Pretty Valentines

I love me some Valentine's decorations.  I think it is because it gives me an excuse to have things all pretty and pink.

I did make a few new decorations this year. 

The first project was making wax paper hearts. This project was suppose to be for Alyse and I to do together, but it really ended up being just me who did it.

Next I made some glittered jars.

I saw this tutorial on Pinterest.

The whole floor wax and polyurethane scared me a little... so I just cut out a vinyl heart on my Silhouette (on the tutorial it says you can also cut a heart out of shelf liner.)  I stuck it on the inside of a cheap jar that I got at Hobby Lobby.  I then covered the whole inside with modge podge glue.  I sprinkled some glitter in the jar, put the top back on, and then Alyse, Breeley, and I shook up the jars until the inside was covered with glitter.  Then I pulled off the heart leaving a heart shaped window.

I like how all the glitter is in the inside of the jar because it isn't very messy.

Once everything was dry we put the flameless/battery operated votive in the jar.

(DON'T use a regular candle.  I am sure this project is very flammable!)

My girls were in love with those flameless candles.

Alyse decided that she was going to use the jar as a lantern just like Rapunzel.

I also made a tutu heart wreath for each of my girls bedroom doors.

I got some tulle on a roll at Hobby Lobby, some ribbon, and then took a wire hanger and shaped it into a heart.

I cut the tulle into 8 inch strips.

(Each heart took about 200 strips!)

All I did was tie them onto the wire hanger heart.

Once it was done I used the ribbon to hide the top of the hanger that I had formed into a circle to use to hang the heart.

They turned out really pretty.

This is Breeley's tutu heart on her bedroom door.

I like them so much I might leave them up after Valentine's Day....