Valentine's Day Heart in a Bottle

I believe that you should celebrate Valetine's Day every day!  After the lull of January, who can resist red and pink, and hearts and chocolate filling the stores? After all pink, hearts, and chocolate are three of my favorite things!

I decided to combine those three with glitter to share with you. Here is an easy project to add to your Valentine decor!



Supplies needed:
 - empty clean bottle
 - skein of funky yarn
 - glitter
 - craft paint
 - skewer
 - plastic lid from a disposable coffee cup
 - cardboard from the recycling bin
 - glue
 - foam brush
 - scissors

Directions

Starting at the bottom, use the foam brush to brush glue on your bottle an inch or so at a time. With glue still wet, start wrapping your bottle with the yarn. Keep gluing and wrapping until you get to the top. Set aside to dry.

Paint your skewer with your favorite pink paint (I am using metallic pink craft paint). Set aside to dry.

Clean the lid from your coffee cup and cut a heart from it. Cover one side with glue and sprinkle liberally with your favorite glitter (I am using the Martha Stewart line from Joann Fabric). Set aside to dry.  Cut a heart from your recycled cardboard. Glue and glitter this heart as well.

After everything is dry, glue the plastic lid heart to the front of the bottle (I had to use my glue gun for this part). Glue the cardboard heart to the skewer.

 

Fill your new heart bottle with candy and stick the skewer in (the candy will hold the skewer upright).  Give to your love and enjoy together!

Stay crafty my friends - JCoy