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Heart Strings

With all the holiday decoration taken down and stored, my house and front door seems so sadly bare. I am not a huge fan of Valentine's Day but I thought I could forgo my feelings for it and make a few decorations. Now these were super easy and I left like I was in Elementary school again. All I needed was some pink and red card stock..
And a few leftover holiday ornaments,plastic rod and some ribbon.
Now I just took the hearts in various sizes and colors and attached them to the ribbon with double sided tape.
No as you can see I used some of my book pages as well since I thought it added interest to the design. I tied them all to the plastic rod and then hung on my front door.
Simple,easy and really quite cute! The best part is that it cost me $0 since it was all items I had, even the plastic rod which was from a fabric shipment. 
It turned out so lovely that it might just change my mind about Valentine's Day! Enjoy!

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  1. Honey at 2805January 17, 2011 at 5:01 PM

    Nice crafy idea, and an adaptation of it would make a nice craft for teachers to do with their students as a Valentine.

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  2. AprilJanuary 17, 2011 at 8:55 PM

    this is such a cute idea! I would love for you to link up to my Sew Crafty Party & Giveaway!

    http://wildflowersandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2011/01/sew-crafty-saturday-adventure-date.html

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  3. DonnieJanuary 19, 2011 at 9:17 PM

    That's a great idea. My grands could help me make it. Too cute.

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