Guest Post- Make Paper Hearts Garland (Tutorial)

Once you have your shape figured out (I’m going with hearts), cut out 4 paper hearts in varying sizes. I have a stencil that makes this easy, but you can certainly freehand them, or you can find something in Google images.

Stack the hearts up:

Sew the hearts straight down the middle:

OR

 if you don’t sew or have a sewing machine, simply grab a stapler and click a few down the center:

Then, you take each of the shapes in turn and give them a little fold upwards. This gives the hearts a nice, 3-D fluttery effect.

(You can make as many layers as you want, as long as each is a different size. If you’re using plain white paper you can pretty them up a bit with stickers or whatever else would work.)

Once you’ve got them all made, take a needle and a piece of string long enough to suit your needs – simply stick the needle under the stitches or through the staple loop on the back.

String them all up and hang your sweet little garland wherever you need a little brightening. We have a dark hutchy-shelf thing in the kitchen (can you tell I don’t write an interior design blog? haha) that does well with a little bit of color in front of it, so I thumbtacked it up there. It looks simple and sweet, and not overbearing and obnoxiously Valentiney:

And I need you to have a better view of those polka dot flowers, just because:

Red and white polka dots are my favorite, followed closely by yellow and white. I’m afraid I made an unattractive grunt-of-excitement noise when I saw these for $1.00 in Michael’s last week.

So that’s that! I’d love if you’d stop by for a visit sometime. I don’t bite, I try not to whine, and I have a really cute dog. Thank you so much for having me, Hani!

Thanks Bethany for a decent and cute garland idea for Valentine’s Day.