I'm
crazy about hearts this year. I've been planning this DIY for quiet
sometime now! So I got inspired to making this DIY when I saw wall
hangings in a furnishing store. So, I set off to the craft store and grabbed the biggest heart punch they had and went home to punch my crafty little heart out.
You will need: clear fishing line, heart punch, card stock in fun colors, tape (regular-scotch tape will do), and scissors.
Use
the punch and punch away as many hearts as you can. For this set up in
the picture, I needed 20 garlands with 6 hearts each. I used 6 colors
& only needed 20 hearts of each color, plus a few extra to mix and
match here and there.
Once all of your hearts are cut out, make 20 sets of 6. Try and mix up the colors so each stack is a little different. Cut
a piece of fishing line and strand your garland on the table with tape.
Fishing line is a bit tricky to work with and you can lose your pieces
really easily. Set up a work space on the floor. Measure the distance
from the ceiling to where you want the last heart to land. Tear off ten
pieces of scotch tape and place five on each end about six inches
apart. Take the fishing line and pull it out 12 inches. Tape it down at
one end of the floor and pull the spool down to the second piece of
tape. Tape the line taut and cut. Start at the other end and tape down
four more pieces. Once your lines are taped, add each set of hearts by
lining up the center of the heart underneath each line, about a foot
apart. Repeat until you have all of your hearts under the lines. Check
and move colors around until it looks fabulous!
Then
take a small piece of tape and attach each heart to the line. Make sure
all of your hearts are attached before peeling back the painters tape
and hanging. Hang
your garlands one at a time, starting five feet from the wall, and hang
one garland to the edge of your photo booth area. Add the remaining
garlands 1 foot apart, also attaching to the ceiling. Hang the rest of the garlands and repeat with the next two rows.
You can make as many garlands as you
want and store them. Keep them in separate ziplock covers to keep the
garlands from tangling.
Once
they are all hung, pop in the middle of them and smile! These would be
really fun in an ombre where the color is fades as it gets closer to the
floor or even just a solid color. This is one of those projects that
just makes me happy in my heart!
Another
great thing about this project is that you can make them in practically
any shape! You needn't necessarily buy a punch you can just cut the
colored card stock into strips of paper in a solid or ombre fashion and
do the same as above! It would just look amazing. Check this one out!
Hope you guys enjoyed the DIY! Keep Crafting, Stay Glam & Flash that Million Dollar Smile! ^_^
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