DIY Conversation Heart Pillows
What can I say! I’m totally feeling Valentine’s day this year! It’s not a holiday I take very seriously, but it is fun to inject a little dose of love into the month. If you follow me on instagram ( Wait you don’t? You should totally follow me! I swear I’m fun and my instagram stories can be very entertaining!) then you saw that I recently finished up a conversation heart project and shared the easy steps in a slide show.
Now I’m taking my love for conversation hearts and my love for interior design and merging the two together. I came up with a super easy DIY to make conversation heart pillows!
Here is what you will need:
-Plain jane pillow cover – My favorite one is from Ikea
-Craft paint – My personal favorite is Martha Stewart
-Stencil – any will do, but I picked these up in Target’s dollar spot. They worked perfectly for this project.
-Sponge applicator
-Spray adhesive
-Scissors
-Tape
-Paint brush
-Felt
-Tassels
Here is what you have to do!
It’s pretty easy!
1. Cut out your heart template. Since my stencil was heart shaped I just taped it on to my felt and cut out the heart.
2. Then I taped on the stencil again to have it nice and firm against the felt and sponged on my paint. Go light on the paint and do a couple applications.
3. Remove stencil and let fully dry.
4. Use spray adhesive to attach heart to center of pillow cover
5. Accessorize! I had some pre-made tassels that I applied to the corners of one pillow.
I also painted on a border of faux piping to another one! With the pillow cover I recommend it has a flat rim border around it. So you can easily go over and paint it a pop of color to give the illusion of contrasting fabric trim. I have used this trick before on my DIY silhouette pillows!
I really enjoyed this project, because it took around 30 mins from start to finish and there were no hiccups! So simple!
How adorable is the tassel trim one! Such a fun addition to the pillow! The best part about these tassels is that they had metallic threads in them! You know I love a little sparkle.
Here is my faux piping version. I love the mix of orange and pink! It’s always a classic color combo in my book.
Here is the classic version with no extras!
All of them are adorable and a sweet Valentine’s day or just a fun accessory to whip up for your home decor!
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So cute! Very chic and again can’t wait to make these. Thanks for sharing!