Valentine’s day is just a few days away! I am crazy about making gifts for my loves and I had the wonderful idea to create valentines and gift tags out of plush felt hearts. It’s a super easy way to make someone feel special and to personalize something for some one you love.
First things first
Pick out the colors of felt you would like to use. You can go with the traditional pink and red, or go with your sweeties favorite color to make it your own.
Second
Double your felt over, outline your heart (free hand or from a template) and cut out your design. You can do a wide array of sizes from small for gift tags to large for a Valentine. Once you have cut out your felt, Cut out one card stock heart of the exact same size or a tad smaller.
Third
Embroider any little design you wish on the front piece of the heart, I chose to do some XOXOs.
Fourth
Line up your heart pieces with your design on the outside and stitch the outside edges of your heart, leaving a little space to stuff in your stuffing.
Fifth
Fill up your little heart all the way up. You can use just regular stuffing or to spice things up and use potpourri or any other sorts of smell goods.
Sixth
Stitch your little opening closed, take your card stock heart and write out your little note. It could just be a simple I love you, an inside joke, or even a poem. Get creative! After you have professed your love glue the card stock to the opposite side of your embroidery design, I used hot glue because it’s my BFF.
…and your done! If you want to use them as gift tags fasten a small loop of ribbon to the back of your card stock with glue before attaching it to your felt.
So I hope you give something pretty to your sweetheart this year, that you can say came directly from your heart. Happy crafting!
♥Aimee
Tags: crafts, DIY, gift ideas, gifts, handmade, valentine's day, valentines
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