Hugs and Kisses, Sweaters and Twigs

This super cute xoxo hugs and kisses decor

was made from twigs, embroidery hoops and an old sweater.

A super easy and inexpensive DIY for Valentine's Day!

I first picked out which embroidery hoops I wanted to use

so I could determine the size of the twigs.

Once I had my embroidery hoops picked out, I put some white sweater pieces into them,
tightened the hoops and trimmed off the excess.

I next broke off some twigs pieces in the desired lengths to go with my hoops.
and attached them together with Gorilla Glue.
After drying, I painted them white with chalk paint.

I didn't intend it, but they fit perfectly into this old shutter I had hanging on my wall.

I added some folded scrapbook paper envelopes

and another poem printed in a vintage typewriter font.

Underneath the shutter, I have a small bookcase, of sorts.

I added a few rusty bits and this arrow I also made from a branch.

To make the arrow, I cut some fabric fort he point, stuffed it with cotton balls,

and hot glued it together, then to the end of the branch.

For the other end, I cut 3 fabric pieces of equal size and hot glued them to the branch

and to the piece next to it on the other 3 exposed edges.

Then I made slits down the fabric toward the branch.

This cute little corner rounds out the neutral Valentine decor in my dining room
with a few pops of red and turquoise thrown in for good measure!

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