Hanging Heart Ornament

I know it's been a very long time but since I started my new job back in October I haven't had much time for crafting. I vowed to make an effort this year though and so far I've done more crafting in these first few months than I think I have throughout the whole of last year!

I'm not going to be posting that often but I hope to post more than I have been, mainly when I'm really pleased with particular projects, not just about every single card I've made, I think that probably gets tiresome for some of my readers. I know I don't have that many, but I'd like to keep those that I've got.

So today I want to bring you my favourite project so far this year, I'm already starting to explore a lot of crafts outside working with paper, including learning to crochet (I can only make flowers and little hearts at the moment) and creating items for around my home.

This hanging heart ornament was a simple project to make but it was also a lot of fun and it's totes adorable, wouldn't you agree?

I used very simple and easy steps to make this decoration, and I've laid them out below in pictures for you if you'd like to give it a go yourself.

Basically, my sister gave me a wooden heart she'd picked up in Hobbycraft and said I could do what I wanted with it.

I wasn't sure what I wanted to do at first so I started to browse Pinterest and came across this star and that's when I knew what I wanted to do with it.

I picked up some assorted buttons and paper flowers next time I was in Hobbycraft because I didn't actually have a button stash yet (I have a whole jar full of them now...) and I raided the family craft stash for some organza ribbon (gathering the "ingredients" should always be step one).

I started the actual project by painting the whole heart in one pale base colour of minty green (this was step two), so that any gaps left by the buttons wouldn't look out of place and then I started gluing. PVA is perfect for buttons on wood, just dab a bit onto the back of the button and stick it in place, it'll hold fine so you won't need a fancy glue gun or anything like that to make these. I kept sticking buttons on until the whole heart was covered (step three), varying the sizes and colours and gluing some over others to add a bit more dimension.

Then, to add my personal flare and finish it off, I got some paper blooms wet and scrunched them up, left them to dry and then carefully unfolded them so they had a nice, worn texture. I layered them up with PVA glue and added a pearl to the centre of each before gluing them to the heart. I created a loop with the ribbon by folding it in half, threading it through the metal hoop and tying the ends around the loop at the base, then tying the ends into a bow to make it all pretty.

List Of Products:
Assorted Buttons: £1.00 per bag - Hobbycraft

Dovecraft Paper Blooms pack of 30: £1.50 per bag - Hobbycraft

Wooden Heart: £5.00 for 3 - Hobbycraft

Acrylic Paint

PVA Glue

Organza Ribbon