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Valentine’s Day Pallet Art and Doily Mantel (tutorial)!!

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Valentine’s Day is becoming  one of my favorite holidays.

It makes January and February a little less dull and blah. So when the girls at Adorn It Fabric sent me their Happy Hearts Fat Quarter stack, I was excited to make something for Valentine’s Day.

I have seen so many great pallet projects around lately. And I had recently found some very rough boards on the side of the road. I decided to try my hand at making some pallet art for Valentine’s Day.

This is what I did:

  • I started off by cutting the boards into 35 inch-wide sections.
  •  I had 4 boards and once I cut them in half I ended up with 8 boards.
  • I nailed a couple smaller boards on the back and then sanded it down a little to keep from getting too many splinters in my hands (I told you their were rough – LOL).

 

  • Then I painted the boards white. And printed off a little saying with my Silhouette. But if you don’t have a craft cutter, I think painted the words freehand and sanding them down would be pretty!

  • Then I took the Fat Quarters and made some hearts for a banner.
  • I sewed along the edges of the hearts and stuffed them with a little quilting stuffing.
  • I hot glued them onto some pretty Baker’s Twine and attached them to my board with a little hot glue, covered up with pretty upholstery tacks.

  • Next I made a little garland with Dollar Store heart doilies, .99 Valentine lights I picked up on clearance last year, some white cupcake liners and little rounds from the Adorn It fabric I cut out with my Big Shot Machine.

  • I glued the alternated between the heart doilies and the cupcake liners with a round piece of fabric inside. I glued them all to the lights. And Voila – a pretty little garland for my mantel.
  • The last thing I did was make a simple rag wreath with the left-over fabric. I tied strips onto a Dollar Store wreath. And then hung a little heart ornament inside.

Overall, a simple mantelscape, but one that coordinates and I love the twinkling lights. Makes me happy to see the bring colors in the middle of gloomy Winter weather!

 

So tell me — do YOU decorate for Valentine’s Day??

What have you made to celebrate??

{Leave links to your projects in the comments so we can all come over and see them}

Be sure to check out these festive DIY Sweetheart Plastic Cup Lights from Crafts by Amanda!

 

And guess what!! An AdornIt Fabric Giveaway is coming up on Monday!! Yay!!

 I’m linking up to Beth’s awesome party – be sure to check it out!!

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xoxo

 

PS — It’s Friday – my favorite day of the week!!

The Weekend Wrap Up Party is coming up tonight. 6 PM MST. I am excited to see YOUR ideas!!

 

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Comments

  9. gail says

    awww, it’s sooo cute! NO, I don’t decorate for vt’s day. Being single, it’s not my favorite day of the year. hmph!
    can I ask, what is the overall size? 35 inch boards cut in half? or 35 after you cut them in half.
    Love it Jen!!!
    gail

    • Jen says

      Hi Gail!!

      The size is about 35 inches wide by 45 inches tall. It ended up being a little bit bigger than I had imagined LOL!

      xoxoxo

  11. Laura Haniszewski says

    I lOve your pallet art Jen!! it is soo cute 🙂 I really like the way you turned the lights on your mantel into such a pretty garland, it’s easy and adorable and I can never get enough of that extra little sparkle! Thanks for sharing!! 😀 hehe I’m excited to show all of you a similar project over on my blog “life at lower mountain” too. Check out my pallet art at:

    http://lifeatlowermountain.blogspot.com/2012/01/pallet-style-subway-art-tutorial.html

    Thanks again, enjoy your weekend!!!

    love from
    Laura at

  12. Laura Haniszewski says

    I lOve your pallet art Jen!! it is soo cute 🙂 I really like the way you turned the lights on your mantel into such a pretty garland, it’s easy and adorable and I can never get enough of that extra little sparkle! Thanks for sharing!! 😀 hehe I’m excited to show all of you a similar project over on my blog “life at lower mountain” too. Check out my pallet art at:

    http://lifeatlowermountain.blogspot.com/2012/01/pallet-style-subway-art-tutorial.html

    Thanks again, enjoy your weekend!!!

    love from
    Laura at
    http://www.lifeatlowermountain.blogspot.com

  13. Kristen says

    Beautiful! I need to make that sign and do a garland like that cuz I love it! I decorated my entryway table this year and It is so cute! My family blog is private but maybe I’ll have to email you a picture cuz it is so cute! Thank you for sharing your creativity! It is contagious. :)))

  14. Lauren@Warm&Fuzzy says

    this is adorable! I love it! I have some muffin cups left over from Christmas that are red and white I am going to break out my Christmas lights and see what I can come up with!! Thanks for the idea!!

  25. Kelli says

    I have fallen in love with Valentine’s lately too! And your SUPER cute pallet art makes me love it even more:) Those cute puffy hearts are adorable! I haven’t really been decorating a whole lot for V-day but I have been making party favors and yummy treats! Play-Doh Valentines: http://the-wilson-world.blogspot.com/2012/01/play-doh-valentines-with-printable.html and Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Waffles: http://the-wilson-world.blogspot.com/2012/01/chocolate-covered-strawberry-waffles.html

  34. Amy @ All In A Day says

    Love, love, love the pallet art!! I don’t really decorate that much for Valentine’s Day (not really sure why…hmmm…), but that pallet is just to die for! I could definitely see that on my mantel! Great job and thanks for sharing! xoxo

  36. Maureen says

    Jen,

    The little rag wreath – did you use an embroidery hoop and how long did you cut the strips? Love the look and who knew that cupcake liners could be so useful.

    Maureen

    • Jen says

      Hi Maureen!

      I used a 9 inch wreath form and cut the lengths into 9″ lengths. I used a woven wreath form from The Dollar Store.

      xox

  37. Carin says

    What a fantastic project! Will pin this (and hope I remember next year lol). I don’t usually decorate for Valentine’s day, but am going to start making annual mixed media paintings for V day. Must get cracking on that this weekend.

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