3D Heart-Shaped Hot Air Balloons from Paper

I saw this idea on a Valentine's Day card, and knew I had to make it for my bedroom wall! This was all made from scratch today, so it's not completely perfect, and there is no printable template, but I'll share similar template links.

Materials:

• Paper, preferably thick like card stock. You will need about a 4x6 sheet of paper, or half a regular printer paper sheet. It can be as decorative as you want! You will also need a microscopic 3in scrap of any color as well.
• Thread, preferably tan or brown
• Scissors
• Tape
• Glue. I used liquid, white Elmer's glue, but glue sticks will be fantastic too! You can use tape, but it won't be as flat
• One pencil, pencil, ect
• Heart stencil. You can draw it by hand, use one you have, or use this template.
• Cloud stencil. You can draw it by hand, use one you have, or use this template

Time:

• About 30 minutes to an hour

Difficulty:

• Moderate

Part One: The Hot Air Balloon

Step One

• Draw or trace heart onto desired paper
• Cut heart out
• Repeat this two more times so you have 3 paper hearts (or more, 3 hearts per hot air balloon)

Step Two

• Fold the hearts in half so that the desired pattern (the side that has the pattern you want to see) presses against it's self, so fold it inwards in other words

Step Three

• Name your hearts 1, 2, and 3
• Take the right side of heart 1 and glue it to the left side of heart 2, so that the matching patterns are connected and the DESIRED PATTERN is visible
• Glue the right side of heart 2 to the left side of heart 3
• Repeat for other hearts
• Trim edges to even hearts 

Part Two: The Basket

Step One

• Draw or trace two small rectangles on paper. I used a plain patterned sheet for eye candy
• Draw or trace two small rectangles the same length but a third of the width for the 3D effect
• You can sort of use this template I made. Cut the dotted line and fold the solid line
• Glue or tape (tape is easiest) the outer sides together to creat a cube

Step Three

• Cut thread into 2, 2 inch strands. You need 2 threads for each balloon
• Tape one end the the bottom back of the heart air balloon, and the other end to the top of the basket.
• Repeat for second strand

Part Three: The Clouds

Step One

• This part is a little tricky
• Make sure the clouds are all equal pieces
• Cut out three matching clouds
• Fold in half
• Like the balloon hearts, glue the left side of cloud 1 to the right side of cloud 2, and so on

Ta-Da!!!

Hope you enjoyed and love it!

- Megan

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Reclaim an Old Shelf with Paint and Lace

Let's cuten-up a trashed book shelf!

Materials:

• Shelf, regardless of age, color, height, ect
• 2 colors of spray paint
• Lace ribbon

Time:

• 10 minute prep
• 5 minute spray
• 30 minute dry
• 5 minute prep
• 5 minute spray
• 30+ minute dry

Difficulty:

• Moderate

Silly me, I forgot to take a before picture. Well, this shelf wasn't in bad condition really. It's about 10 years old, so its brown wood had faded, being under a window it was sun bleached a bit. It had a few scratches, but besides dullness, it wasn't trash. I'm redoing my multipurpose room right now (click to see my plans!), and splashing bright colors and floral patterns around. I ADORE lace, floral, vintage, all of that! So this was perfect, and I was so excited when I thought it up.

So, step one:

Take the shelf outside and put it on a window curtain panel (err, well, anyway spray paintable area). Do a quick spray of the minor color paint, on the back panel and the two side panels. Here's an example, however I painted the top coat first, but I suggest doing it the other way.

So, paint the panels real quickly from top to bottom.

Step two:

Then, after it dries, cut lace ribbon (mine is from Walmart) and painter's tape it to the top and bottom. Then, every few inches, use a small tear of painter's tape to hold it down.

Step three:

Then, with the major color, spray paint the other panels, shelves, and just everything! Make sure you paint over the lace straightly, not at an angle, or it will seep through the lace.

Step Four:

Remove and fall in love.