Twig Heart

I have this twig reindeer which I bought years ago to compliment my Christmas decorating...but I've gotten very tired of it and I finally decided to throw it away. 

Until...I had an idea to take it apart and

use the twigs to make a heart wreath!

I drew a heart shape onto craft paper so I had a pattern to follow.

I then used hot glue to assemble a heart shape using the twigs.

Then it was just a matter of attaching twigs here and there until the heart was filled in.

I made a loop from a piece of twig for a hanger.

I was going to just hang it on the wall, but decided to make a frame from pallet wood.



I assembled the frame with wood glue, stained it with dark walnut and then painted it with "Sandbar".  Once dry I used sandpaper to remove some of the paint, exposing some of the stained wood.

I used a piece of satin ribbon to attach the heart to the frame and now I have it in the corner of my kitchen, behind the sink. 

Oh...and "behind the sink" now needed a shelf, so I built this corner shelf and stained it dark walnut.  I think it looks much better now.

Thank you for stopping by...have a great day!

Lesa