handmade holiday // felt valentines garland

for those of you who've been sticking around these parts for some time now, you know i love a good handmade garland.  darling trinkets hung about a candy striped string gets me into the holiday spirit like no other.  with february fourteenth being right around the corner, stella helped me create a sliver of valentine cheer on a rather boring and blustery january day.  we gathered up scraps of felt in fun colors, along with shreds of old newspaper.  we made imperfect hearts of out of them, and placed them on a dainty string to be strung about in our dining room.  like the pine tree garland i made a few months back, i adore this one to bits and foresee it making a new home in the nursery once march rolls around.  it's just that sweet.

step one: gather your materials.  you will need felt in a variety of colors, newspaper, string, scissors, a sharpie, and a hot glue gun.

step two: make some hearts.  remember, the more imperfect the better.  i hand drew mine with a sharpie.  don't forget to make kissy faces at your helper for good measure.

step three: lay your hearts under your string on the floor.

step four: cut out small squares of felt to help attach the string to your hearts with hot glue.  the string should be between the felt heart and the small square piece of felt.  next, use hot glue to fasten the three together.  we matched the colors of felt to help the felt pieces blend together. *grownups only for this part.

step five: string about your home with whimsy, humming a bit of louie armstrong as you go.