Heart Strings

I finally successfully made something I found on Pinterest. There was a pin there for a heart strung banner that looked hard to screw up. I still tweaked it a little.

It caught my eye because it involved using my favorite stolen free materials-paint chip samples. I remember when I first realized that you can just go to the store and grab a pile of these instead of paying for expensive paper. I thought I had discovered a huge secret but apparently other people had thought of this already. I'm ashamed to say I involved my children in getting so many. There is more than you see in this picture. I did pay for the heart paper punch though-with a 50% off coupon of course. What I really wanted was a big star punch but I couldn't find one.

Anyway, the project I saw used a needle and thread to poke through the heart. I decided I didn't like that as much as the idea of gluing 2 hearts together with the string inside them.

This is where my new found love of glue dots came in. I can't believe I never used these before. Basically I just tied a knot on one end of my embroidery thread and then spaced out the hearts and glued them in place. I have a lot of this thread laying around. I would go for using a colored one next time.

It took me only about 20 minutes to finish it. Those glue dots are like super glue but I'm glad I used them. If I just used regular glue, I would have had to wait for them to dry and they might have moved around. They are addictive to make but I don't really have a spot to put it. Graces room is the obvious choice but her walls are full. I've hung it on the staircase for now. I'm still on the look out for a star stamp too.