Heart Day

 I almost called this "My Heart Wasn't In It". Lol When I am crafting, I can almost always tell if I am doing something I am going to like or not. I like Valentine's Day but it is definitely not my favorite. That being said, I enjoy using vintage images for this day and really thought I wouldn't have trouble finding ones I loved.

Since I have done many Valentine crafts in recent years, I guess I have already used the images I like the most. Also, when looking for images for these frames, it is just easier to find ones already square. I know I can resize and cut any image but so many of them lose their meaning, borders, or whatever when that is done. I also wanted something a little romantic so, in the end, I went with this.

 I filled in the opening on the back of the frame I chose to use with a piece of thick corrugated cardboard and the one on the front with a thinner piece. Then I had a burgundy kind of red paint so I painted the frame with that and ModPodged on the image before adding my usual walnut distress ink.

 Next came the embellishing and, I will confess, this thing went through many iterations. I don't have a picture of the first but I made a "many looped" bow with my cream silk ribbon as well as a ribbon hanger and then added some flowers. No matter how I tried, I couldn't get that thing to hang straight so I cut the loops down and had a "messy" bow-which I use often.

And, as I look at it now, I guess that would have been OK but it just wasn't doing it for me. And so, I took off the ribbon and added more flowers and called it a night as we were having a torrential thunder storm with hail pelting my sky lights so hard I honestly thought they were going to crack and, well, this was the least of my worries at that time. Lol

The hail thankfully didn't last as long as the storm-which went on until about 10PM-but, we lived and as far as I can tell, there was no damage.

But, somewhere during the night, my mind did go back to this and I knew I wanted it to read a bit more romantic and I thought of ribbon. First thing this morning I hit all of my ribbon stashes that were easy to get to but I could only find thin ribbon that was very RED and not the hue I needed. But, I did happen upon this roll of "paper" ribbon that was perfect in color. I knew it wouldn't drape as nicely as soft ribbon would but I gave it a try. I also added more flowers and I got this:

That is definitely closer to what I was thinking so, for now, I will stop here. 

I think I am going to try St. Pat's but I'm almost afraid to start. My mind is already thinking that I am going to want to embellish with shamrocks and I know searching them out will be a challenge. They're stored somewhere in one of the many Rubbermaids I have for that day...or in a cupboard...or under a bed...or well, you get my predicament but we'll start and see where it goes. Lol

Stay safe and stay tuned.