Be Mine Valentine Mantel Ideas

I love decorating for Valentine’s Day! We finished our DIY electric fireplace and planked mantel a few months ago and I was so excited to decorate it for Valentine’s Day! I made DIY signs, hung festive tassel banners and 3-dimensional heart garlands, plus a little heart tree for a really ,adorable and easy Valentine’s Day mantel idea!

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Valentine’s Day DIY Signs

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Here’s a really easy way to make Valentine’s Day signs! I found clearance signs at Hobby Lobby for 80% off. I used white paint to paint over the designs and then added letters on top of the signs to spell “Be Mine”. You can write any message you want! Note — I’ve experimented with a few different adhesives to hold letters onto signs. This is what I have found. I tried hot glue and it doesn’t hold up well. I ended up using E6000 and ran a bead of it on the backside of the letters. Let the adhesive cure for 24 hours but it will hold the letters onto the signs.

Layer Tassel Garlands on Valentine Mantel

I love to collect different garlands when I see them go on sale. I use the different tassel garlands throughout the year for different holidays. For this mantel I layered three different tassel garlands together.

Hang Valentine Paper Garlands Vertically

This year I thought it would be fun to emphasize our tall ceilings by hangings some garlands down vertically! These are 6-sided heart garlands. You can create these by cutting out three hearts, sewing them in the middle and fanning the hearts out. But I found these online and the package came with 6 garlands for under $10. Such a good deal!

Add Fresh Flowers or Leaves to a Valentine Mantel

I always try to incorporate a natural element n my mantel. I put fresh eucalyptus eucalyptus leaves in my favorite pink vase. I love the way the pink looks with the red colors for Valentine’s Day!

Candles Add Warmth to a Valentine Mantel

Can you believe I found these pink candles at the dollar store? Such a great deal and I love the way they look with the soft pink vase. At night I can light the candles to bring a soft, romantic feeling into the room.

Add Hearts to a Little Tree

When I hung the heart garlands vertically I trimmed the garlands above the signs. I took the leftover hearts and hung them on a little faux evergreen tree. Placing the tree on the fireplace hearth or in front of the fireplace brings the eye down and continues the Valentine theme!

Add a Valentine Coffee Table Centerpiece

Another way you can bring Valentine cheer into your room is by making a coordinating centerpiece on your table or coffee table. I used a simple tray, added $1 heart filler also found at the dollar store and then put a faux plant inside of a little bucket with a heart!

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Have a Beautiful Day!

xoxo

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Valentine’s Day Mantel Ideas

I LOVE decorating our mantel for different seasons and holidays. It really brings the feeling of the holiday into our home. If you don’t have a mantel, maybe you love decorating a shelf or spot in your home? And Valentine’s Day has become one of my favorite holidays to decorate for over the past few years.

Valentine’s Day Mantel Ideas

It’s always fun for me to think of easy, inexpensive ways to decorate. This year I wanted to create a couple signs with a Valentines saying. I also love using past projects in new ways over the years. These signs are similar to one I created a JOY sign over the holidays using the same metal letters that I found at Hobby Lobby. I initially was going to use the letters to spell “LOVE” but I discovered that there is no V letter sold in this design. So I had to get creative and I decided to make two signs — one that says BE and one that says MINE.

Make DIY Valentine’s Day Be Mine Signs

There are a few different ways you can make these signs. You can go over to your hardware store and get a pine shelf cut into two sizes for the sign. A 8 foot tall length of pine board costs around $10. I I took some Hobby Lobby signs from the 75% clearance section and repurposed them. I painted over the designs that were printed on the signs to create a blank canvas.

Add Metal Letters to Signs

Once the paint was dry, I added metal letters. If you are wondering what type of glue works best I experimented with a few different types of glue. I initially used hot glue and I don’t recommend using hot glue to hold metal letters on a sign. I eventually ended up using E6000 which takes 24 hours to cure, but holds the letters on very securely!

Giant Typographical Sign

I love making giant signs. As I said above, you can buy an 8 foot length of pine shelving at your hardware store for about $10. I have a complete tutorial on how to make GIANT Typographical Signs which will tell you exactly how to make these. I made this sign about 4 years ago and I still use it every year. Also, you can paint something else on the other side of the sign and get double use out of the wood!

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Cut Out Paper Hearts

I wanted to add paper hearts that looked like they were coming out from behind the signs and floating up into the sky. This is super simple if you have a heart punch OR a craft-cutting machine like a Silhouette Cameo.

I actually made these hearts about 6 years ago as part of my specimen art craze. I think I made 6 different ways to display specimen art in the same frames. Heart Specimen Art

After using this project for a few years we moved and the hearts were damaged. I decided to salvage them and use them in this project!

Add Valentine’s Day Garlands

I LOVE making garlands! I always layer a few garlands together. This year I layered the huge pom poms that I used in my Joy to the World mantel from Christmas, I found the wool heart garland at Target and I added a pom pom banner too.

Make Heart Pillows

You can make some heart pillows to go with your mantel. The black and white pillows are some pillows I made a few years ago and had printed through Shutterfly. I have the free printables here — Free Printable Heart Images — if you want to have some pillows made. The other pillow with the stripes has a red heart on it. I got the red felt hearts at Hobby Lobby, then you can attach them to a pillow by either sewing it down, using fabric glue or iron-on fusable interfacing. Instant Pillow!! I added a bunch of red pillows to our couches to go along with the mantel and it looks so cute!!

Valentine’s Day Mantel Ideas

Do you decorate for Valentine’s Day?? I’ve found that adding bright reds and pinks helps add a little color to our cold winter days!

Tag me on Instagram @tatertotsandjello with YOUR ideas! I love sharing behind-the-scenes ideas and connecting with people there!

Have a Creative Day! 

xoxo

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