Valentine's tree

It's been awhile since I've posted one of my own projects on the ol' blog. There are many reasons for this: my little one starting walking at 8 1/2 months! I was not prepared for this and I spend a lot of time chasing after him. I also found putting away all the Christmas stuff to be a bear of a job. Can I hear an AMEN out there! Then there is just get back to regular life after winter break with dentist and doctor appt.'s etc. Anyway, without further ado.....

Here is my Valentine's tree!

I'm going to show you how I put it together.

I made some tags for the first time and I LOVED it!! You will be seeing more tags on this blog!

I used distress ink, ribbon, buttons and scrapbook stickers.

I found these wood hearts 4 for $1.00 at JoAnne's.

I covered them with scrapbook paper. I also hot glued on some twine loops for hanging.

If you'd like more instruction on making them click here.

I bought this at an after Christmas sale and covered it the same way.

I rested it in the pot. The mercury glass bird was after Christmas clearance at Target, less than $1.50 woo hoo!

I taped this old ribbon I had from last year onto some red candles and also taped the curled ribbon onto the fabric. This way I can easily remove it when Valentine's day is over.

So there you go! Oh, I forgot to tell you about the tree.

It's a large branch from my yard that I spray painted white. It is sitting in some floral foam which is covered with Spanish moss.

All the elements took a little while with my little one toddling round. But all are simple and fun to do.

Isn't this tree going to be fun to decorate at Easter!!

You have read this article with the title Valentine's tree. You can bookmark this page URL http://about-obama.blogspot.com/2010/01/valentine-tree.html. Thanks!

Write by: AN - Friday, January 22, 2010