Rosettes are red, well mine are pink...

So... last time I mentioned that I went a little crazy with the fabric rosettes that I made.  Today's post is further proof.  A while ago my bff sent me a picture of a valentine craft.  It looked something like this:




And I decided to try it with the supplies I had on hand, with some tweaking.  I recently scored with some awesome shadow boxes that I got for 80% off at Michael's.  I bought four!

When my CPA husband (who puts EVERYTHING we purchase in categories for budgeting reasons) wanted clarification on the receipt so he could decide into which category the shadow boxes should be placed, the conversation went something like this:

Adam: "Hey, Jill, what are these things on the Michael's receipt?"
Me: "They are shadow boxes."
Adam: "And what are those?"
Me: "They are cool boxes you put stuff in and hang on the wall."
Adam:"Why do we now have four?"
Me: "Because they will make good gifts."
Adam: "For who?"
Me: "I don't know yet.  I could also use them in crafts. They were on sale!"
Adam: "But you bought four of them."
Me: "I know. But think of the possibilities.  I want to put our own wedding stuff in one and I think it would be cool to do that for another couple when they get married as a wedding gift.  Or I have seen where couples keep their ticket stubs from movies and plays throughout their relationship and put them in a shadow box to hang on the wall as sentimental art.  Or I have seen where people put the outfit they brought their baby home in and the little bracelet the baby wears at the hospital in one.  The possibilities are endless! Plus they were on sale!"
Adam: "But you bought four."
Me:"I know. Did I mention they were on sale?"
Adam (with a long suffering sigh): "I'm just going to mark them as supplies."


Conversations like that happen a lot in our home.
Anyway, back to the craft for today.

This was the original background of the shadow box.  While I like it, it didn't fit with what I wanted so I covered it with pink sticky backed paper and covered that with natural burlap and hot glued the edges so it would lay nice and flat. 

 

 

I printed out a heart on the computer and started making tiny rosettes using the method from the previous post .  I decided to only do an outline instead of filling the heart.  I liked it better. 

I traced the heart with chalk onto the background and positioned the rosettes on the outline.  I played with it some to make sure the spacing was right.  Once satisfied, I glued those suckers down!
 

This is the original black metal frame.  I painted it with some acrylic paint and sprayed a clear coat protector (after covering the glass with tape and newspaper).

















Here is the finished product!

 

 

 

Here it is with some ticket stubs.  I think it looks cute!

 

 

The total cost for this craft was around 5 dollars since the box was so cheap! 

Stay crafty, my friends!