Two hearts in a tree

My nightly routine consists of perusing Pinterest

Okay, lets be honest,

my morning, mid-day, afternoon, and evening routine consists of perusing Pinterest.

Dang smartphone makes it possible for me to pin non-stop.

This morning I saw this

and I fell in love!

Not only is it pretty, but the tree is made of the lyrics to the couple's first dance.

Together now. 

"Awwwww"

For those less crafty you can snag one for $68 on etsy.com

I didn't want to spend that much.

So, I made my own.

For free.

:)

Here's how I did it.

1- I printed out the lyrics to our song.

I used 11 size font and repeated it over and over until it took up the whole page.

It's not the first song we danced to.

We didn't dance at our wedding.

I have two left feet you see...

moving on.

I put the lyrics to our song

The Search Is Over by Survivor

Which is just as  Aww-worthy.

2- I sketched out a tree with a long branch sticking out.

I eyeballed the one on Etsy and got as close as I could to it.

You don't want a tree with too many small branches our you'll never be able to tell what the lyrics are.

3-I cut out the tree.

4. I then traced the tree on the lyrics.

 5. I cut out the tree again on the lyric page.

6. I cut out two small heart out of red felt and embroidered our first initials on them.

This could easily be done with pretty scrapbooking paper with the initials printed one.

I *think* that's how the one on Etsy was done.

I just liked how the felt gave it a little extra dimension.

7. I glued the tree onto the background (cardstock) and the mat.

I made sure the branches sandwiched between to two mats.

I liked how it looked so I went with it.

8. I traced around the outside of the tree with a black Sharpie.

It made it stand out a little more.

9. I cut a small piece of string/twine and looped it around the extended branch and glued the hearts on to the back piece.

10. I then assembled it all. and hung it up.

I didn't buy this frame.

It's just an old frame and mat that I had in storage.

I spray painted the inner mat and frame black before hand.

You do whatever works for you.

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