Be Mine Valentine Craft Project

Hello ribbon lovers and crafters. Hope you all had a good post holiday week getting back to normal, loosing those 10 lbs, throwing away the holiday cookies, and continuing to vacuum those Christmas tree needles that just seem to keep appearing. I think that was just a give away of what I did this week sans the 10 lbs.

I keep my wreath on the door, it is more of a winter wreath than just a holiday wreath, I may do something different for Valentines Day. For St. Patrick’s Day I always do a green spring wreath or door basket. I use St. Patrick’s Day ribbon, and then change it to a more spring like ribbon after March 17.

Since we are on the subject of holidays here is a great Valentine project. Simple enough for your kids, elegant enough as a gift for adults.

And for your convenience, we've even put together (drumroll please) a Valentine combo ribbon kit  for this project.  An adorable mix of satins, sheers and ribbon with tiny hearts on it
in four color combinations. A picture is worth a thousand words so just click on the link to see.  

Supplies Needed:

• three ten-inch paper doilies
• a glue gun
• sharp scissors
  
• Over the Moon Valentine Ribbon Kit 
• fresh flowers 
• water tubes from florist or floral section of grocery store (if using flowers)  or candy to fill
• (optional) heart stickers from craft supply store
  

Step 1: Weave ribbon around lacy front edge of doilies

Take three doilies and treat them as one.  Three gives you a sturdier end result.  Measure and cut a yard of narrowest ribbon from your kit and weave on the outside edge of the three doilies. 





 

Step 2 - Create cone shape and glue

(Use glue gun to glue all three doilies-- not craft glue or Elmer's unless you like maximum frustration.)

Step 3:  The handle:

Now take the widest ribbon from the kit, measure and cut 15 inches for the handle and glue to outside solid part (not the lacy part) of the cone.

Stapling works in a pinch too.



Step 4: Use bows to cover the glue spots or staples

Designers choice here--any ribbon will do.  Once the bows are complete, glue on to the sides.

If you are perplexed on how to make a really great bow, here's a link to my bow tying video on YouTube. This bow will be much smaller made with no more than 4 loops but the principles are the same.

You're back!  Ok, if you're still pulling your hair out, just make  simple “shoe string” bow.



Step 5:  Trim and fill

Now your basket is ready for trimming and filling.

Time for the optional heart (or other) stickers. 

I used Hershey kisses in this example.

If using fresh flowers, fill the water tubes with water and place each flower in a tube first to make them last. 

Please send us photos of your finished Be Mine Valentine craft so that we can post them in the next blog!!!
Send to the Ribbon Lady and keep crafting.


BONUS TIP for Brides:

These make great bridal favors as well as aisle markers for the budget bride.  Eliminate the glitter hearts, use crystals?  I'll be demonstrating that version in my upcoming Budget Bridal video series due this spring.  And of course I'll share with you.