Wood Heart Garland

I have a LOT of wooden heart shapes. I like hearts. There's so many ways to use them.

For this, I used 2 different sizes of the same heart shape.

They came with a hole in the top middle, so the first thing I did was cover the holes with nail hole compound, and sanded them down after it dries. Turned out that wasn't necessary because I covered them with paper. I don't always plan things out, but go with the flow.

I measured a line across each heart, and drilled 2 small holes on each side with my craft drill.

I put glue on a heart and placed it on a piece of vintage sheet music. I have a guy that saves vintage books for me that can't be sold for one reason or another. Rather than trash them, he knows I'll give them new life. And I do. I used PVC glue, not decoupage glue.

Once the paper was dry, I put random swipes of homemade Mod Podge down, then a piece of imitation gold foil on top. There is a specific adhesive for gold foil, and I suggest using it. I am out of it, and since it's imitation gold foil and a quick, cheap, use what ya got craft, I used what I had.

Press it down and take it outside to wipe the excess off.

Afterwards, you can buff it and make it all pretty.

From the back side of the heart, poke a needle through the holes that were drilled.

I had some beads that I had already spray painted gold. If I hadn't had them painted already, I may have just left them. I guess we'll never know. It makes sense, because I love gold and have gone through many ' Let's paint everything gold!' phases!

Anyhow, the already painted gold beads were perfect.

I measured my twine, giving myself a few extra inches on each end, and started stringing the hearts and beads.

I planned on using it across my sliding glass door, but it looked pretty tacky. And I'm the queen of tacky! So I put it on this mirror and I love it!