DIY Valentine's Party

I was recently asked by Mia of Mossy JoJo to participate in a Valentine's Day themed DIY party. As I'm sure you can tell from many projects on my blog, I'm all about DIY, so I was excited to participate!

Here's the rundown:

Summary:

Theme: Valentine

Challenge: Use up to 4 materials

I decided to make a fun bunting to hang in my house to spread the love :)

Materials used:

1. 2 pieces of material in different colors (I chose red acrylic for the hearts and wood for the letters)

2. Adhesive (I used glue dots)

3. Twine or Ribbon for hanging

4. Cutting tool such as a kraft knife or scissors (I used my laser)

I want to point out that while I used my laser for this project, many other materials could be substituted for this project. Scrapbook paper and letter stickers would make a super cute and super easy banner. Or pink cardstock for the hearts and kraft cardstock for the letters! The options are limitless!

What I did:

 I cut out the hearts and the letters.

Then adhered the letters using the glue dots

I strung the hearts on the twine and tied a loop on each end.

(Yup...it's that easy!)

I hung the bunting in our living room. I found this empty frame and thought it added as nice touch and helped the bunting stand out :)

Please stop by and see the other Valentine's DIYs from Mia and Marieken!

Mia of MossyJojo

DIY Pop Up Card

Marieken of Always Wear Your Invisible Crown

Heart Confetti Garland

Also linking up with these gals:

Graduation Banner

Yesterday I teased you with an In the Works photo. I've been working on something new for a friend's daughter's graduation. It's a banner!

It was also a tricky project! And rather time-consuming as well! I started by cutting all the purple zebra paper into strips. Then each piece had to be fan-folded at 1/4" increments! I placed the finished "flower" on a large black circle and then topped each one with a smaller black circle and letter.

Joining each piece was the tricky part. I thought ribbon would be my best option, but I think I put my holes down too low and they didn't hang well with ribbon. I thought I was going to have to punch a second set of holes higher up, but finally found a better solution. I used silver brads to attach each circle and it worked great! I put ribbons on each end so it can be hung.

I love the finished product and can't wait to see it hanging at her graduation party!

I thought about adding these to my shop as I think they're fun and cute, but I'm not sure I want to make another one quite yet...LOL :)