Valentine's Day Deco Mesh

February is here! I'm not sure where the time has gone, but it is time to decorate for Valentine's Day. And time to make a new deco mesh wreath!

I was able to find a red heart shaped work wreath at Hobby Lobby. I started with 21" pink deco mesh.

I then added some 10" silver mesh. You really have to fluff and position the mesh to keep the heart shape in tact.

I used some Valentine's Day heart ribbon as accent and pink heart and silver ball ornaments.

I think my "last minute" wreath turned out great! 

I'm a little sad it only gets to hang up for 2 weeks, but I am more excited about my Mardi Gras wreath and Garland that will be hung next!

Valentine's Day Door Decor

I stumbled across this neat Valentine's Day Door Decor post on Pinterest last week. I decided to give it a try and make my own!

I purchased Styrofoam shapes (you can find these in the floral department of craft stores). The 'O' was easy because they have different sized Styrofoam wreaths.  I had to create the 'X' by cutting two rectangles of Styrofoam and gluing them together. I painted the 'X' and 'O' with red craft paint just so they would blend in with the flowers.

While I really liked the rustic look of using pink and red berries for this, I wasn't able to find any in my local craft stores.  I decided to use pink and red roses with white carnations instead.  Since these flowers had metal stems I was able to cut them and just push them into the styrofoam.  I used hot glue where needed to make sure nothing would fall off.

Here's a side by side comparison.  What do you think?

Ordering the Kisses and Hugs Berry Wreath from Etsy would have been $75 plus $17 shipping.  I made mine for less than $30.

Happy Valentine's Day!