Celebrations: decoupage heart & arrow

Valentine’s Day seems to be bring out the soft sweet side of me. It’s usually buried somewhere deep down inside and does makes an appearance every now and then.




I’ve had this red plastic heart on my craft table for the longest time. I knew I wanted to cover up it’s red plasticky goodness and toyed with several ideas. Paint it, glitter it, wrap it in twine. I couldn’t decide. I ended up going with one of the easiest and most satisfying methods for covering something – decoupage.


I used pretty paper that had actual flowers pressed into it, scrapbook paper and bits from magazines all layered and adhered with Mod Podge Matte.


Once it was dry, I sealed the heart with Mod Podge Crackle Medium. The crackles are barely visible. The product has a very fine crackle effect which works well with this small delicate heart.


A friend recently sent me some inspirational photos of diy arrows that used real feathers. She said they reminded her of the painted feathers I recently made. I drew on that inspiration to make the arrow for this project. The arrow tip uses the same papers and crackle medium. The stick is a shishkabob stick wrapped in ribbon.

I had just picked up a bag of feathers at the dollar store and used a few to finish off the arrow.

Have you decoupaged anything lately? It’s amazing what you can cover with bits of paper.

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