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DIY Valentine’s Day Sugar Scrub Favors

Happy Friday! Together with Places for Faces, we created a personalized favor that your valentines are sure to love. Here’s how to make your own delicious Valentine’s Day sugar scrub…

DIY Valentine's Day Sugar Scrub | Places for Faces | Vicky Barone

Ingredients: 1 ½ C white granulated sugar, ¼ C coconut oil (melted and cooled), 6 drops red food coloring, 5-10 drops essential oils.

Directions: Mix all ingredients together in a bowl until combined. Transfer to glass jars (ours are from the Target Dollar Spot!) and tie with baker’s twine. Use Places for Faces to create customized favor tags! Print, cut, hole punch, and tie onto each jar with the twine. Give jars to your sweethearts or keep them for yourself!

DIY Valentine's Day Sugar Scrub | Places for Faces | Vicky Barone

Places for Faces is the best way to customize your valentines, favors, desserts, and so much more. Click here to get started!

We hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

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DIY Valentine’s Day Canvas

Happy February! This month we are sharing lots of fun new projects inspired by Valentine’s Day! First up, we have a super easy canvas that you can give as a gift or keep for yourself! Here’s how to make your own…

DIY Valentine's Day Canvas | Love You More | Vicky Barone

Supplies: 10×10 canvas, an X-acto knife, a stencil or printed quote, a self-healing mat, and pink spray paint.

Directions:
1. Create a design or quote you’d like on your canvas and print it backwards (this will create a stencil that you will use on the back of the canvas!).
2. Place the canvas on a self-healing mat, face down.
3. Tape the stencil to the inside of the canvas.
4. Use the X-acto knife to cut away the letters or design (you will be cutting through the paper stencil and the canvas)
5. Neaten up the canvas with an X-acto knife or small scissors.
6. In a well-ventilated area (preferably outside!) cover the canvas with pink spray paint and let dry.

DIY Valentine's Day Canvas | Love You More | Vicky Barone

We also made this project for New Year’s Eve, if you’d like to see! The possibilities are endless and oh-so-sweet.

Don’t forget to follow Vicky Barone on Instagram for more Valentine’s Day inspiration!

 

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DIY Valentine’s Day Round Up

Good morning! We are so excited to be working on all new Valentine’s Day content next week in the studio! In the meantime, we collected some of our favorite past projects that are perfect for helping to spread the love. Click the links below to see full tutorials on each DIY!

DIY Valentine's Day Round Up | Vicky Barone

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For even more Valentine’s Day inspiration, be sure to follow @vicky_barone on Instagram!

 

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Valentine’s Day Gift Guide

Valentine’s Day is around the corner and we are sharing some quirky gifts for anyone on your list! Click the links below to check them out.

Valentine's Day Gift Guide | Vicky Barone

1. Pet Pillow Cases for dog and cat lovers alike.
2. Pie-gram, because you really can’t go wrong with baked goods.
3. A loom kit for the crafter at heart.
4. Matching shirts for the whole family.
5. Low-maintenance foliage for the semi-green thumb.
6. A sweet, minimalist necklace to let them know how loved they are every day.
7. A classic game that doubles as chic decor.
8. Foodie dice to mix up their dinner routine.

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Valentine’s Day Sweet Treats Round Up

Valentine’s Day is now less than a month away and we are too excited! To celebrate this heart-filled holiday, we’re staring with a round-up of the good stuff: sweet treats! Click the links below to see each Valentine’s Day-inspired dessert. Enjoy!

Valentine's Day Sweet Treats Round-Up | Vicky Barone

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DIY New Year’s Eve Piñatas

New Year’s Eve is just a few days away and we are busy decorating for the festivities! Today we’re sharing a DIY piñata project that’s perfect for candy or simply decor. Here’s how…

DIY New Year's Eve Piñatas | Vicky Barone

Supplies: cardboard, scissors, masking tape, white crepe paper, and Elmer’s glue.

Directions:
1. Cut out the numbers 2017 twice from cardboard.
2. With the remaining cardboard, cut out 1.5″ strips. The strips will go between the numbers to create the 3D shape.
3. Stack two matching numbers on top of one another.
4. Bend cardboard strips around the outside shape of the numbers and tape together.
5. If you want to fill these with candy, cut a hole in the top and pour candy inside before continuing.
6. Cut a length of crepe paper and fold accordion-style.
7. Cut fringe into the crepe paper and unfold.
8. Starting from the bottom of a piñata shape, glue strips of the fringed crepe paper, stacking them on top of one another as you move up the shape.
9. Hang from strings or use to decorate in any way you’d like!

DIY New Year's Eve Piñatas | Vicky Barone

Wishing you all a very happy, healthy, and safe new year!

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DIY New Year’s Eve Canvas

We think 2017 is going to be our best year yet! Here’s how to make a gold cut-out canvas to display at your New Year’s Eve party to celebrate that sentiment…

DIY New Year's Eve Canvas | Best Year Yet | Vicky Barone

Supplies: a canvas, an X-acto knife, a printed quote, self-healing mat, and gold spray paint.

Directions:
1. Create a design or quote you’d like on your canvas and print it backwards (this will create a stencil that you will use on the back of the canvas!).
2. Place the canvas on a self-healing mat, face down.
3. Tape the stencil to the inside of the canvas.
4. Use the X-acto knife to cut away the letters or design (you will be cutting through the paper stencil and the canvas)
5. Neaten up the canvas with an X-acto knife or small scissors.
6. In a well-ventilated area (preferably outside!) cover the canvas with gold spray paint and let dry.
7. Decorate with your new canvas and celebrate the new year!

DIY New Year's Eve Canvas | Best Year Yet | Vicky Barone DIY New Year's Eve Canvas | Best Year Yet | Vicky Barone

For even more NYE ideas, click here!

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DIY Starry Headbands

It’s not even Christmas yet, but we are already getting so excited for New Year’s Eve! To celebrate, we created these sparkly headbands to wear while you watch the ball drop. Here’s how to make your own…

DIY Starry Headbands | Vicky Barone

Supplies: plastic headbands, wire, scissors, glittery paper, and hot glue.

Directions:
1. Cut different sized star shapes out of glitter paper.
2. Cut a length of wire and roll the end of it into a flat coil (this will give more surface area for the hot glue to stick to).
3. Attach a star to the coil using hot glue. Repeat until all of the stars are glued to pieces of wire.
4. Wrap the other end of the wire to the headband until the star is at the desired height.
5. Repeat with the rest of the stars until the headband is full.
6. Wear and enjoy!

DIY Starry Headbands | Vicky Barone DIY Starry Headbands | Vicky Barone

What are your plans for ringing in the new year? We’d love to hear!