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Valentine’s Day Paper Heart Wreaths

Post author By vickybarone
Post date February 9, 2016

We have a full week of Valentine’s Day inspiration leading up to the 14th! Today we’re sharing a little paper project to help decorate for this lovely season. These Valentine’s Day wreaths are made up of lots and lots of hearts! Here’s how you can make your own…

Supplies: scrapbook paper, a paper cutter, and hot glue.

Directions:
1. For the medium wreath, cut 6 strips of paper 1″ wide by 8″ long and 6 more strips of paper 1″ wide by 10″ long.
2. Fold the 8″ strips in half, patterned side together. Fold the 10″ strips in half, white side together.
3. Glue one end of an 8″ strip to an end of a 10″ strip, white sides together.
4. When the glue is set, glue the opposite ends of both strips together, white sides together again.
5. Glue the folded centers together with a dot of glue.
6. Take the glued ends and curl them in towards each other to create the heart shape. Glue the ends together and hold in place until the glue sets.
7. Repeat with the rest of the strips until you have six hearts.
8. Glue the hearts together in a circle to create a wreath!

To make the smallest wreath, repeat the steps above with 6 strips of 6″ paper and 6 strips of 8″ paper.

To make the largest wreath, in addition to the 8″ and 10″ pieces, you will also need 6 6″ strips and 6 12″ strips. Follow the directions above, but have all four the strips glued together in size order.

What shall we do with our wreaths? We are thinking of hanging them up with string, although they look super cute standing up and stacked!

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Tags DIY, hearts, paper, scrapbook paper, Valentine's Day, wreaths

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Valentine’s Day Cupcake Ideas

Post author By vickybarone
Post date February 8, 2016
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Happy Monday, friends! Still stumped as to what to make for Valentine’s Day? Today we’re sharing three sweet cupcake ideas that are perfect for the 14th.

Heart-Shaped Cupcakes

First up: heart-shaped cupcakes! Well, kinda-heart-shaped cupcakes. We have seen the Pinterest hack to make heart-shaped cupcakes by adding glass marbles to a cupcake tin and thought we’d try it out! Instead of marbles, we rolled up tiny pieces of aluminum foil and placed them between the cupcake tin and the liners. They looked so promising! But, alas, it was too good to be true. They don’t have a pointy base, but they can still pass as hearts, right?

Candy Melt Conversation Cupcakes

Next up are these Candy Melt Conversation Cupcakes! All you need to create these cupcake toppers is a bag of red (or pink!) candy melts, a ziploc bag, scissors, a cookie sheet, and some waxed paper.

Line a cookie sheet with the waxed paper and melt the candy melts in a bowl according to the directions. Scoop the melted candy melts into a Ziploc bag and cut one of the corners off. Write any words you’d like onto the waxed paper (make sure they are in cursive and all the letters are connected!) and place the cookie sheet into the refrigerator to set. Carefully peel the words off of the waxed paper and stick them right into the cupcake icing!

Custom Cupcake Toppers by Places for Faces

Last but not least, our favorite way to decorate cupcakes: Places for Faces!

Use Places for Faces to create custom dessert toppers with your face on them! They are perfect for Valentine cupcakes, birthday parties, and any event that could use a little personality. Places for Faces also offers printable valentines for your little ones!

What’s your favorite way to decorate a Valentine cupcake? We’d love to hear your ideas!

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Decorate a Valentine Box with Places for Faces!

Post author By vickybarone
Post date February 3, 2016

My boys are making Valentine boxes for school and we are so pleased to have Places for Faces help out with the decorating! What better way to personalize your valentine mailboxes than with pictures of your own sweet little face? In addition to dessert toppers, tags, and valentine labels, Places for Faces now offers a template that is perfect for decorating a valentine box, complete with speech bubbles!

Try Places for Faces today! Your little valentines will love it 🙂

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DIY Cupid’s Arrows

We just adore all of the sweet DIY arrows people have been sharing on Pinterest for Valentine’s Day…so we decided to make our own! We went with a purple theme (thanks to a bag of beautiful feathers from Joann’s) and used some matching felt and wooden dowels to create the finished product. Here’s how you can make your own…

Supplies: 12″ wooden dowels, colorful feathers, felt, scissors, and hot glue.

Directions:
1. For each arrow, you will cut three pieces of felt. Two matching hearts, and one thin strip (about 2″ long).
2. Use hot glue to attach three or four feathers to one end of a wooden dowel.
3. Wrap the thin strip of felt around the base of the feathers and attach using hot glue.
4. Glue the two felt hearts together, with the end of the dowel between them.

Give these cupid arrows as valentines, or place them in a glass bowl or vase and display them in your home as decoration!

What are you making for Valentine’s Day?

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Printable Valentines by Places for Faces

Post author By vickybarone
Post date February 2, 2016

Are you excited for Valentine’s Day?! We are busy prepping the boys’ valentines to take to school with them next week and we are loving how they turned out! Places for Faces now offers Valentine treat bag printables that are perfect for wrapping up candy hearts, stickers, chocolates, and so much more! Here is how we used Places for Faces to customize our valentines…

Supplies:
– A “Valentine Treat Bag Label” printed template from Places for Faces (you can find LOTS of Valentine’s Day-inspired stickers and templates to choose from on Places for Faces!).
– Scissors
– A stapler
– Cellophane treat bags
– Treats to fill the bags!

Directions:
1. Use Places for Faces to create your template and print it as many times as you’d like!
2. Use scissors or a paper cutter to cut out the valentines on the dotted lines.
3. Cut out as many valentines as you need!
4. Fill the cellophane treat bags.
5. Fold the cut-out labels in half.
6. Place the folded label over the top of the treat bag and use a stapler to attach the label to the bag. This will also help seal the bag.
7. Have your little ones sign their names on the back!
8. Hand out your valentines!

We hope you love these printable valentines from Places for Faces as much as we do! Check out Places for Faces on Instagram for lots of fun Valentine’s Day ideas!

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DIY Valentine’s Day Frame

Post author By vickybarone
Post date February 2, 2016

On our hunt for Valentine’s Day supplies, we came across this adorable heart frame and just could not part with it. At only $1, can you blame us? We added some wood tint and cute little felt buntings to make a sweet Valentine’s Day frame. Here’s how you can make your own…

Supplies: wood frame, gray wood tint, a paint brush, twine, felt, scissors, and hot glue.

Directions:
1. Apply wood tint with a paint brush according to directions.
2. While the wood tint is drying, cut triangles out of felt.
3. Attach the triangles to twine with hot glue to create two buntings.
4. Attach the buntings to the frame with hot glue.
5. Add a photo!

This frame would make a wonderful Valentine’s Day gift or just a cute addition to your home or office.

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DIY Candy Heart Tree

Post author By vickybarone
Post date February 1, 2016

Hello, February! We love this month and all the sweet things that come with it. Today we’re sharing a piece of DIY decor to make your house ready for Valentine’s Day! Here’s how to make your own candy heart tree…

Supplies: a white styrofoam cone, candy conversation hearts, hot glue.

Directions: Starting from the bottom, attach candy hearts to the base of the cone using hot glue. Work your way up the cone until you reach the top. Stagger the hearts as you work on each row to cover as much of the cone as you can.

Optional: Spray the entire cone with acrylic sealer when finished.

You can display the candy heart tree on a candlestick, a cake plate, or just on the counter.

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Valentine’s Day Card Instagram Giveaway!

Post author By vickybarone
Post date January 28, 2016

We are hosting a Valentine’s Day Instagram giveaway! One lucky winner will receive a pack of 27 Valentine’s Day greeting cards designed by Vicky Barone. Find us on Instagram to learn more and enter to win!

Here are some of the cards included in the giveaway pack: