Glass Jars Filled With Love

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 I had some empty glass jars sitting around that were just wanting to become a Valentine's Day decoration.  So I decided to fill them with white, pink and red things :)

I had a package of different sized styrofoam balls.

 I painted the balls pink and red and also left some white (I also included some deals of the day in this picture for you haha)

 I placed the colored balls in two small glass containers and for the large contained, I layered different colors of tissue paper.  Super simple, but still a fun Valentine's Day decoration for our apartment.

Faux Metal Hearts

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When I went to DI I found these wooden hearts for 50 cents each.  They were painted different colors, and while the colors weren't horrible, they definitely needed some touching up.  I decided to try out some metal looking paint.  I really like how they turned out, though I don't think they look super metalic since the wood grain is still visible.  Here's what I did:

These are what they looked like to begin with.

 I painted them with black acrylic paint first so they had a good base.

 Then I painted them with metallic acrylic paint.  I originally had them set up like this, but it felt too cluttered or something. 

So I changed them to this set up.

Candle Holder Turned "Hot"

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I was at DI the other day and found some little candle holders for $1 each.  There were 3 matching ones so I got them all.  I filled them with Hot Tamales and now they are a little decoration for Valentine's Day.  And I will be putting some green treat in them for St. Patrick's Day.  What are some yummy green candies?

Cardboard Letters

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Okay, sorry it took me a while to post something.  I was in Hawaii basking in the sun :)  I'll post pictures soon.  Here is a little something I started before Hawaii and decided to finish up today.  I love those cute block letters everyone uses to decorate with, but rather than buying some I decided to make my own for free.  Sure they don't look perfect, but they get the point across and I'm sure when people come over they aren't noticing the little details.  Here's what I did:

I drew the letters on some cardboard I had left over from a box of diapers.

 Cut out my letters

 And painted them.

 I also painted a piece of cardboard for the base.  I used white pipecleaners around the base so you couldn't see into the cardboard.  I used hot glue to assemble them and wa-la!  In this picture you can really see the lines from the cardboard, which I don't love, but at my place they aren't as noticeable.

Tissue Gift Wrap Kissing Ball

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I have zero decorations for Valentine's Day so today I decided to make my first one.  The best part is that it was free!  I made a kissing ball out of computer paper and tissue wrapping paper.  Here's how I did it:

First I took some paper and crumpled it into a ball.  I continued adding layers and crumpling it until I got to the size I wanted.  I then glued the paper down to keep it in place.

 Then I made flowers using some red tissue gift wrap that I had on hand.

I glued the flowers to the paper ball as I went along.

I added a ribbon before I put the last flower on it so I could hang it up.  And that was it!