Valentine Decor on the cheap: Part II + tutorial

Okay,

installment numero dos of my V-day decor.

If you missed Part I, it's HERE

and if you'd like to know how I made the wreath from that post you can find a tutorial on that craziness HERE

On to my mantel...
(again, sorry for the dark pics, but you folks know I don't get anything done until all the kiddos are asleep)

yes...I know I use these letters for everything but I love them.

big time.

I already had the 'O' from 'BOO' (halloween mantel) so all I needed was the 'X'. (thanks, hob lob)

this fab print is a free printable over at Becky's blog.

thanks Becky! And there's a tutorial for how I made that cute little fleece rosette in THIS POST.

and this is a lil something I whipped up myself-

(tutorial at the end of this post)

couldn't decide if I liked it on the mantel or the piano...

and...just a reminder that these pics are cropped so that you don't see this...

if you missed my post about "real life, real messes" and the linky party at Decor Chick, you can check them out HERE and HERE

someone actually thought I ran a daycare after seeing my real life pics of this room. I love it!

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now- here's how I made the LOVE sign-

I used some spray paint,

red glitter,

4 chipboard letters from the hob lob (.99 a piece)

a thin canvas (12 x 14 I think?)

and black electrical tape (since that's all I could find)

first, I positioned my letters in the center of the canvas, turning the 'O' slightly to the right, ya know...

because that's the cool way to do it

and since I took the time to get out the tape measure and deal with numbers, I didn't want those letters blowing all over the place when I hit em with the paint, so I put a lil piece of tape on the back of each one and stuck em on down...

see?

no falling off.

next, I traced the inside of the 'O' with a pencil since I had plans for that middle part that didn't include spray paint

and used more tape to cover up the hole

outside time!

since I didn't put paper down underneath my project, I just made sure it was on lots of pine straw so I could pick it up and the hubs wouldn't yell about having a blue yard.

I sprayed away, making sure not to cover the entire thing, BUT hitting the outsides of the letters real good. or, real well.

gooder?

whatever.

see how there's still a bit of white-ish around the edges of the canvas?

love that look.

next, I took a paint brush and filled in the circle of the 'O' with glue, then doused in glitter.

Boom.

pretty, cheap art that won't necessarily have to be put away after V-day is over.

next up...

the dining room hutch.

because I threw around some red + pink in there too...

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