When I was in high school, Valentine’s Day was centered around a huge carnation sale. Every girl would anxiously watch to see who got the most red (I love you), pink (I like you), and white (just friends) carnations on that day.
Sadly, if I ever got a carnation it was from my mother who knew the toll the day usually took on me. It wasn’t easy watching some of the girls receive so many flowers that they needed a floral van to get them all home.
Having gone through the pains of realizing I was never going to be one of those girls who needed a floral van, I am amazingly still a romantic at heart. Lately, I have been aching to make a rich, chocolate dessert as a trial run for this years Valentine’s Day celebration. However, I’ve also been trying to be good and avoid extra calories so I’ve limited myself to creating a non-fattening Valentine’s Day projects instead. Please stick with me – one of these days my willpower will break and I will produce something much more irresistible than paper heart garland. I promise!
For this project I used my Cricut.
To make this project you will need:
Six – 4” hearts (as shown) cut from card stock
Six – 1” hearts (as shown) cut from a pretty print paper
Six – small strips of paper folded in half (glue on the back of each heart to string the rick rack through)
Six small buttons (you can use the same color, or mix and match like I did)
A Valentine’s theme stamp
Ink Pad
Embroidery thread
Thick needle
Rick Rack
Glue
Instructions:
Glue the small 1” hearts to the larger 4 “hearts. Sew the buttons onto the 1” hearts. Glue the small strips of paper to the backs of each 4” heart. Stamp your 4” hearts last so you avoid smudging the ink. Let everything dry thoroughly and string the hearts on a piece of rick rack that’s been cut to your desired length.
Are you a romantic? Do you enjoy celebrating Valentine’s Day?
THE JOY OF CAKING 
Those hearts are so sweet and they are undeniably low calorie!! Thanks for posting the idea.
That is super cute! You were right you have been creative lately! I am certainly not a romantic. I am all for expressing feelings but I do not like to be spoiled or be the center of attention.
I hated Valentine’s Day until I was 47!!! I learned, in the meantime, to buy my own darn flowers!!! Life is funny, isn’t it?
Your garland is darling, and I look forward to your chocolate dessert!
I love your hearts and after reading this post I want to give you a hug! I hated Valentines Day at school. One year after watching the torture from previous years the teacher said that if you gave one card you had to give a card to every child. It was better but the creepy kids still made a difference by giving cheap ugly cards to the kids who were on the outside of the cliques.
This would be a cute backdrop for a dessert table. Using a Cricut would be a huge timesaver.
I think you would save a bundle of time and money Sandra. You do so much decorating it would probably be a great investment. I can only imagine all the great projects you would come up with.