I {HEART} TOPIARIES

so...the other day while in target...the hubs starts piling these super cute mini stuffed conversation hearts from the dollar spot into the cart...i'm wondering what the heck is he doing?...then he says "let's see if you can figure something out to do with these"...ummm...was that a challenge?....because it sounded like one to me!...

well...in the great words of barney stintson from how i met your mother...challenge accepted!....and before we were even out of the store...i knew what i was doing...topiaries!...

look at how this little cutie turned out!...and best part...super easy and cheap!...now that should teach him to challenge me!...so...if you're keeping score...the bean...1...hubs...zero....

 

wanna make your own?...

you'll need one of the stuffed hearts with all the obnoxious tags ripped off...bucket...these are from the dollar spot too...and some ribbon...

 

also...grab a wooden dowel...this one's 1/4" inch in diameter by 12" inches in length...tulle...an empty ribbon spool...and glue gun...

 

take ribbon and add some adhesive to it...you could do glue or what i used...my atg...then adhere to the top of the dowel at an angle...and start wrapping around...

 

keep going until all covered...snip off the excess...now...you could always just paint the dowel...but it's actually quicker to cover with the ribbon...

 

shove the empty ribbon spool in the bucket...it's a nice snug fit...now...i always have these on hand...but if you don't have any...then you could just cut a piece of styrofoam and put in there...

 

put a big 'ol blob of hot glue on one end of the dowel...no need to be too pretty...

 

then put dowel into the hole of the ribbon spool...now add more blobs of glue all around the dowel...to keep 'er in place...hold the dowel straight until the glue cools...don't want it all cattywompus....

 

find the center on the point of the heart pillow...make a little "x" shaped slit...

 

slide pillow on the dowel...

 

cut about two feet of tulle...smoosh up and shove in the bucket...then fluff to make pretty...

 

all done!...super cute, huh?...and a little over two bucks make!...can't get much sweeter than that!...

 

look at all the yummy colors these little pillows come in!...

 

had to do up one with my fav color combo!...red and turquoise....

 

now these topiaries will be at the heart of every conversation!...

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