Love, Kisses & Valentine Wishes

January 28, 2014 | by Jocie (email) |

I have never gotten too much into decorating for Valentine’s Day, largely because my girls’ birthdays are on January 24th and February 11th. I’m usually so wrapped up in party planning and birthday decorating, Valentine’s Day is a bit much. But last year, Ethan and I cut some pallets and made some cheap art for the occasion. 

Check out our Pallets 101 video tutorial on how to cut pallets and assemble art.

When planning out my pallets, I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do, so I took to Pinterest, looking at cool subway-style art, printable, and other Valentine’s Day decor. I ended up with two different Valentine’s printables from Lovely Little Snippets and Eye Candy Event Details.

As usual, I used excess paint from previous house projects. One pallet I painted off-white, the color from our kitchen. And the other pallet I painted pale blue, the color from of living room.

I then grabbed my no. 2 pencil, my acrylics, and a paint brush and watched some Fringe (our current addiction on Amazon Prime) while I started to work. As usual, I free-handed the design by looking at the inspirational picture, using a pencil first. I am sure you could easily use a Silhouette Cameo or a printer and transfer paper if you aren’t a big fan of free-hand. I’m just too lazy and think its quickest to free-hand it.

After that, I painted the words on both the pallets and let them dry. The next day, I lightly sanded them with coarse sand paper. Sometimes I over-sand, so I had to go back and touch up some spots with the acrylic paint.

I love that pallet art is so quick, cheap, and EASY! yay for another pallet victory.

I added a little paper and wire banner because it looked like there was too much white space. Turned out super cute, I think.

Paper Heart Bunting

Every month, me and the girls go to our local Senior Center to bring a little cheer and creativity. Last week, we made handprint trees with scrapbook hearts. It was super cute and both the kids and seniors had a great time.

But afterwards, I was left with lots of lots of scrapbook hearts which I used to make bunting, along with baker’s twine. How cute is this picture of the girls? My dad from Chris Paulis Photography took it over the holiday and it is my new fave!

Candy Corn and Tulips

In case you missed it last week, here were my crafts for the monthly craft night with Naptime Decorator!

Dollar Store Hearts & Magnets

How cute are these glittery hearts and magnets from the Dollar Store??

$5 Centerpiece

Did you see this on Instagram? I got the container from the Target Dollar Spot and the tupils were left over from my wreath craft.

What do you think? What should I do for my next pallet? Any pallet tips we should include in out tutorial in the coming weeks?

As always, thanks for reading!

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