Valentines Day Challenge

Mary Ann Goldberg
by Mary Ann Goldberg
4 Materials
$7
6 Hours
Medium
There were not any Valentines Day decorations in our home except for a door hanger. Time to get to work!
I decided to make a table centerpiece and jumped into action mode. Step one was to use the 2"x4" in the garage.
Step 2 was to use globes, which I found at Restore (Habitat for Humanity). I love that store! I only show two in the photo but I bought three matching.
Now that I had the base and globes i could determine how long to make the wood. I cut it at 22" and then needed to make holes in it to hold the globes. This was the most difficult part of the project. I didn't want the holes to go completely through the wood. I made a trip to Home Depot and the clerk recommended a tool that was much more than I wanted to pay. Since I didn't plan to use the tool for anything else, I didn't want to spend the money. So I improvised. I used my Dremels and drill, going back and forth between different attachments. It took a while but I achieved my goal.
I painted the 2"x4" a turquoise color and inserted the globes. The holes were far from perfect but will be hidden by the decorations that would be added.


I began layering in the decorations, which consisted of greens, mesh and flowers I already had, plus a few Valentines items from Dollar Tree.
And here you have it! I did not permanently attach anything to the base or globes so I can reuse them all year round, changing out the decorations as needed for another holiday. A very economical project!
I used red tea candles for this picture but I later put in faux candles and lit it up. Very pretty!
Suggested materials:
  • 2"x4", skill saw, Dremels, paint and brush   (already had)
  • Glass Globes, $1 each   (Restore)
  • Valentine Decorations   (Dollar Tree)
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  • Jenny Tease Jenny Tease on Feb 07, 2018

    Beautiful ! romantic ! :) I could imagine a lovely dinner for 2 with candles :)

    • Mary Ann Goldberg Mary Ann Goldberg on Feb 07, 2018
      What a fantastic idea, Jenny. I think hubby will be getting a couple hints!
  • Barb Barb on Feb 09, 2018

    Just beautiful! Made me smile and any family would be delighted to have that on their table for Valentines .

    This is one of those crafts that you can do many things for different seasons with it and I love it .

    Change it up with some greens for the next holiday  Even make them and Sell them  .You can do more things like this with the money you made from the sale of them .

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    • Barb Barb on Feb 24, 2018

      Its a good idea for your talent to sell them .If you have a dollar store you could get all the ribbon and flowers there even some of the greens . Make it an easy switch out for each season .sell it with the makings for 4 seasons and price it out the coast of the products then add your time in and get an idea of how much you would charge for them . SO if you spent $10 on flowers and $5 on the clobe's what ever on the wood and what you value your time making them .I bet you will come up with a good price

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