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January 14, 2013

The Accessories Make the Outfit, Right?

V-day crafts

Valentines Day is a day of sweet memories for me.  Of waking up as a child to a pink & red wrapped gift on my bed and special treats at the table.  Memories of care packages filled with home baked goodies to share with friends in my dorm room.  And post-college memories of sidesplitting belly laughs with girlfriends at my annual Valentine’s Day party where the wine flowed & the girls one-upped each other with dating disaster stories.

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One Valentine’s day, in a moment of sugar-induced boldness, I decided that my then boyfriend (now husband) who up until this point hadn’t kissed me yet, had waited long enough.  Armed with a few bags of conversation hearts, I plucked out every “Kiss Me” heart and left them in a bag on his car windshield, hoping he’d get the hint.  He did, and a year later he surprised me with a trail of candy hearts saying, “Marry Me”.

To kick off the valentine season (which in our house begins the day the Christmas decorations come down) I created a few simple embellishments.  I’m a sucker for all things red, pink, heart shaped or sparkly and with an assembly time of less than 10 minutes, what’s not to love?

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Heart Hair Clip

 Materials:  paper heart template, red felt, metal hair clips (purchased from Walmart), decoupage glue (I used Martha Stewart brand), glitter (I used Martha Stewart fine glitter in Tourmaline), hot glue gun

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Instructions: Cut out paper heart template (mine measured 2” across for the hair clip & shoe clips).  Trace paper heart onto felt (I used a stiff red felt sheet from Jo-Anns).

Coat felt with decoupage glue and cover liberally with glitter.  Shake to remove excess glitter & dry overnight.

Once glue is dry, seal glittered heart with another coat of decoupage glue.

Use hot glue to attach metal alligator clip to back of heart.

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Sequined Heart Pin

Materials:  paper heart template, red felt (stiff, thick felt sheet), metal pin (purchased from Walmart), red sequins (from Jo-Anns), Aleene’s Jewel-It Embellishing glue, hot glue gun

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Instructions:

Cut out paper heart template (mine measured 3 ½” across).

Trace paper heart onto felt.

Coat with Jewel-It embellishing glue

Cover liberally with sequins, pressing gently into glue

Let dry overnight & reapply individual sequins to any areas that have sparse coverage

Hot glue or sew metal pin to back of heart

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Sequined shoe clips

Materials:  small sized paper heart template, red felt, metal hair clip, red sequins & Jewel-It embellishing glue & hot glue gun

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Instructions: Follow same steps for Sequined heart pin but finish with hot gluing a metal hair clip vertically to the back of the heart which allows it to clip to the top of shoes.

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In this stage of life, Valentine’s Day has become a special opportunity to speak love into our children’s lives, reiterating for them in the days leading up to 14th all the ways in which we love, treasure & admire them.  Our hope is that their memories of Valentine’s Day are of being affirmed in their spirit, their character & their worth; a celebration of virtue over romance….and you better believe we’ll be monitoring all candy heart messages along the way!

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We hope you enjoyed this post from our Contributor Julie! If you like this project you should also check out her Pioneer Birthday Party

and From Tree to Table posts!

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  1. Cynthia says

    January 14, 2013 at 6:30 AM

    Great Valentine crafts, love the clip for the hair.

    Cynthia

    Reply
  2. Pam @ diy Design Fanatic says

    January 14, 2013 at 6:51 AM

    Love the little heart embellishments! The sparkly ones on her shoes are so sweet!

    Reply
  3. Ceekay says

    January 14, 2013 at 6:57 AM

    Those clips are precious….what a fantastic idea!

    Reply
  4. Valerie Hibler says

    January 14, 2013 at 10:35 AM

    Julie, I just love the background story….so sweet! You are amazing and so crafty and talented too, of course 😉
    xo
    Valerie

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    • Julie says

      January 14, 2013 at 9:27 PM

      thanks for your sweet encouragement, valerie! xoxoxo

      Reply
  5. Michael Reddin says

    January 14, 2013 at 11:31 AM

    Beautiful! Thank you!

    Reply
  6. Judy says

    January 14, 2013 at 1:58 PM

    Such pretty Valentine’s day ideas. Great crafty projects.

    Reply
  7. Marty Walden says

    January 14, 2013 at 5:12 PM

    Love this! Beautiful and simple. I miss having little girls!

    Thanks for the facebook shoutout!

    Marty

    Reply
  8. Yvonne @ StoneGable says

    January 14, 2013 at 6:33 PM

    The hearts are such a sweet embellishment… but your little model is the sweetest!!! She looks adorable in her Valentine’s outfit!

    Reply
  9. Cindy says

    January 14, 2013 at 7:41 PM

    Sooo cute!!!

    Reply
  10. Carol says

    January 14, 2013 at 7:47 PM

    Cute, cute story! Those little accessories are so sweet.

    Reply
  11. debbiedoos says

    January 14, 2013 at 8:14 PM

    Oh how adorable, and the cutest little model too!

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  12. debbiedoos says

    January 14, 2013 at 8:16 PM

    P.S. Yes, I do enjoy your contributor Julie. I think it is fun to see new creativity on such a lovely blog.

    Reply
    • Julie says

      January 14, 2013 at 9:21 PM

      thanks so much for your encouragment, debbie! i’ve loved popping in and being so warmly received into this community. xo julie ps. can’t wait to use your valentine mod podge ideas with my girls!

      Reply
  13. Laurie Star says

    January 15, 2013 at 6:44 AM

    So simple and yet so effective! Thanks for sharing! 🙂

    Reply
  14. Julia @ FaveCrafts says

    January 24, 2013 at 8:07 AM

    What a cute project! I love it so much that I decided to feature it in our roundup of Valentine’s Day crafts! Check it out here: https://www.favecraftsblog.com/heart-crafts-valentines-day/

    Have a great day!

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