I don’t have a clue what to call this ….. when I had the idea I was thinking about the lucky horse shoes you give to a bride outside the church/registry office …. but heart shaped! If that makes any sense at all?????
I saw this string of vintage decorative hearts in Home Bargains for £2.99 and knew immediately what I wanted to do with them, and as there were four hearts altogether, it was a no brainer, as you just can’t even buy one wooden heart of such quality from craft establishments for that price!
I decided to use one of the small hearts, which measured approximately 5.5ins x 5ins for this project and then raided my cupboards for a whole variety of embellishments including paper flowers, cabochons that I had been sent from WholePort, fabric and crocheted flowers, plus flat backed gems and flowers and pearls …. you name it, I used it as my desk proves!
Like my jewelled mirrors I built up the design, adding gems to the fabric flowers and filling all the gaps with small pearl beads.
I think it is all the fiddle fart, very sticky building up and filling gaps are what makes all the difference when looking at the finished heart. I used a narrow cream ribbon to hold it by, threading it through the existing hole at the top, with the bottom hole being easily covered up by all the embellishments. 
I now really want to make a couple of horseshoes for summer weddings, which I think could go down a storm at work. Marc gave me one when I last went to see him ….. now if only I could find it amongst all my bits and pieces …. I can see it in my minds eye, I just cannot remember where I squirrelled it safely away, DOH!!
Absolutely wonderful! What a treasure it will be!
ReplyDeleteThey're stunning, another very clever idea that I'm sure any bride would love to receive
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful idea. The Range sells small hearts like that.
ReplyDeletea stunning heart and they would go down a storm anywhere!
ReplyDeletethe horseshoe will look wonderful
Tilly
How pretty - perfect for a summer wedding.
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This is gorgeous! Very eye catching, I would have loved one of these on my wedding day.
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i did give you a wooden one but dont forget you can make your own out of thick cardboard you can do any letters you want as well as hearts, doves, birdcages cover with a couple of layers of loo roll/ kitchen paper makes it super strong and gives a good background to paint on ect makes it look finnished on the edges ect you can also pad out with news paper and then cover with loo rool to give a thicker padded look they can be made to stand up ect these are cheap ways to dec any party big love marc ( for a demo on useing loo roll paper machie take a look on you tube under art attack a kids programe but they use it a lot on the show you can adapt it to your need its used in display shows ect a lot )
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