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    Home » Holidays

    Rustic Twig Heart

    By: Jane · Updated: 20 Oct, '21 · This post may contain affiliate links · 19 Comments

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    Have you started thinking about Valentine's Day decorations yet? Quite frankly, food has been foremost on my mind, but I did take some time this week to make this rustic twig heart. 

    Turn twigs into a rustic heart for valentine's dayWe have a lot of trees in our yard, and they are always dropping branches during the wintertime. While gathering up some, I got to wondering if I could make something with them. You already know how I love to make something out of nothing, right? It reminds me of the time when I was a little girl staying with my grandmother. I was whining that she didn't have any toys there for me to play with. So she sent me out into the yard and told me to see if I could find something to make. Well, I found great big leaves and twigs and put them together to make "dolls."  I guess I'd have to thank her for encouraging my creativity but back then, they didn't call it that. It was just their way of getting us out from underfoot, I think! 

    Twigs from the yardI started with a pile of about 30 twigs of various sizes.

    White-washed twigs used to make a rustic twig heartI gave them a little white-washing by using some watered down acrylic craft paint. 

    Heart pattern cut from newspaperNext I created a heart pattern using newspaper. 

    Cutting a heart shape from foam boardThen I traced the pattern onto some white foam board that I had on hand. I would probably have used balsa wood or thin plywood for this project but we live 15 miles from any place that sells something like that so I went with what I had! It would have been a little easier cutting it out with an X-acto knife but I used this scraper.

    PrunersTo cut the twigs to fit the heart, I used my hand pruners. 

    Rustic twig heartAs you can see, the heart-shaped foam board got a coat of red paint. After the paint dried, I started hot gluing the twigs onto the heart. 

    Rustic twig heart | cottage at the crossroadsIt didn't take long to fill the heart with twigs, and I decided that I would attach the rustic twig heart to this piece of beadboard that I used in our Christmas decorations.  Because the twigs added quite a bit of weight to the heart, I screwed it into the beadboard in 2 places. 

    Rustic twig heart| cottage at the crossroadsI am really digging the rustic contrast of the twig heart with the soft blue beadboard! 

    Rustic twig heartThe rustic twig heart hangs here to the right of the fireplace where there are some blue shutters propped on the mantel. 

    Rustic twig heart | cottage at the crossroadsI thought about adding a bow or some ribbon or perhaps some letters that say LOVE, but then I decided that I liked the simplicity of the rustic twig heart. 

     

    Hope you're inspired to make something out of nothing! 

    Jane from cottage at the crossroads

     

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    1. Karen

      January 31, 2017 at 6:46 pm

      Going to make this and send it to my granddaughters in Minnesota. Thank you, Jane.

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    2. Linda from Charlotte, NC

      January 31, 2017 at 1:20 pm

      I love the heart. It doesn't need a thing. It says it all.

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    3. Ellie LaJuett

      January 31, 2017 at 9:13 am

      Love it!!! Awesome idea! I'm going to use that idea to make the letter L for my front door!

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    4. Vicki

      January 31, 2017 at 7:46 am

      Love this project . Will be doing it with my granddaughter for sure......vicki

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    5. Dawn

      January 28, 2017 at 3:26 pm

      Aw, Perfect Jane. That turned out so cute and brought back childhood memories at the same time. Happy Valentine's Day:)

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    6. Paula

      January 28, 2017 at 8:33 am

      Love this project and it's perfect for brightening up your porch on these dull winter days.

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    7. Dolly

      January 27, 2017 at 8:25 pm

      The best things are the things made from virtually nothing. I love the twig heart!

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    8. Pam

      January 27, 2017 at 7:47 pm

      I like that Jane. Easy enough that I could probably take time to do it. Love your creative projects.

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    9. jo

      January 27, 2017 at 6:05 pm

      Jane, absolutely love the sweet twig heart, great idea, I think I'll try this.

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    10. Paula Johnson

      January 27, 2017 at 1:25 pm

      I Love it,. it is adorable,

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    11. Shirley @Housepitality Designs

      January 27, 2017 at 12:49 pm

      This Twig Heart is the cutest!!!

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    12. joie

      January 27, 2017 at 11:06 am

      just love it. going to make on for my daughters apt. door its in side. glad to see a craft from you that almost free. have a great day.

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    13. Sandy

      January 27, 2017 at 9:18 am

      Love it especially on the light blue headboard. Simple did it.

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    14. Nancy

      January 27, 2017 at 9:14 am

      I love it! My Dad was a champion of making something out of nothing. Necessity is the mother of invention.

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    15. Lyn

      January 27, 2017 at 8:50 am

      Very sweet. I don't have a lot of time for DIY stuff these days but I might just try this out as a gift for someone!

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    16. Terri

      January 27, 2017 at 8:39 am

      Love it !!!! AND.... glad to see a post from Crossroads this morning !!! Blessed and happy weekend to you guys!!

      Reply
    17. patti @ pandora's box

      January 27, 2017 at 8:26 am

      Cute project!

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    18. Nancie

      January 27, 2017 at 7:35 am

      So cute! Love the red paint bleeding through! Never thought about making something from nothing! You are so clever!

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    19. JoJ

      January 27, 2017 at 7:13 am

      Didn't that turn out well?!! Such a simple but charming statement. Thanks for sharing.

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