Love Letters Valentines Decor

by Crista | oliveushome

4 Materials

1 Hour

Easy

Do you need just a little something extra to complete your Valentines Day decor? If so then this is the idea for you. It’s so simple and so inexpensive (less than $5!) and will give any Valentines display a finishing touch.

The only supplies needed are an assortment of ribbon, pink and red envelopes, and an ink pad to antique the edges of the envelopes.

I actually purchased my envelopes at the dollar store! They sell greeting cards that are 2 for a dollar and they come with bright colored envelopes. I chose out cute cards with the color envelopes I needed and plan to use white envelopes (that I already own) for the greeting cards so they are still usable for later events.

Then I took a brown ink pad and rubbed the edges of each envelope along the pad, giving them an antique feel.

I filled each envelope with 4 pieces of paper folded up to give them bulk.

Then, with my assortment of ribbon, I chose the thickest ribbon and tied it around the bundle of letters. Then I added a strand of bakers twine.

Then I cut another strand of bakers twine and laid it on the counter. I then cut 6 to 8 inch pieces of multiple ribbons and placed them crisscross over the bakers twine. I then tied the bakers twine in a tight knot, making a little pompom type topper. I then attached the topper to the stack of letters. (This method for making a cute bow allows you to use less ribbon and even scraps.)

I then trimmed the edges of each ribbon to finish up the look.

I then created a cute tag on my computer. I chose a script font, cut the tag into a rectangle and then cut the end of the rectangle into a tag shape. I then punched a hole in the end of the tag and added it to the top of the stack of letters.