USA Plant Pokes

The Fourth of July will be here before you know it and these hearts are just the thing for a quick an easy decoration.  You can glue the hearts to bamboo skewers like I did here and add them to a flower arrangement or potted plant.  Or, glue them to a headband or barrette. Use smaller hearts and letters and add a pin back to wear them on your lapel.  With so many beautiful ribbons from Gwen Studios, you have a lot of options.

For this quick and easy project, you only need a few items:

Ribbons from Gwen Studios available at Walmart, Joann's and Michaels (macarons pack)

(cupcakes pack) (red and white grosgrain)

Iron-on letters

Felt

Glue:  hot glue and gun or tacky glue

Scissors

Bamboo skewers, pin back, barrette or headband

To create these hearts, hand cut or die cut a heart from stiff or regular felt.  Apply the letters by ironing them on or gluing them on with tacky glue.

Cut loops of ribbon and glue them to the back of the heart.  Adhere a stick with hot glue.

Cut another heart to cover the back.  If using regular felt, sandwich a cardboard heart in between the layers of felt.

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Designer Crafts Connection

My granddaughter got in on the crafting action and used Gwen Studios bows and ribbon in her school project.  She needed a red, white and blue ribbon to wear for her presentation on Dominique Dawes, an Olympic gymnast.  She took a pre-made bow, wrapped blue grosgrain around the center and added silver ribbon to the back.