I wanted to make a Valentine's Day banner for a large space in the apartment, but I had very little money, and when I get it in my head that I want to do something, I want it done right away. So my dilemma was, how do I make a *cute* banner quickly and with very little money to spend?
It might sound silly, but I went to the Dollar Store for some cheap inspiration. Luckily, I found it! I found red, pink, and white heart-shaped doilies. $1 a pack, with 30 doilies in each pack! So I purchased one of each color. I knew that I wanted to string them along, but I couldn't find ribbon at home that I liked, so I used some white yarn. The doilies are colored on one side and white on the other, so for the pink and red hearts, I double-faced them to solve that problem.
I wanted to add a little something else to the banner in each place where I tacked the banner up, so I decided to use the same white yarn that I strung the doilies with, and make little pom poms. So cute (or at least I think so)! Just wrapped some yarn around two fingers, until I had a nice little ball, then tied the bundle around the center, and cut the loops, leaving two tails long enough to tie in a loop so I could hang them from the tacks, used to hang the banner.
Done and done... and in no time at all... and I spent a whopping $3 on this project! With doilies left to play with and do other things with.
