Felt Valentines Day Banner - Tutorial

This Valentines Banner is so easy to make and there is no sewing involved!

Supplies needed:

Coordinating pieces of felt. I had approximately 1/4 yard of each color and I had plenty of left over fabric

3/16" eyelets - 18 total (I bought mine in the scrap booking section at JoAnn's. You can use larger eyelets)

Heat-n-Bond (love this stuff!)

2 yards of ric rac or ribbon of your choice

Glue gun/stick

• Cut out two heart patterns. You will need one slightly larger than the other heart pattern. I used my Cricut to cut out my patterns. The larger heart is 4 & 1/2 inches and the smaller heart is 4 inches. (You can also use a cookie cutter as a guide for free-hand it!)
  
• Pin the heart patterns to the fabric and cut out six cream colored 4 & 1/2 inch hearts, three red 4 & 1/2 inch hearts and three of each color of the 4 inch hearts
  
  

If you are paying close attention to the pictures and the numbered steps you will notice that I repeated steps 3 and 4. And steps 6 and 7 are switched. In my defense...I'm tired. My toddler woke up at 4am today. Yes, he is evil. Amen.

Okay, back to crafting...

• Pin each of the smaller hearts to the Heat-n-Bond and cut out 9 hearts.


• Iron each of the Heat-n-Bond heart cut-outs to the backs of each smaller heart.


• Peel off the paper backing and place the smaller pink hearts to a larger cream heart, the smaller red hearts to the larger cream hearts, and the smaller cream hearts to the larger red hearts. Iron all of the hearts together, according to the Heat-n-Bond instructions. (Does that make sense? Clear as mud?)
  

• Punch two holes about 1.5 inches apart in the center of the hearts. I used my Provo Craft Hole Punch and Eyelet Setter. (I love this thing, too!) If you do not have a hole punch and eyelet setter, you can just cut some small slits, instead.
• Set two eyelets in the holes then secure the back with your eyelet setter. Or use a hammer to hammer the backs of the eyelets flat.
• String the ric rac or ribbon through the eyelets of each heart, alternating the colors.
• Use a glue gun to hot glue the ric rac to the backs of the hearts. This will help stabilize the banner.
  
  Tah Dah! You are finished! Enjoy your Valentines Day Banner!
  
  

Deckin' the halls

Christmas decorating has officially begun, at my home. And it has only taken 3 days. (Usually it takes two, but I've been feeling a little lazy lately).

My sister-in-law has been selling these banner kits and let me tell ya...I love them! Majority of the work is done for me and I don't have the clean up. Which is ALWAYS a plus in my book!

She sells the "Merry Christmas" kit for $13 un-assembled and $18 for assembled.

You can also buy a kit that only says "Christmas" for $10 un-assembled and $15 assembled.

The kits come with all of the ribbons, the papers (cut-out), and letters (cut-out). The instructions are super easy to follow, also!

Let me know if you would like a kit, and I'll place the order with her!

(click on images to gawk at the cuteness, up close!)

Some of my favorite things that I've been seeing and reading on the blogs lately, are all of the Christmas decorating house tours! I'm a sucker for a look-see in any one's home, anytime. Except for one of those homes on that A&E show, Hoarders. (shudder)

I'm lovin' these apothecary jars! Stick some fake gifts, or ornaments inside...magnificent!

See the crystal snowflake ornament? Yesterday I went to Rod Works. Which is trouble for me. I am physically incapable of leaving that store with out buying something. It's a sickness.

Well, anyways...this crystal snowflake beckoned me. It lured me in with it's shiny goodness. The tramp!

Oooooooo! Awwwwww!

More Christmas eye-candy to come!

And a give-away! It is gift giving season.

Giveaway! You say it's your birthday?!?!?!

Exactly two years ago, me and the hubs entered the hospital to have my baby "turned" and then have labor induced. Good times. Good times.

All day I was pretty confident that my babe would enter into this world on the 15th day of September, and not on the 16th day...my birthday.

True to his nature, he was having none of that! He was born at 2:00 a.m. on the 16th. Figures.

So in celebration of me and Homeboy's birthday, I decided to have a Giveaway!

It's my birthday! It's my birthday! Oh yeah! Oh yeah!

Check it out.

Wouldn't this birthday banner look so cute on your mantle? Or in a doorway? Or your wall?

I made it with fun, bright colors and added a couple of party hats, some buttons and ribbon! Ca-ute!

To try to win this festive, birthday banner, you just have to answer one simple little question...

When is your birthday?

See! So easy!

You want another chance to win? I know you do. All you have to do is link my blog on your cute blog then come back here and mention that you linked me in the comments section!

The Giveaway will end on September 18th (Friday) and I will announce the winner on Saturday.

Good luck friends!