Valentine's Day: From Dollar Tree Fillable Containers to Keepsake Ornaments

 

I've never been a pink person. Maybe it's (sorry Mom) having had a pink room or being inherently contrary and disliking what I'm supposed to like. I spent enough time in my pink room and in pink ballet tights etc. that it took me until recently to decide there's a shade of pink I do like and it's this pale pink, ironically called Ballet Slipper by Waverly. But since they're used to me being in black 24x7, I can take a bit of ribbing. This shade of pink goes well with black so there!

After Christmas, I found a pale pink tree at JoAnn for 80% off which inspired these ornaments since I had no Valentine's ornaments. I'll be sharing a couple others I made for the tree. 

Supplies:

• Heart Shaped Fillable Containers (Dollar Tree)
• Coffee Filters
• White Glue (Elmers)
• No Prep Paint in White and Ballet Slipper (Waverly, Walmart)
• Paper Crowns
• Self Adhesive Rhinestones 
• Ribbon
• Small Flower Embellishments

I found these fillable heart containers at Dollar Tree. I saw ornaments! See that last one with the string and tags inside? Didn't even take them out since I knew I was covering these and used my new favorite technique of coffee filters. While the no prep paint could have gone straight on the plastic, I like texture.

I squirted some glue onto the heart, covered a section then applied some of the coffee filters which I'd crumbled up and torn into usable pieces. 

Repeat until all of your hearts are covered. I like to let these dry overnight before painting. Once dry, I applied a coat of the white Waverly no prep paint.

You can see how it looks like a texture paste. Once all of the hearts were painted and dry, I went over with the Ballet Slipper Waverly paint.

I was fine with some of the white peeking through. Once the pink coat was dry, I dry brushed a little silver on and then to add more bling, I used a translucent glitter paint to give it a final coat. 

Time to embellish! I grabbed some things from my stash. I thought I might use both the wings and crowns shown here but ultimately went with the crowns. 

I tacked the crowns down with a glue stick and then went over with a quick coat of glue. And because I'm a bling girl, I had to add some rhinestones! Sparkle sparkle! 

I had some snowflake ornament hangers from my Christmas stash I thought worked with these since we're still in Winter. I grabbed these pink mini-flowers from my stash and added them to the center of the snowflake and then applied the rhinestones as shown. To finish, I made bows from black satin ribbon et voila!

See? I even did pink nails!

I have two more ornament projects I made for my tree which I'll share this week! 

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Happy Friday Eve all. Once again I'm going to say I can't believe how fast time is flying...how did it get to be the end of the third week of January already?! It's been cold here in the desert but I am kept humble by our son who lives in "real cold" in Chicago where with the wind chill it was minus nineteen degrees with the wind chill so he's paying me back for when he'd claim something was extreme and I'd come back with a "Oh yeah, well..."

I've been having fun with Valentine's Projects and shared three this week! Starting to wonder if I shouldn't incorporate Dollar Tree into my blog title. 

Repurposed Double Heart Canvas

Shabby Glam Heart

Tile Heart Topiaries

Love is in the air and we are getting closer to "Love Month" and Valentine's Day. Let's take a look at some great ideas shared at last week's party! 

Crazy Little Love Birds shared a Valentine Shadow Box that's perfect for Valentine's season or anytime.

Penny's Passions shared her beautiful Valentine's Mantel. What a great way to bridge the seasons from Christmas to Valentine's!

Blue Sky At Home shared these lovely Air Dry Clay Trinket Dishes. What a great idea to make for friends for Galentine's Day! 

Sonata Home Design shared a fantastic method to achieve "Luxe for Less" with this DIY Crackle Glass technique. Give a glow up to plain glass vases with minimal supplies! 

Thanks to everyone who linked up! Stay warm and creative. 

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Valentine's Or Anytime Decor: Dollar Tree Tile Heart Topiaries

 

I'm late to the Dollar Tree Embossed Tiles even though I've had some in my stash. I used one to make these two "topiaries" (fauxpiaries?) since I don't know what else to call them! 

Supplies:

• Dollar Tree Embossed Peel and Stick Tiles
• Dollar Tree Faceted Bottles
• Waverly White No Prep Paint (Walmart)
• Bamboo Skewers
• Hot Glue and Glue Gun
• Scrap Cardboard

So let me say up front, that based on the size heart I used as a template, you can cut two hearts from one tile but you won't be able to do it an center everything so if you're OCD, use two tiles. I didn't think about it until I'd already cut them out and despite my inner Virgo screaming "UGGGHHHH" I stayed the course because I didn't want to waste the tile!

I grabbed my Waverly No Prep Paint that goes on ANYTHING and spounced some on the cut out tiles using foam paint spouncers. I wanted a very antiqued look so I wasn't going for opaque coverage. 

Since the tiles are thin and I knew I needed them to stand up I used the same template to cut out some cardboard to back my hearts with. I saved several shipping boxes from Christmas to repurpose in projects this year. This earned me a "What are you doing NOW" comment from Mr. Chocolate when he woke up one morning to find me on the floor cutting down a box. 

I painted the cardboard hearts with the same paint.

I've mentioned I'm working on using stash items that have sat in my craft closet so I pulled out some cup chain I had from a previous jewelry Design Team stint and hot glued around the edges.

Dollar Tree has upped their game lately and I found these smoky faceted glass bottles on a recent trip. 

I took out the corks (and saved them for another project of course!) and then trimmed bamboo skewers (I debated between these and chopsticks) to the cardboard side. Then placed them in the bottles!

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Valentine's Decor: DIY Shabby Glam Heart

 

I had so much fun with this! I'm currently working on another project inspired by it. Have you seen the large foam hearts at Dollar Tree?  Get one! OK get SOME!

Supplies: 

• Large Foam Heart (Dollar Tree)
• Coffee Filters
• White School Glue
• Ribbon
• Beads and Embellishments

These are the hearts. I got two so I still have another one to play with. I've seen some great ideas on Pinterest too.

I've done this technique before with tissue paper but if you're like me, you're the ongoing recipient of usable things other people buy but can't use, like these coffee filters my Mom accidentally bought the wrong kind but she "knew I'd do something with them". Confess...you're this person too!

Since I didn't know how this would turn out I saved my Mod Podge and figured I'd try Elmers. I love back to school season which is also great for Makers. I stock up on things like white glue and glue sticks which are always on sale then. 

I tore the coffee filters in pieces and applied glue to the heart, then applied the coffee filter and covered with more glue until fully covered. Once dry, I dry brushed with some gold and silver acrylic paint. I wanted light but visible coverage. 

Now the fun part! I love after Christmas deals too and found some great ribbon at Walmart for 75% off so of course I bought a few rolls. At 9 yards for $1.25 c'mon! Better than a Dollar Tree find. I wrapped the ribbon around the heart, securing with hot glue along the way and added some oversized rhinestones.

While I'm still picking up new stuff this year, I'm also very focused on using stuff that sits in my stash. You know how it goes! I found this heart shaped mini-frame by Recollections and had an aha moment. It was already white so I dry brushed it with some of the same silver I used on the heart (Craft Smart Bright Silver Multi Surface). I left it on the plastic backing it came with and just trimmed around the shape. I filled the heart with white seed beads then squeezed Diamond Glaze (a dimensional glue) to cover the beads creating a resin/epoxy look when dry. 

Diamond Glaze dries clear and I love it for small projects. I also added some heart and key charms from my stash and used the same ribbon to create a hanger for the heart.

To finish, I strung a few beads and another charm onto a head pin and pushed through the bottom point of the heart securing with a dot of glue.

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Home Decor: Repurposed Paint Pour Double Heart Canvas

 

I've had a paint-poured canvas I saved thinking I'd paint over it but then I found these very cool heart frames at The Dollar Tree and an idea came to me that works for Valentine's or all year round for two long-time married people! 

Also, DT has upped their game and I got some other great-looking finds you'll see soon!

Supplies:

• Blank or Previously Painted Canvas 
• Heart Frames (Dollar Tree)
• Coordinated Paint (I used Craft Smart Radiant Gold)
• Paint Brush
• Hot Glue and Glue Gun

They were just my style as-is but what Maker can leave something as-is? I decided to go with just a little dry brushed gold. 

I went with Radiant Gold Craft Smart Multi-Surface paint and just dry brushed it over the beaded parts and sides of the frames. I also removed the hangers from the back so they'd lay flat against the canvas. 

Of course, once you start embellishing...I added these bright silver (the pic doesn't do them justice) self adhesive "rhinestone" stickers which I added to each of the knobs on the frame. Since I used gold on the frames to pick up the gold on the canvas, these worked well to pick up the silver. 

To finish, I used hot glue to attach the frames to the canvas! 

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