Although I live on a farm, country is not necessarily my style, but every now and then a little bit of it sneaks into my decor. Just a little. Like this.....
I didn't really start out to make a country-style heart, it just kind of ended up that way.
I picked up these wooden hearts last year at a thrift store. A whole string of them. They had some kind of saying on them, I forget what, and had some flowers painted on them. Really, they were hideous.
I thought about painting over them, but it was faster and easier to cover them with some burlap, which I cut out and just glued on, because I'm lazy and have no patience for drying paint.
Using my number stamps, I put a 14 on the center...almost. I'm not the best at lining this stuff up obviously.
The edges were still pink, which I didn't like. I covered them with some kind of lace trim that I found in my box of ribbons.
I also added some eye hooks....one on the top for hanging and one on the bottom because in my infinite wisdom I thought that it needed something dangling down from it. I used an old wooden thread spool, wrapped some gingham fabric around it and strung a few beads on each end.
Here is where I always run into trouble with that whole "less is more" thing. I messed with those beads forever trying to figure out what looked best. Then I felt like the burlap heart was way too plain. I asked my highly valued, totally underpaid decorating consultant (aka my husband Sam) for his opinion. He said, "needs something around the heart". I asked him if he could expound on that professionally technical opinion and he said it needed just a border outline around it. I cut a heart out of the same fabric I used on the thread and glued it on.
If you would like to use my husband's consulting services, just send me an email. I think he'll work for food.....something he doesn't have to cook himself while I'm busy crafting....although I will say he's become a very good cook over the last year!!
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I picked up these wooden hearts last year at a thrift store. A whole string of them. They had some kind of saying on them, I forget what, and had some flowers painted on them. Really, they were hideous.
He's a genius!
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