Valentine Craft Tutorial

 Last year, I made this super-easy and super-cute paper heart garland.

 Several people wondered how I made it, so I put together this short tutorial

 for you just in time to make for Valentine's Day.

First, pick out some pretty coordinating papers.

I used about 4-5 different papers and cut twelve 2 3/4" hearts out

of each on my Cricut machine.  If you use double sided paper, you

won't need quite so many. If you don't have a Cricut, you could

hand-cut or punch out your hearts.

My garland ended up holding 28 hearts, but you can make yours

as long or as short as you want.

I laid out the hearts on my floor, alternating patterns so that two of

the same were not right next to each other.  I also checked to make

sure that each side was a different pattern.

I applied three spots of adhesive to stick the two sides of each

heart together.  If you used double-sided paper, you can skip this step.



I sewed the hearts together, leaving about a foot of thread

on either end for hanging.  Make sure your sew line is towards

the top of the heart so that your garland is balanced and the hearts

don't flip over when you hang it up.

Enjoy!