A Simple and Sweet Valentines Day Garland
I'm sharing a video tutorial for making a simple and sweet air dry clay heart garland for Valentines Day, as well as ideas for styling these pretty garlands in your home.
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Friend, if you haven't tried crafting with air dry clay yet, you need to hop to it...pronto!
Air dry clay is an inexpensive and fast way to create beautiful home decor!
I loved crafting with this medium over the holidays, and made air dry clay Christmas ornaments, a really sweet air dry clay gingerbread sign, the sweetest air dry clay Santa face beaded garland and I even figured out how to use air dry clay to create a snowman planter!
Clay is one of the easiest mediums to create with! If you can make cookies,
you can make these simple cut outs!
Keep reading to watch a video of me making a simple garland using tiny air dry
clay hearts. Oh, and next week I'll be sharing a Valentines wreath made with
air dry clay!
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I love that this clay dries in just 24 hours and then it's ready to decorate
with, or you can choose to paint it like I did with this
DIY clay gingerbread man.
How to Make an Easy Air Dry Clay Heart Garland
Watch this video and then come back for the links and more ideas for
decorating with a clay heart garland!
How to Style a Garland Around your Home
So most of the time, garland is strung across a mantel and we've all seen it
done that way, and done that ourselves.
Today I'm jumping out of the box a little bit and showing you some alternative
ways to decorate with garland in your home!
1. Hang garland vertically
I love how my shorter garland looks suspended from the middle of the wreath in
my dining room!
It's so subtle! I am not a big fan of the commercial Valentines Day
decorations, so this neutral nod to the holiday is more my style!
The mini clay hearts were simply tied to a length of
cotton kitchen twine
and hung from a nail for a sweet touch. I love how they cascade down.
Keep in mind that the contrast I've achieved here is because the white hearts
are hung on a chalkboard background and surrounded by a dark green wreath! If
you try this at home, remember to use contrast for the best effect!
Your heart garland will really show up against a darker surface!
2. Lay garland on a table
Another idea for displaying garland in your home is to lay it on a table. I
tied the hearts to a length of gorgeous
pink satin ribbon
and tucked it in amongst the pink and gold decor on my dining table.
This way of decorating with the DIY heart garland is so simple but so
beautiful!
Click here to read more about my blush pink dining room decor
as well as how I
styled my fake cakes with flowers.
3. Hang garland from an existing wreath
The garland that I made in the video was strung around the
eucalyptus heart shaped wreath
I made last year for our sunroom. Just another simple way to decorate. If you
don't have a heart shaped wreath, no problem! Hang the garland from any
wreath, just keep in mind you want a darker wreath to really allow the light
colored garland to shine!
This cozy reading nook in our sunroom was decorated after all the Christmas
decor was packed away and I was left with a blank slate. I was just ready for
a change and the gallery wall was taken down. I love changing furniture around
too. The sunroom has had many looks over the years and different furniture
placement. Click here to see the many looks the sunroom has had in the 4 years we've lived in this home.
Supplies for a heart garland
- air dry clay
- rolling pin
- toothpick to poke hanging holes
- kitchen twine
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Do you craft with air dry clay? I hope you're inspired to make this easy heart
garland for your home!
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bringing beauty to the ordinary,
So simple yet so beautiful. My granddaughter used the clay that you bake to make her little figures but I had no idea there was air dried clay. I will have to pass this video along to her. Your table looks like something you would see in a high end display window.
ReplyDeleteDenise TX
Thank you! I love this quick drying clay. You are so kind! Have a great day :)
ReplyDeleteLove this! So simple and lovely!
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas for displaying the hearts also.
Thanks so much!
Thanks so much Roxy!
DeleteCindy, I ordered all the products and made some hearts but when I try to pull them from the cookie sheet they kind of get bent. Any suggestion as to how to keep that from happening?
ReplyDeleteThanks
Denise TX
It's actually better to roll them out on parchment or waxed paper Denise! Then they won't stick!
DeleteForgot to say, you'll want to tape the parchment to the table!! 😄
ReplyDeleteOkay, thank you! I will do that. Of course with this first batch of hearts they should be quite interesting. ��
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome. You can call the first batch rustic!! 😁😉
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