Love Is In The Air
Which often leads to lots of fiddling,
moving things around
and a little
“Which looks better?”
#1 or #2
{Sorta like at the eye doctor}
though I wasn’t sure how?
Solution, Use it sideways.I placed it in an 8×10 shabby white frame I had on hand and filled the empty space by adding a long strip of scrapbook paper and a felt heart I cut out.—DONE—
Why is it so extra cute when it’s free?
Next, I got started on making some felt flowers.
These are so easy!
I will tell you just how easy they are…
I made some.
I whipped one up in two seconds and it was perfect.
{Well, perfect to me anyhow}
I guess my standards may be a bit low 😉
You know, I like it fast, cheap & easy.
Or
I won’t craft it.
Here is my step-by-step visual tutorial
You will need; felt, scissors and a glue gun.
1. Fold any size felt in half, then half again.
The larger the square, the larger the flower.
2. Cut along edges to round off.
3. Start cutting into the felt as shown above.
4. Circle around as you cut.
(you can cut with a little wave or straight, play around)
5. Start at the tip, or beginning and roll.
6. Keep rolling until you reach the end.
7. Flip over.
8. Place glue in a circular motion onto the back surface of the flower and attach felt back.
8a. Use a spare piece of felt to cut into small circles to attach to the flower backs.
Note – I found as I made more, that if I made my last cut into the main felt piece into an apostrophe shape, it fit right into place on the back when I was done. Then, I was only using a single piece.
I am not a master tutorialist.
(is that a word?)
So… I hope this was easy to follow!
I was grinning from ear-to-ear making these.
They are just too sweet!
Simply adding some scrapbook paper as a back round and layering on some family photos made a picture frame turn into holiday art with a personal meaning.
I wanted our Valentine mantle to reflect love & family.
Next thing you know, everything started falling into place.
I hung up the frames, added some flowers, fluffed a bit and it came together.
Some Garland Warmed Up The Iron Gate In Our Fireplace. It Was Looking A Bit Bare!
Twinkle lights are always a must!
I had some pink ones and they added just the right sparkle.
I love me some SPARKLE.
Hope you enjoyed looking around.
I sure enjoyed sharing!!
PS – Now, I know I am not the first person to make felt flowers.
I have been seeing them here & there, but mostly ignored them
thinking they would be far to difficult to make!
So, just to be clear… I know I didn’t invent these,
nor am I trying to take credit for them.
Just passing them on =)
Appearance in full on any site other then Fox Hollow Cottage is theft!
I love love love your mantle! visiting from Overflowing with Creativity linky party.
Love it! A new kind of flower for me to obsessively make!
Fabulous Valentine’s decor. The mantel is gorgeous – those felt flowers add the perfect touch!
Jenn 🙂
Okay. I wasn’t going to do any V-day decorating, but now I MUST! Your mantel is just the sweetest. I love the pink and red combo – the inspiration for my upcoming decorating.
Absolutely splendiferously gorgeous! 🙂
This is just darling! It got me wanting to decorate for love day now!
Shannon, Your mantel is gorgeous and you were seriously cracking me up with the disclaimer for the tutorial! You have the prettiest holiday decor around!
Great ideas, it looks really nice.
This looks amazing!!
I invite you to link up this (or any other Valentine’s Day themed posts) at the Find Some Love Fest on February 1st! 5 blogs, 1 link up!
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I love what you did with your mantel. The window made the perfect backdrop. And I love those felt flowers. Great job.
Holly
Lovin’ it, Lilo! ( I always wonder if we confuse people when we call each other by our affectionate nicknames HEHEHEHEHE) Can’t say I ever really get into decorating for Valentine’s Day, but you may have just gotten me in the mood. 😀 So beautiful! And so, so YOU! 😀
WHY are you so darn creative? Your mantel looks fabulous…actually it’s beyond fabulous. I love it!
I’m grinning ear to ear reading, kind of how you were when you were creating. What, you didn’t invent those?LOL…love your tutorial! Shannon, I love your personality and your beautiful decorating style! Wonderful photos! Have a great evening!
Debbie
Well they are adorable and you gave a wonderful tut! Love your mantel, it is so pretty.
love it all! looks great.