It's a variation on the advent garland I made a couple of years ago...
... but instead of having an envelope for each day leading up until Christmas, there's an envelope for the first 14 days of February, each one with a little love note or other special something tucked inside.
To make the garland, you will need:
- 14 mini envelopes
- washi tape (Japanese masking tape) & pretty doilies, or patterned paper, cute stickers, etc, basically anything you fancy using to decorate the envelopes
- red felt and the heart template from this tutorial
- glue and double-sided tape for securing all your decorative details in place
- scissors and a pen (I used one with red ink)
- mini pegs and a length of twine, ribbon or cord for displaying the envelopes as a garland
1) Cut out 14 hearts from red felt
2) Decorate the front of each envelope with washi tape, doilies or other pretty things.
I cut strips of tape that were slightly longer than the envelope, then turned the envelope over and trimmed the excess tape with scissors.
To stick the doilies, I placed the doily face down on a piece of scrap paper and carefully dabbed it with a glue stick, covering only the area I'd need with glue. I then carefully peeled the doily from the paper, lightly positioned it on the envelope and pressed down to secure it in place.
3) Then use double-sided tape to stick a felt heart in the centre of each envelope, and write the dates Feb 1st to Feb 14th (or just the numbers 1 - 14) on the envelopes.
5) Finally, use the mini pegs and twine / cord to display the garland.
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10 comments:
That's so pretty! And I love that washi tape, I'm a bit obsessed with grid and copybook stationary.
I had a weird thought the other day, that it would be nice to be a lesbian for Valentine's Day, that way both women could get excited about making crafty things for each other, whereas if I made John something he would appreciate the effort, but not really love/understand the cuteness like another girl would. Is that the strangest thought ever?
I'll just end up buying him a nerdy thing which he will love.
ΠΟΛΥ ΜΟΥ ΑΡΕΣΕ Η ΙΔΕΑ ΣΟΥ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΑΠΛΗ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΩΤΟΤΥΠΗ!!! ΜΠΡΑΒΟ ΣΟΥ.
I love this garland!!!
Thank you for sharing, love xxx Alessandra
How cute! Washi tape and envelopes... my favorites. Hope you don't mind that I linked to your project in my "Lovey Dovey Roundup"--> http://dancingcommas.blogspot.com/2012/02/lovey-dovey-round-up.html
This is such a cute idea ... we are in need of a little romance in this house ;-) !!
Cute! I love the doilies as decoration
nicedaydesigns - ahahaha, I know what you mean! perhaps we need an annual day where we all make things for our BFFs :)
i love this! all scrappy and happy. instant adoration, thank you for sharing!
Thanks Jessica! x
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