The first thing you'll need to do is run a bit of glue along the edge of each doily and then sprinkle it with glitter, to cover.
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DIY Valentines Advent Calendar and Chalkboard Backdrops
by The House of Smiths
I've just finished up all the Valentines decorating around here and have this last quick tutorial to share with you today.
I had big plans to do a Christmas advent calendar this past year because they always look so fun, but with all the hustle and bustle, totally forgot about it. So as an alternative, I decided to do a DIY brown bag, glittered doily topped Valentines advent calendar instead! Whew! ... now THAT'S a mouth-full.
View the slideshow and learn how to make a countdown calendar for Valentines Day.
Everything's pretty self explanatory but as a quick rundown, here's what you'll need:
* Brown gift/favor bags
* Fine glitter
* Small doilies
* Quick-dry glue (with a fine applicator tip)
* Candy/Valentines goodies
* Twine
* Small clothespins
* Vinyl numbers
Looking for more Valentine's Day inspiration? Check out 36 Valentine “Heart” Projects! and Simple, Fresh Valentines Shelf Decor.
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You might want to do this over a paper plate so glitter doesn't get everywhere; plus, you can pour your excess, leftover glitter back into your jar to save from wasting any. (glitter is expensive, yo!)
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After each doily is glittered lay them flat to dry.
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Next I gathered a bunch of Valentines goodies (from the dollar store) and put a few surprises in each of my 14 bags. Then I took one of the dried glitter doilies, bent it in half, placed a small dab of glue in the middle and then placed it on top of the folded brown bag.
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Lastly, I applied my vinyl numbers and found some cute mini Valentines clothes pins at Michael's craft store and used those to keep my bags closed.
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You can buy a set of vinyl numbers from The House of Smiths Design shop. Also, now that I'm looking back, I would have put the vinyl numbers on first thing... before the bags had goodies in them. It proved a bit trickier to get them centered and applied with the bags already open and filled (duh!... you live and learn, right?) :)
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My girls are anxiously awaiting the first day of February so that they can start digging into these bags each morning for something fun. I'm glad it's getting close because I don't know if I can take answering the question "Is it February 14th yet!?!?" one more time.
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Ooo! And speaking of my girls, I'm giddy-silly-excited to share with you a fun new set of downloadable chalkboard art prints that the Caravan Shoppe has released!
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I loved the Christmas series so much that I asked Melanie and Alma if they would be creating a Valentines line as well, and I was thrilled when they said they were! So I asked Melanie what she thought about designing a few that could be used as photo backdrops (???)
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Luckily she loved the idea and brought a few of the final prints to my house the other day to test out! To stage mine I just found a well lit spot in my house, used some painters tape and stuck my background straight onto the wall. Easy-peasy!
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