Following on from yesterday and my Primark heart “bargain” this is what I have come up with, for my first idea ……. which could be used either as a tree decoration or a fancy gift tag……..
….. and believe me, there wasn’t a lot to it!
I used two strips from a pack of self adhesive, black flat backed gems from Poundland. I’ve never used them before and was a bit apprehensive, but because they were on a strip, they were so easy to manipulate round each side of the heart, so no blobs of glue and individual stuck on gems, and the most magical thing was each strip consisted of 14 gems which were a perfect fit, no trimming, no nothing!
The plastic snowflakes came from Butlers last year from one of my stays with Marc. I just snipped the small eyelet off and then glue gunned the snowflake onto the heart, adding a black flat back gem in the centre. Like I said, so simple! The finishing touch was a length of black and white gingham to hang or tie it.
I plan to make up the other two hearts from the cluster in exactly the same way. However, what I didn’t confess the other day was that I actually bought four sets of the hearts …. so I now need to think of three more ideas!!!!
This would make a perfect fancy tag on a wedding or anniversary gift. Love it!
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ReplyDeleteI am playing catch up so want to say that the Nordic card on Monday is beautiful, I love how you have added just the right amount to it.
I would love you to take this heart back into Primark and show it to the assistants that were talking about them! I wonder what they would say? Love what you have done with it and how lucky were you with the black gems fitting perfectly! Looking forward to seeing more : ) Some of these might fall into my basket on my next visit to Primark and Poundland, if there are any left! Take care.
i love these so much just catching up big love marc
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