl spread for you but it seemed everyone has skipped straight to Valentine’s Day, so it is a heartfelt Happiness if Homemade this week ( Big pun once you see my first feature)

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Handmade Felt Heart Brooch.

Pillar Box Blue captured my eye with her Handmade Felt Heart Brooch. This is a quick and easy fun Valentine’s craft to make a lovely heart-shaped handmade felt brooch from the smallest of felt scraps.

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Handmade Valentine Wreath

Next up this Handmade Valentine Wreath just stopped me scrolling. Comfort Spring just could not let the home stay sparse after the Holiday Season. I wanted something pretty on the front door.  On Sunday, I started to work with a grapevine wreath and flowers.   I used a grapevine wreath because it’s so easy to attach additional elements to the wreath with minimal wire and glue.  I know it’s only January 5th, but I need something bright and cheerful.

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Valentines Bath Bombs.

Bath bombs, something that I have never tried but after reading this post from Eccentricities by JVG I think I might want to try.  A beautiful gift for Valentines Day, Valentines Bath Bombs. Bath bombs are great for a bath to add some moisturizing oils and enjoy a relaxing bath.  These Valentine’s Days bath bombs can be a fun project to work with kids as well.

Bath bombs in pink and cream

Valentine’s Spritz Cookies

Cookies are the next order of the day. And spotting these beautiful Valentine’s Spritz Cookies have me pre planning so V-Day Treats. Flour on My Face has me convinced. Spritz cookies are great to make for Valentine’s Day. The heart-shaped cookies are a perfect way to show your sweetheart how much you love them on this special day. But first off shameful secret, I did have to google Spritz Cookies yikes.  Spritz cookies are actually a type of German Christmas cookie made of flour, butter, sugar and eggs called Spritzgeback. The word spritz originated from the German word, “spritzen,” which means “to squirt” in English.  There you have it, a bit of education along with your cookies. 

german spritz valentines cookies on a plate

Bonus Feature because I have to

Can it be a Feature Post from A Labour of Life without a Tablescape? Well sadly this week I didn’t have a Valentine’s table to share although special shoutout to the two awesome Christmas table settings.  This week something really cool and different. A Cat Quilling Valentine’s Card. Again a learning week for me because I did not know Quilling but I am fascinated by it. Check out the stunning Valentine’s Day Card from Confessions of an Overworked Mom.  

cat quilled card

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Mel

DIY Valentine’s Heart Sign From Seashells

Valentine’s day is only days to come, my DIY Valentine’s Heart Sign From Seashells would be one of the perfect Valentine’s decoration or Valentine’s gift idea. It’s an easy Valentine’s DIY and a great use of seashells that you can get from your kitchen after a nice meal. I left the seashells as it is without adding color to it, just washed it clean to get a rustic style for the heart sign.  Honest as it is just like a love. It’s will blend well with farmhouse decor too.

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Things To Prepared

  • Seashells (make sure it’s cleaned)
  • Wooden plank in square
  • White paint
  • Hot glue
  • Burlap rope

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How To Make

Let me share with you how easy the steps are to make this DIY Valentine’s Heart Sign From Seashells.

  1. Have the wood plank painted in white. Do it roughly to get the rustic look. Let it dry.
  2. Arrange the seashells in heart shape and glue it one by one with hot glue.
  3. Braided burlap rope used to give some frame to the seashells heart. Glue the burlap rope on top and below the heart sign and secure it with hot glue on the back of the sign.

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It’s a great re-purposing project for Valentine’s decoration or even a Valentine’s gift. It’s easy to make, so you still have time to make the heart sign from seashells before the Valentine’s day. Have fun making it and don’t forget to add love while doing it!

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Mel

DIY Valentine’s Heart Wire Ornament

I just got this idea of inserting mini bells into a wire heart shape. It was hard to execute, but then I found an easier way to make the Valentine’s Heart Wire Ornament. It’s a bit difficult diy for beginners, it takes crafty fingers to form the heart from the wire.

Things To Prepared

Only three things to be prepared for this DIY Valentine’s Heart Wire Ornament, and that’s are:

  • Pink wire
  • Colorful bells
  • Silver ribbon

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How To Make

Simple but cute DIY Valentine for gift or decoration, just be crafty with our fingers to be able to pull this off.

  1. Form a heart shape by using the pink wire. Then tilt around the heart all the way up from bottom heart. Make two sets of it.
  2. Bent both heart wire in a way to make room for the bells.
  3. Put together the two hearts face to face by tied it up with the pink wire. the heart wire become a three dimensional heart.
  4. Fill in the heart with bells before you closing it up.
  5. Tied the top heart with silver ribbon and the heart wire ornament is ready!

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It’s an easy diy Valentine for those who have crafty hands. This wire heart ornament is great for handmade Valentine’s gift or Valentine’s decorations. You can hang it on your window, your door or in your car. It’s

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For more of my future Winter and coming Valentine‘s posts, please follow me! And if you wanted to add my creations to your Pinterest boards, please follow me on Pinterest! Also find me on Instagram and Twitter!

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For creative fellow bloggers, don’t forget to join “You’re The Star” Blog Hop ! Link your inspiring posts every Monday and get a change to be featured! I’m one of the co-host of the blog hop for Creative Week and will choose the creative posts to be featured on Creative Features week. Please come and join the blog hop and I would love to see you there! Join and share the news!

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Wire up your creativity!

Mel

DIY Valentine Wire Gift Tags

DIY Valentine Wire Gift Tags

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Perfect gift needs perfect gift tag to express more of your love on Valentine’s day. I made three different gift tags by using wire as the main ornament. This valentine wire gift tags would be great easy diy for your valentine gift.

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Things to prepare to make valentine wire gift tags :

  • Kraft card
  • Fine wire
  • Paint
  • Paint brush
  • Ribbons
  • Ribbon flower
  • Glue gun
  • Cotton rope
  • Pink gem stickers

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To make the wire gift tag is easy, just form the wire into love shapes, and the word “love”.

  1. The big heart wire with ribbon flower valentine gift tag. Paint a pale pink heart shape on the Kraft card. Glue the wire and ribbon flower with glue gun. Write “my love” and punch a hole for the tie.
  2. The love wire valentine gift tag. Paint effortless the Kraft card in pale pink. Attach the love wire’s both ends on the kraft card by hot glue. Give some pink gem stickers on both ends. At last, add silver ribbon and punch a hole.
  3. The 2 love wires valentine gift tag. Paint effortless the Kraft card in pale pink. Attached the two love wires and glue it together with the ribbon on the bottom by using hot glue. Add a pink gem on each love wire. Write the word “amour”. Punch a hole and add cotton rope.

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Fast and easy but unique diy valentine’s gift tags, personalized, meaningful result. I hope this diy valentine wire gift tags would give more love to your Valentine’s day.

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Have a creative Valentine!

See you!

Mel

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I entered some challenges for this diy valentine wire gift tags:

  1. Try It On Tuesday – Romance
  2. Allsorts Challenge – Love
  3. Scrap From Your Heart – Valentine
  4. A Vintage Journey – Your Hearts Desire
  5. Unicorn Challenge – Include a heart
  6. The Crafty Addicts – Valentines Colours
  7. Inkspirational – Sweet Things
  8. Moving Along With The times – Add Sentiment
  9. International Art & Soul – Make Your Own Background
  10. A Bit More Time To Craft – AG

DIY Mini Heart Wooden Planter With Initials Of My Loved Ones

DIY Mini Heart Wooden Planter With Initials Of My Loved Ones.

 

A couple of days ago I made engraving hearts with initials. Today I have turned those engraving hearts into a Valentine’s decoration which has personal meaning. I made a mini heart wooden planter with initials of my loved ones.

Some materials I need to create the mini heart wooden planter with initials of my loved ones are:

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The making of this diy mini wooden heart planter with initials of my loved ones is involving lots of cutting works; let’s see how:

  1. Cut the balsa wood into 5 pieces with desired sizes. Watch the proportion and precision.
  2. Glue the 5 pieces balsa wood and form a mini wooden planter box. Let it dry.
  3. Paint the mini wooden planter with white paint. Let it dry.
  4. Paint the front side of the wooden heart planter with  mini blue hearts and the words “my loved ones”.
  5. Glue a heart shaped blue painted balsa wood to the back side of the mini planter.
  6. Cut some foam to fill fit the mini planter box.
  7. spread some white mini gravel on top of the foam.
  8. Get the wire and cut it in proportional sizes in 3 different length.
  9. Stick the wire to the initial engraving heart and plant it on the foam of the mini wooden planter.
  10. So you have 2 sides of initial hearts mini wooden planter.

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Pretty easy right? If you’re not a painting person, you can use printing or stamps or even stickers for the sentiments. This mini heart wooden planter with initials of my loved ones is a perfect personalized valentine’s decoration. Hope you’re inspired by love! 🙂

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Love Ceativity!

See you with more love & creativity!

Mel

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I entered challenges below for my DIY Mini Heart Wooden Planter With Initials Of My Loved Ones:

  1. My Time To Craft – All You Need Is Love
  2. Moving Along With Times – Have A Heart
  3. Mix It Up – AG + Sentiment As Main Focus
  4. Aud Sentiments – Anything Goes + A Sentiment
  5. Tuesday Throwdown – Anything Goes
  6. Lil’ Patch Of Crafty Friends – Anything Goes
  7. Colour Crazy Craft – Anything Goes
  8. Crafty Creations – Anything Goes
  9. Everybody Art Challenge – Anything Goes
  10. Crafty Sentiments Design – Anything Goes

DIY Valentine Bottles Decoration With Love Embellish

DIY Valentine Bottles Decoration With Love Embellish

 

Need some easy and cheap diy valentine decoration without reducing the meaning of love? Here is an upcycling bottle project to make, a diy valentine bottles decoration with love embellish. I wrote the word “love”, but you may want to write the initials of yours and your loved ones which add more meaning to it.

Things you need to prepare to diy my valentine bottles decoration with love o

  • Three glass bottles (Large , medium and small, and please choose used bottles!)
  • White spray paint (matte)
  • Paint brush
  • Balsa wood
  • Organic rope

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Here are how I make the valentine bottles:

  1. Clean the used bottles and dry it thoroughly.
  2. Spray paint the three bottles with white paint. Let it dry.
  3. To make the love embellish, take the balsa wood, then sketch and cut three heart shapes; in big, medium and small sizes.
  4. Write the word “love” to love embellishes
  5. Glue an organic rope around the love embellishes.
  6. Glue an organic rope around the bottle’s mouth, do it to the three bottles.
  7. Glue the love embellish to each bottle according to the size, small to small, medium to medium and large to large.
  8. The Valentine Bottles Decoration With Love Embellish is finished! Easy diy right?

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The matte white paint, the bare balsa wood embellish and the organic rope give the rustic look of the Valentine Bottles Decoration. It looks effortless. This love embellish bottle decoration is the fast and easy diy to decorate your home during valentine’s day. And it’s cheap too, just use the empty bottles you have at home, great upcycling project to do.

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This Valentine Bottles Decoration With Love Embellish is actually representing my family, made for love. So, are you going to make it for your family too? And how many set of bottles are you going to make? Please share with me on the comments! 🙂

Happy making creativity with love!

See you again with love!

Mel

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I entered my DIY Valentine Bottles Decoration With Love Embellish on challenges below:

  1. Mix It Up Challenge – Anything Goes + optional twist of Sentiment As Main Focus
  2. The Male Room – Anything Goes, Optional Twist Beverages
  3. Get Creative – Anything Goes
  4. Try It On Tuesday – Something Old Something New
  5. Rhedd’s Creative Spirit