One-hundred-and-fifty-two hearts...

I have discovered something monumental:

Sometimes life and

blogging

don't mix very well.

;-)

Even with so much happening,

I sometimes am at a

complete loss when I sit down and

try to think of something

post-worthy.

One project I recently

completed was making

152

paper hearts that will be part of the

decorations at the

wedding reception.

This was rather time-consuming,

but easy and fun.

I found this paper at

Walmart.

For only $5 per

50-sheet pack.

It is lovely;

quite vintage and will go well with the

colors I chose for the

wedding.

After tracing and cutting for

HOURS...

I finally got to the fun part:

designing and stapling!

It took six strips of paper

per heart

(if the paper design had been double-sided,

I would only have had to use three),

lined them up so that the

blank sides were hidden,

then simply stapled the bottom

together.

Taking the outer two strips

on both sides,

I folded them in till the

heart was either as

thin or fat as I

desired and then

stapled the inside.

I used all the same design

paper for some hearts and used

combinations for others.

It was really fun.

To finish,

I cut the access paper off of the

middle two strips and

hole-punched them.

Voila!

Then all I needed was string.

This would be a *fun*

project to do with friends.

Make an "assemply line"

so that the job gets done

rather quickly.

My sister, Natalie,

helped me for a couple hours

one evening with the tracing,

which was a huge help.

So, right now,

my room has

152

hearts hanging from every shelf

and nail I could find.

:-)

Hopefully I won't

hate hearts by the time I can

finally use these!

I've just come off a

crazy four days.

My sisters,

Jessie and Nat,

along with my Dad,

have been gone on a

youth retreat.

It's VERY good to have them home.

We celebrated my

Dad's birthday this evening

since he wasn't here on the actual

day.

Happy (belated) Birthday, Daddy!

I love you with all my heart!

And with all of these hearts too:

God bless!

Off to do some cleaning and laundry now...

:-)