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Home / Latest Posts / Life / Yardstick Heart DIY Tutorial and Valentine Decor

Yardstick Heart DIY Tutorial and Valentine Decor

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 1/23/13Updated: 8/11/20

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YARDSTICK HEART

We went directly from Christmas into Valentine’s Day at our house.  A few days after the Christmas came down the Valentine’s went up.  My house always looks so naked after the Christmas comes down that I can’t handle it so I have to put up the Valentine’s Decor.

I’ve had fun the last few weeks tweaking it a bit and adding a few new fun things.  During the holidays I found these fun stars made out of yardsticks on Pinterest and I made a couple for our church Christmas party.

Star out of yardsticks

A few days ago as my husband and I were strolling through  Home Depot (that is what empty nesters do)  I walked by t he yardsticks in the paint department and thought – if I could make a star why not a heart!  So I picked up 3 more yardsticks at 68 cents a piece!  I had red spray paint at home so I was good to go.

Valentine Decor

Yardstick Heart DIY Tutorial

I had Jim cut the 3 yardsticks into 8 pieces. Six pieces that are 12 inch long and two pieces that are 6 inches long.

Valentine Yardstick Heart

I then spray painted then red.

Valentine Yardstick HeartThen play around with the shape and get it just the way you like it.

Valentine Yardstick HeartThen use hot glue to glue the pieces together.  If you want a more distressed look you can sand the pieces.  I suggest doing it before you glue it together rather than after.  I did it after and ended up having to reglue some of the pieces.

Valentine Yardstick Heart

I then wrapped the heart with white lights.  All my lights were packed away with the Christmas stuff in the attic so I bought a 50 strand of lights at Joanne’s.  They have them in the bridal section.

Valentine Decor

I especially like how it looks at night.

Valentine Decor

The lights are definitely optional and it looks great without them too.

Valentine Decor

Which way do you prefer?  With or without lights?

Valentine Decor

I can’t quite decide!  What’s your vote?  Leave me a comment and let me know.

Valentine Decor

I think my father in laws old vintage typewriter has taken up permanent residence in my front entry.

I added a few vintage red books along with a few pieces of my milk glass collection.

Valentine Decor

The piece of subway art I had done for the Wedding Carnival was a perfect addition to the Valentine Decor.

Valentine Decor

My love affair with bottle brush trees continues.  I made some Valentine trees by bleaching and dying them.  I’ll have a tutorial on how I did that tomorrow.

Bottle Brush Trees

I love the little banner I hung along the front of the dresser.  I used some vintage Valentine’s I purchased off of eBay last year along with some letters I cut out on my Silhouette Cameo machine.

Valentine Decor

I have a touch of Valentine’s in my family room too.  I had various letters from different projects left over and my red berry wreath worked perfect for the O of LOVE.

Valentine Decor

I love filling different size jars with holiday candy for quick and easy holiday decor!

Valentine DecorThe Valentine printable was on my blog last year and is available here.  My little cupid from Goodwill loves sitting on a cake stand surrounded by love sentiments!

Valentine Decor

Be sure and cast your vote in the comments – with or without lights!??

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  1. Flo says

    Posted on 1/26 at 8:47 am

    I like it with the lights but I don’t like the white cord. Maybe you could wrap the cord on tape like a cute heart washi tape.

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  2. Elizabeth says

    Posted on 1/24 at 4:27 pm

    I like the lights but think they would look better if they were tiny seed lights 🙂 or maybe just attach the lights to the back of the heart, then you’d get “the glow” without seeing the cord and lights?

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    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 1/24 at 10:57 pm

      Elizabeth – love the idea of putting them on the back – will give that a try.

      Reply
  3. Karen says

    Posted on 1/23 at 2:09 pm

    With lights!

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  4. Emmy says

    Posted on 1/23 at 1:33 pm

    I like the heart better with out the lights. But it sure is cute lit up too. Hard choice. 😉

    Reply
  5. Vicki Emmerson says

    Posted on 1/23 at 10:34 am

    With lights is my vote! You have the greatest ideas, thanks for being so willing to share with all of us. Blessings!

    Reply
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