Well, I caved a little on my “no decorating for Valentine’s Day” stance this year. I have always been a “seasonal” decorator, not one that decorates for every holiday on the calendar.
You see, I had a vision. Does that ever happen to you? And my paint brushes were beckoning. So I got a little bit busy. 🙂
I already had everything on hand for this project (yay!) and this Christmas inspiration piece had been tickling my mind for a couple of months…
I saw this at Joss & Main back in November and I wanted to DIY one, but it fell to the bottom of the list. So why not adapt it for Valentine’s Day?
My inspiration piece has a burlap background, but I decided to simply paint a small canvas with some left over neutral wall paint and go from there…
I painted all the white hearts first using an angled detail brush and white craft paint. My white paint was a little on the thin side, so I let the first coat dry and then added a second coat. I love the painterly quality they have! And notice, I left space for the lone ranger red heart.
I just tried to make them all basically the same size, not really caring about irregularities (refer to my inspiration piece!). And I free-handed all of them with the paint brush, but if you’re not sure, you could certainly stencil them, or lightly outline with a pencil before painting.
If you follow me on Instagram, you got a peek at this as I was working on it. And now, it’s on my desk in the Mom Cave and I’m loving it!
So there you go… an easy peasy DIY for you Valentine’s Day pleasure!
Find more DIY and home decor inspiration on my blog, Decor & More. Happy Valentine’s Day!
