Thank you for joining me for the Valentine’s Day Blog Hop! I’ve joined with 13 other talented bloggers to share Valentine’s Day crafts on a budget. Each blogger was given a budget of no more than $10 and challenged to create a Valentine’s Day craft using items from the dollar store or dollar section of their local stores. If you have budget Valentine’s Day crafts to share, please add it to the link-up at the bottom of this post so it can be seen on all of our blogs!

 

 

Decorating for the holidays is a blast but you can easily break the bank trying to do so.  This beautiful dollar store Valentine wreath is easy to put together and only cost $4 to make!  Even if you have to buy the battery-operated candles, you can get a two pack for a dollar bringing your total cost to five dollars.  Either way, you have a beautiful new piece of Valentine décor for cheap!

 

 

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Materials

• Spool of Red Wire
• Valentine’s Ribbon of Your Choice (wide)
• Metal Lantern
• Hanging Wooden Heart Welcome Sign
• Hot Glue Gun and Glue
• Baker’s Twine (or similar) roughly the diameter of your wreath in length

 

Step 1

Remove wooden hearts from the ribbon.  A staple remover will make this easier however I didn’t have one and was still able to do it by hand.  Do yourself a favor, though, and use a staple remover because otherwise it takes some serious time and muscle.

Do not cut the ribbon.  You will use it later in the project.

 

Step 2

Unwind the entire spool of wire and form a circle the size you want your wreath to be.  If there is extra wire, wind it around the existing circle to strengthen it.

Use all of the wire.

 

Step 3

Attach your ribbon as pictured using your hot glue gun to secure it to the wire wreath.  Be sure to twist it to create visual interest as well as volume to your wreath.

 

Step 4

There will be some extra ribbon after you finish covering the wreath.  Use is to create a bow on the side of your wreath.

 

Step 5

Take your wooden hearts and glue them to your wreath.

Tip:

• Start with your “c” heart and place it in the top center of your wreath.  Next glue the remaining letters in place accordingly.

 

Step 6

Use the ribbon from your “Welcome Sign” and thread it through the top of your wreath to serve as a hanger.

 

Step 7

Tie one end of your baker’s twine to one side of your lantern.  Next thread the twine through the same part of your wreath as the ribbon.

 

Step 8

Take the loose end of your twine and tie it to the opposite side of your lantern.  Use hot glue to “seal” the knots on the lantern.

 

Step 9

Hang your wreath up and determine where the twine needs to be for your lantern to hang evenly in the middle of your wreath.  Pinch the twine in place with your fingers before taking it down.  Next, place a dot of hot glue to hold the twine in that place on the wreath.

 

Step 10

Place a battery-operated tea light in the lantern, hang on your door, and enjoy!

 

It is seriously that easy to create beautiful Valentine’s Day décor for minimal expenditure.  After you’re done making this Valentine wreath, be sure to check out the other awesome dollar store Valentine’s projects below!  Also, don’t forget to link up your budget holiday creations in the link-up.  Can’t wait to see what you make!

Looking for more budget friendly Valentine’s Day crafts? Visit these blogs for their creative Valentine’s Day crafts ~

 

1. My Pinterventures
2. DIY Adulation
3. Houseful of Handmade
4. C’mon Get Crafty
5. Olives-n-Okra
6. Inside The Fox Den
7. Made In A Day
8. The Robin’s Nest Designs
9. Arrows & Awe
10. Happily Ever After, Etc.
11. Our House Now A Home
12. The Home On The Corner
13. Decor by the Seashore
14. Intelligent Domestications

Share your $10 or less Valentine’s Day crafts on the link-up below and be seen on all 14 blogs!

Valentine’s Day is about more than candy and romance.  It is about celebrating what you love, what makes you vibrant, and what brings you joy.  For me, that means celebrating my love of creating.  I love bringing you fun tutorials every week and I love creating free printables for you (like the super-sweet kid valentines in this post).  Creativity is hard-wired into my existence and since creating this site I am always on the hunt for awesome photos, tools, and resources that I can use to create things for you.  I wish I had known about so many of these resources long before DIY Adulation came to be because they are useful in everyday life as well.  To help you learn from my regret, here are 5 awesome everyday uses for custom fonts (including the free printable kid Valentines) that I wish someone would have told me about years ago.

 

 

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1. Digital Scrapbooking

Digital scrapbooking is great for busy moms because they take a lot less time to create yet still make beautiful custom pages that preserve your family memories.  You want the journaling on your pages to look handwritten (although maybe not yours or my handwriting) and still be legible.  Custom fonts can do that for you.  They can also allow you to create beautiful titles that tie all of your memories together in a theme befitting your family.

 

2. Cricut and Silhouette

Want to put those beautiful vinyl sayings on your walls but not loving the $50+ price tag?  You can design and cut your own for a fraction of the price using your Cricut or Silhouette, both of which allow you to cut your own custom designs.  By the way, those vinyl clings are good for more than just walls.  Cut smaller ones to label containers in your pantry, personalize the back of your minivan, and update the numbers on your mailbox!  There are a ton of uses here!

 

3. Custom Shirts

If you have an upcoming charity event, fundraiser, or just a class reunion making custom shirts is a great way to raise money, get the word out about the cause, or simply commemorate the night.  You can totally print these online using a custom font to make your design stand out but that can get pricey.  Instead, opt for printing out your design and creating a wax paper stencil to paint the shirts. 

 

4. Invitations

There are a ton of events during the year that you end up needing invitations for.  From birthdays to graduations and weddings, the list seems never ending.  Make your own invitations using custom fonts.  Not only can you make sure that you get exactly what you want (great for control freaks like me) but once you have your design you can make sure every piece of stationary is coordinated from the invitations and thank you cards to the place settings.

 

5. Graphic Design

Our society is rapidly approaching a day when graphic design will be as ubiquitous as email is not.  Don’t think you have a use for graphic design?  What about:

• Making your own calendar or planner
• Creating personalized address labels
• Family Christmas card
• Organized shopping list pad

There are a ton of ways you might already be doing graphic design work and not even realize it.  Heck, making a PowerPoint presentation is a part of graphic design.  If you don’t believe me, sit through a presentation where the speaker just reads verbatim off of the slides as you sit there wondering, “Why didn’t you just print this out and let me read it?”

 

6. BONUS: Custom Cards

Yes, we talked about invitations but let’s expand on this even more. You can makes greeting cards, post cards, and these awesome kid Valentines cards I made for you.  You may love creating your own cards so much that you could open an Etsy shop selling your custom designs and make a little extra money on the side for your family.  How awesome would that be?  Go ahead and download these free Valentines and start getting inspired!

 

Being Your Friend Rocks

Tape a fun size pack of Pop Rocks to the Valentines after cutting them out.

 

(This Valentine was made using the Great Park font)

 

The “Write” Friend 4 Me

Cut along the black lines and place a pencil through to create a useful, non-candy Valentine.

 

(This Valentine was made using the Manny and Great Park fonts)

 

I’m Sticking with You

Attach temporary tattoos (as pictured) or fun stickers for this one; another fun, non-candy card.  If your tattoos or stickers are larger than the ones pictured, tape them to the back of your Valentine instead.

 

(This Valentine was made using the Lisbon font)

 

Are you ready to start creating your own awesome projects?  If you loved the Valentines above (or already have an amazing new project in the works) you can get those fonts along with 37 others for only $29 from FontBundles.net!  You also get an extra 15% off exclusively for being a DIY Adulation reader when you use the code “DIY15” at checkout!  Oh, and did I mention that the commercial license is included?  (If you just squealed a little, that’s okay.  I totally did too.)  If you’re still not convinced, you can try FontBundles for free.  They offer a so you can try before you buy.  Seriously, you guys… swoon.  Check it out and get your free font now!

P.S. If you want to send me a gift for finding you this super-sweet deal, I like watermelon Pop Rocks… Just saying.

See where I’m linking up!