Semi DIY: HOORAY & hearts Cake Toppers

In preparation for Hannah's 1st birthday, I have been buying lots of party details like tassels, confetti, paper flowers, and cake toppers. When I saw the HOORAY Cake Toppers by Oh Joy, I knew I had to have them. The colors are so great, andI wanted to spice them up just a little bit more. I thought about dipping the bottoms in gold paint or doing glittered polka dots on the letters, but I was drawn to some pink heart confetti I purchased for a Valentine's Day project years back.

Glue was added to the bottom portion of the letters, then the mini heart confetti was generously sprinkled on, and then shaken off. 

HOORAY!!

Can't wait to add these to Hannah's dessert table.

DIY Gold Leaf Workshop

Together with Arts Restore LA, Unique LA held an awesome DIY Gold Leaf Workshop at the Hammer Museum. Taught by Vanessa Hernandez of The Vaguely, this workshop was a fun way to learn to and play with gold leaf.

We were given some adhesive, a sheet of gold leaf, some masking tape, and a triangle dish. Then we were free to play!

I liked the geometric lines of the triangle dish, so I worked off that with lots of lines and some asymmetry. I also tried to make the letter "H". It was fun and messy and a lesson in patience, and definitely golden!

The final pieces! It definitely take a lot of practice, but I'm encouraged to keep working with gold leaf. 

Stay Gold

DIY: Lucky in Love

Hi friends! I took a little blog break (being pregnant and planning the next few months is pretty crazy!) but I'm happy to be back and have a fun DIY to share. My love for all things hearts has given me a large collection of heart stickers in a wide array of colors. When playing around with how to use them, and with St. Patrick's Day coming soon, I noticed that a clover's leaves look like hearts! And the heart stickers would be perfect clover leaves.

 

Start with a heart on top, then add 2 hearts to each side. For the bottom of the clover, I just cut a piece off one of the heart stickers and attached it. The finished clovers would look great on card stock, envelopes, and I chose gift tags.

Perfect gift tags for St. Pat's! Tie them to a six pack or stick them to a card to celebrate the holiday.

Hope you are lucky in love!!

DIY: Arrow Sticker Notecards

I recently bought some neon yellow triangle stickers that had to be turned into something awesome. After a little experimenting, the perfect DIY came to mind: turn the triangles into little arrows. Perfect for Valentine's Day, playing with geometric shapes put a nice spin on my regular heart theme cards.

All you need is 2 triangle stickers, some card stock, washi tape, a ruler, and scissors.

 

Layer the card stock, then stick 3.5 inches of washi tape slightly off center.

Next, fold both triangle stickers in half.

Cut one sticker directly in half. For the second sticker, cut 3 slits into it.

Then cut diagonal slits into the sticker.

Once opened, the second sticker will sort of look like an arrowhead.

Stick the arrowhead style sticker to the right side of the tape.

Then stick each half of the other triangle sticker to the left side of the tape.

 And there you have it!

Shot through the heart with neon arrows!

DIY: Mini Heart Cards

Hearts are one of my favorite shapes and I wanted to create little heart shaped labels for Valentine's Day card and gift embellishments. A little die cute heart would be great, but hearts as mini cards are even better. Some brainstorming and practice with my heart punch brought some lovely results. Check below for the step by step DIY.

+You will need a heart punch and some paper. Card stock is fine, but pink glitter paper was necessary ;)

+Fold paper in half. You can use a bone folder for a clean edge.

+Turn the heart punch upside down to see the paper line up. Insert paper with the folded edge on the left, leave a little room on the left side of the heart so the punch doesn't punch all the way through the paper.

+Once punched, the heart will have a little flat edge on the left, but that keeps both sides together.

+Heart opens up and you can write a little note inside.

+If you open it up all the way, you can play with a fun connected hearts design!

A little embellishment goes a long way.

 And a little note is always cheerful!

Attached these mini heart cards to your gift tags, mini envelopes, cards, whatever you like.

Have a lovely Thursday!

DIY: Jewelry Wire Heart Necklace

I shared a little heart DIY with the awesome Jenni of I SPY DIY a little bit back. Today she put together and styled the wire heart into a sweet necklace. I love it!! Click on over to her blog post for the full DIY and some cool shots of her outfit.

It's been pretty busy at hmh HQ, we are excited for the 3 day weekend and inauguration, and I have a beautiful announcement next week.  Hope you all have a happy Friday!

DIY: Glitter Key Caps

 

Key caps are a lot of fun. They make keys easily identifiable, unique, and bring personality to a key chain. I have a few Hello Kitty key caps, but when my friend pinned a link to this blog post about glittered keys, I knew I had to create some. The steps are simple and my keys are sparkling.

 

Begin with a clean key.

Apply glue to the top of the key, pour glitter over it, shake of extra glitter, allow drying time, and seal with clean nail polish! Then repeat on the other side of the key.

 

And there you have, keys to my heart.

It is always fun to add a little sparkle to your everyday life, and glitter on keys is a great way to do so.

DIY: Heart Bunting

I heart bunting. It's so festive and adds a lot of cheer to any event. I have a few upcoming birthdays and celebrations this summer that are in need of bunting details. But not just any bunting, heart bunting!!

 

This DIY is pretty simple. Punch out hearts in any color you would like, choose colorful string, add glue to one side of a heart and a fix to string, add glue to another heart to sandwich string between two hearts, repeat! I did hearts that were close together and hearts that were about an inch apart. Both are fun options.

 

 

Peach hearts on yellow card stock and yellow hearts wrapped around a gift.

 

Taking brown paper packages tied up in string to another level.

My summer colors.

Do you like bunting? It's a funny name but I heart it ;)

Heart Ring Inspired by I Spy DIY

I am a fan of the heart shape. The heart shape can be seen in my jewelry line's earring, ring, bracelet, and necklace detail. I have a certain way of forming my hearts, which produces a full/round/symmetrical heart look, but I'm always looking to learn new techniques and play with different styles. A few weeks ago I met Jenni of I Spy DIY at Unique LA and started reading her awesome blog. And then I found a post about her DIY heart rings. They look so awesome and the shape feels so right-now, that I was inspired to create some I Spy DIY heart rings of my own.

 

Jenni's instructions were so easy to follow, within minutes the hearts were formed. I like how edgy they look compared to the My Heart collection.

And to add a little honey my heart touch to this DIY, I soldered the bottom part of the heart to the remainder of the sterling silver wire, then measured and cut the wire to my ring size, soldered that part to one of the heart's peaks, and hammered it into a nice circle.

 

 

I heart it!

My heart ring and my inspired I Spy DIY heart ring. I heart them both!!


Thank you Jenni for the inspiring DIY!