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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Valentine Heart from coffee filters Tutorial

This Valentine Heart decoration is very easy to make but it will take a little time.
It makes a nice window display.

You will need these items.

poster board
knife or scissors
coffee filters (4 for each rose)
green frog tape
red food dye
a bowl to hold roses as they dry

1. Cut a heart out of poster board. I like to use a bowl to form the top portion and cut with an exacto knife or scissors.

2. Fold 2 filters in half, then in quarter, then in 1/8th

and Cut 2 different size petals out of four filters

3. Open

then fold in half now with scallops overlapping

4.Start to curl the small cuts in on an angle, from the center of the filter

keep curling

separating the filters, a little with your finger as you go, and keeping tight at the bottom center point.

5. Curl the larger cuts in around the small ones the same way.

curling 2 larger filter petal cuts around your two smaller filter petal cuts.

6. Secure with frog tape at center bottom

7. Push down on the petals a bit with your finger to bend and make more realistic

8. Mix a few drops of red food dye into a glass of water and paint a little on to each petal, separate and bend petals a little more

9. Let dry sitting up... I place them in slits cut in aluminum foil covered bowl

10. Bend your frog taped end a little, and glue with hot glue gun and press to poster board.

11. Rim the entire edge of the heart with the roses you painted with red food dye and water.

12. For the interior I simply pinched white filters and glued them down one by one

If you look closely you can see the interior is not formed roses,

It is just pinched filters for a wonderful effect.

And this is the end result.

If you just glue a ribbon on the back you can hang it on your door, or anywhere in your home.
Mine is currently decorating a window in the North End antique mall in Cape May NJ
I am going to have to get busy and make another for my front door!
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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Project #7 of 2012 A Big Valentine Heart for a Window display

A few years back I used to do window displays for an antique shop owner who was a friend of mine in Burlington city. And I also used to do the window displays at a fabric shop that I used to work at. I always enjoyed the creative outlet that dressing a window brings.
This year I've been given the opportunity to dress one of the windows at the North End Antique shop in Cape May NJ, which I have to say at first I didn't want the responsibility, but once I decided to go for it, I dove right in.

I made the huge Valentine heart myself with coffee filters.

I rimmed the edge with pink roses which I also made from filters and red food dye.

After forming roses out of about 4 filters, I painted the red food dye on just a little bit at a time so as not to entirely soak the paper. The above pic is in a dark room, true color is below taken in sunlight outside.

The interior of the heart is just pinched coffee filters, glued down.
It is a little labor intensive but so worth it in the end.

I really enjoyed decorating this window. Gotta have a few cupids in there.

And a pretty vintage beaded bag.......Now wouldn't that be nice if hubby bought that home for you?
That's why I hung it on the cowboy coffee pot ...;) wink, wink;)

I love vintage bags, and this one below is so cool.. it actually stands up on it's own,
so it was perfect to hold a small bouquet!

Below is a shot from the inside of the window before

And after I got done with it.

The pics are somewhat dark because the sun was setting. But isn't it pretty how it makes the white milk glass glow? My favorite part of this window display has to be the enamel ware.
I love it's farmhouse quality. I am searching for an old chippy beat up table that I can set up the bucket and coffee pot on.

I also love how the whole window glows at night from the outside!

I had lots of fun doing this, and whatever you are doing this week I hope you are loving it!

Lots of Love,

Eileen

Posting at the parties below

Vintage Inspiration Friday

Feathered Nest Friday

Inspiration Friday at the Picket Fence

Potpourri Friday #21 @ 2805
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

A Very Simple Valentine's Day

My hope for Valentine's Day was having the kitchen completed enough to be working. By that I mean countertops , sink, oven and dishwasher , all working. My wish came true. Instead of fighting the crowds outside for dinner I opted to cook a simple chicken pot pie. It was yummy. The recipe is here.
I didn't find the time to get to the basement and unravel my milk glass and ruby glass for setting the table, so I gave it a simple dressing of white lace, a single long stem red rose, and a few heart shaped cookie cutters.

To me, there is just something about white lace and a red rose that I adore.

My daughter made some delicious brownies for her sweetheart, and cut them into heart shapes with these. She got the cutters from Target. I love the 2 cupcakes with the smilie faces!
Her and her sweetheart.

The flowers on the sideboard came from her sweetheart. We put them in the water pitcher that my mom found in the 60's, in the attic, of the house I grew up in.

It's all ironstone, and late 1800's.
She found a matching bowl too and this will be the new spot for both of those pieces. These inherited pieces are treated like Royalty around here, and will fit nicely in my new Dining area.