I am excited to share with you today my Valentine’s Day mantel. Last year I made a bunch of things to go on it and bought a bunch of decorations…..and then I didn’t put it up until the day AFTER Valentine’s Day. Whoops. Why bother putting it up at all, you may wonder? I figured out that I may as well put it up and take pictures since I had already prepped it all and I could save the photos for this year to ensure that I would actually put them up and not let another year pass without sharing them. And so here I am, sharing them. Over the next couple of weeks I will share how I created the frames, the KISS, and the heart garlands with you, but as for tonight let’s just look at the big picture. A romantic overview, if you will. 😉
I created the front of the mantel using a variety of pretty, floofy things. I made two heart garlands, which I will be sharing a tutorial for next week, using glitter ribbon and foam hearts. I also used white maribou boas, hot pink sparkly yarn, and miniature pale pink pom poms, all attached with scotch tape.
Near the center of my holiday mantel were these fabric and yarn wrapped letters. You can find the tutorial for these Simple & Sweet Wrapped Letters on 5 Minutes for Mom as a guest post.
Lastly, I collected festive pics of my kids and romantic pics of the hubs and I, along with a cute printable from The Diary of Dave’s Wife. I gathered up some romantic frames and several junky ones as well. Then I spray painted a few old ones and jazzed them up. Check out the tutorial for the exact details on how I created my Sweet & Sparkly Valentine’s Day Frames.
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