{"id":8978,"date":"2013-02-06T00:01:26","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T05:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=8978"},"modified":"2013-02-05T16:48:04","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T21:48:04","slug":"at-home-with-gch-happy-hearts-day-garland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2013\/02\/06\/at-home-with-gch-happy-hearts-day-garland\/","title":{"rendered":"At Home with GCH: Happy Hearts Day Garland"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Raise your hand, please, if you like to decorate for (as we call it around here) Happy Hearts Day<\/strong>!\u00a0 Uh-huh…I thought so!\u00a0 Today I have a cute decoration for you to craft!\u00a0 I have totally fallen in love with buntings<\/em> (aka garland or banners)!\u00a0 They can be made with almost any type of fabric or felt or scrapbook paper or wallpaper or ____!\u00a0 The list goes on & on!\u00a0 They can be made teeny-tiny and used as a cake topper; or really long and used for party decorations; or, my favorite, in a medium size and used to hang almost anywhere in your home.\u00a0 The next time you have 2-3 hours to fritter away, <I know, I know…who does?> run away to Pinterest<\/strong><\/span> and you can find oodles and oodles of options, examples, and ideas!<\/p>\n

Today, the bunting<\/em> I\u2019ve made is inexpensive, fairly quick, easily adaptable, and you can totally personalize it!\u00a0\u00a0 I needed 16 hearts to write out my chosen wording; if you don\u2019t need as many to “say” your phrase, adjust the quantity of paper. You choose your color scheme…then your coordinating papers…then ribbon to match and maybe some different colored markers. Check it out!<\/p>\n

Supplies and Tools<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

(4) sheets 12″x12″ solid color scrapbook cardstock\"IMG_0148\"<\/a>
\n(4) sheets 12″x12″ patterned scrapbook paper (coordinating colors)<\/p>\n

(1) piece of 8-1\/2×11 copy\/printer paper
\n4 yards 1\/4″ ribbon
\nprinter labels (I used 2″round; you could use 2×4″)
\ncolored permanent markers (brands like Sharpie or Bic Mark It)
\nhole punch
\nscissors
\ndecorative edge scissors (like this<\/a>)
\nadhesive tape runner (like this<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Instructions<\/span><\/strong>
\n1.\u00a0 Cut the piece of copy paper down into a 6″x6″ square.\u00a0 Fold in \u00bd (3″x6″) and then draw the outline of one side of a heart using most of the piece of paper.\u00a0 Cut out along your line.\u00a0 Unfold\u00a0 the paper; voila! a heart!\u00a0 This will be your template.
\n2.\u00a0 Cut all 8 sheets of scrapbook paper into 6″x6″ squares (cut in half, and then, in half again).<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Using the paper template and a pencil, trace onto each of the heavier-weight squares…16 in all.\u00a0 Cut out along traced line.\u00a0 Set aside.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 Now take the paper template, fold along the original crease mark, and cut off about \u00bd” all around.\u00a0 This will reduce the overall size of your template.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Then, using the slightly smaller template and a pencil, trace onto each of the remaining 16 pieces of lighter-weight scrapbook papers.\u00a0 Use the decorative edge scissors to cut out these hearts.<\/p>\n

Almost ready to assemble!<\/span><\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 For the labels… Choose what you would like to write on your bunting.\u00a0 As you can see, I am featuring the words of a section of 1st<\/sup> Corinthians 13.\u00a0 You could simply put \u2018I LOVE YOU!<\/span>\u2019\u00a0 You can either write on them by hand (with the permanent markers) OR employ the use of your favorite wordprocessing program.\u00a0 (That\u2019s what I did!\u00a0 You can achieve a very finished look with not much effort!\u00a0 And lots of fun!) Use the directions included with the printer labels.<\/p>\n

Almost done!<\/span><\/p>\n

7.\u00a0 Now to assemble: fiddle around with your cardstock hearts and paper hearts pairing them up to your satisfaction.<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0 Then, using the adhesive tape runner, slide 3 or 4 lines of \u2018tape\u2019 onto the back of the lighter-weight paper hearts and affix to the front of the heavier-weight hearts.\u00a0 Pretty, hmmm?\u00a0 Continue until all are put into pairs.<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0 Then attach the labels to the very front of your beautiful hearts.<\/p>\n

10.\u00a0 \u00a0Now take the hole punch, and punch a hole or two onto each \u2018shoulder\u2019 or bump of the hearts.<\/p>\n

11.\u00a0 Lay out the hearts in the proper order to complete your chosen phrase.\u00a0 Take one end of\u00a0 the ribbon, and using about 6″ tie off a loop.\u00a0 This is how you will hang your finished bunting.\u00a0 Beginning with your FINAL word or letter, hold the non-looped end of the ribbon, and thread the ribbon through the holes punched on each heart, keeping the ribbon along the backside of the heart.\u00a0 (Try it…as you manipulate the ribbon, you will see how easy this goes.)\u00a0 When you get all of your hearts threaded onto the ribbon, lay your bunting out on a flat surface and space out the hearts so there is just 1″, or so, of ribbon between each heart.\u00a0 Finally, tie off a loop at the end using about 6″ of ribbon.<\/p>\n

Done!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Now it is up to you to find the perfect spot to hang your HAPPY HEARTS DAY bunting…and enjoy!<\/p>\n

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God loves you!<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u2665\u00a0 (Don\u2019t ever forget that!)<\/p>\n

\u2665\u00a0 coleen<\/p>\n

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If you would like to send a personal message to Coleen concerning this series, you may email her at: Coleen@girlfriendscoffeehour.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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