my goal this week is to share a little valentines project with you, each day. i have a few really cute valentines collections here, and have wanted to use some of each of them. while i'm not a huge valentine's day person in general, i do love the pinks and reds and hearts that make up the holiday. today i'm using some pieces from the making memories love struck collection.
today i'm sharing these cute little photo holders. i know they would look a lot better, if i had actual photos tucked into those metal loopy things on the tops. but if i went looking for photos just to take this picture of the project, i would never get around to posting. lol! so just know that you can tuck little photos up there. these were just unfinished wooden blocks (with the metal pieces), that i found at michaels. i think they were $1.50 or $2 each, can't remember which.
then i painted the wooden part with brown paint. and not very neatly, i might add. i can see some brown paint on the metal pieces. lol! i knew i was adding the pattern paper, so i mainly just painted the top part, and then the edges all around. i gave it two coats. then i measured and cut my paper pieces (twice, since my first ones were wrong). i used mod podge to adhere the paper to the wooden blocks. brushed the mod podge onto the paper, and stuck the paper to the wood. rubbed it down really good, pushing any air bubbles out to the edges. then i added another layer of mod podge to cover the entire thing, right over the paper.
for my embellishment, i simply added a love struck rosette to each block. super simple. they were the perfect size, and looked cute all on their own. i thought these would make really quick and easy gifts 🙂
Laura Vegas 
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