The "IT'S SO FLUFFY!!!" Heart

Remember this fluffy lacy heart?  I posted about my Vintage Valentines Mantel Here, where I showed you how to make the valentine card bunting.  Now I will show you how to make this super sweet and simple heart.

Here goes...

What you need

Lace cut from the bolt (about a yard)  

cardboard box

hot glue
a ribbon or some fabric to tie at the top

So, in my case I actually had an old lacy valance that I bought at the thrift store.  It has been waiting a few years to have it's total makeover moment and it finally came!  Yaaaay!  I think this is now a very happy valance!  Chances are if you keep your eyes open you could find something like this at a thrift store (or in Grandma's closet) as well.

 First I grabbed a box from my garage, drew a heart on it with a sharpie, cut it out and then painted it white (optional).  Painting it just made it so that I didn't have to worry so much about covering every corner.  Then I cut out random circles out of the lace.  I folded the lace and cut four circles at a time.  My girls had fun helping me with this part.  Each pile you see is a pile of 4 so that should give you an idea of how much you will need.

  

 I then took the circles and folded them in fourths.  (little Addy is helping me with this part as well)

Sorry for the horrid pic quality (these how to pics were taken with my phone)

Then I just glued kind of randomly with the hot glue gun.  I started out making flower shapes in the middle of the heart, then I lined the outside of the heart to shape it and then I just filled in the rest.  You may find that you need to cut a few more circles to make the heart fluffier.

The bow tied to the top of the heart is a piece of cotton torn, tied in a bow and then duck taped to the back of the cardboard heart.

"IT'S SO FLUFFY!!!!!"

(Despicable Me)

 Hero Hues Ribbon 3 yards: Lace