Martha Stewart Crafts sent us a few goodies to see what we could do with them. Since we’ve been working on DIY decor that can be recycled from season to season, we knew immediately that we wanted to use faux branches with lights as well as the tree branches that we’d brought in for fall that we “iced” for winter that we’ve used in every decoration since (I’ll be posting their transformation soon).
We reused the gold glitter base we added at Christmas by adding rocks in the bottom to weight it. We didn’t have enough to fill the tin so we finished holding the branches in place with some large pine cones we’d used to decorate during Christmas with. They added stability without additional weight which was perfect. Then we added the branches and the tiny lighted faux branches which we put brand new batteries in (they last for weeks on these LED lights! We added pink rose buds leftover from our coffee and dessert party earlier in the day to hide the rocks. Now we were ready to start decorating!
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We took the Valentine’s Day Cards that we received and we used decorative scissors to give them a more interesting edge. Then we mounted some of them to their matching envelop, with the To/From on the backside of the Valentine. We then used the stickers provided to play Valentine’s Day Tic-Tac-Toe on them and we attached the final product to our iced branches with decorative miniature clothespins I picked up from Michael’s Craft Store.
Once we had all of our Valentine’s in place, we filled in with stickers and other decorative items. I’d picked up some 3D hearts with a jewel in the middle. I stuck two together and then used Martha Stewart’s Kitchen Twine to tie them to the tree. I loved the sparkle that they added and they were under $2.00 with the 40% discount. I’ll also be able to use the kitchen string for so many other products – it came with 6 small spools of 3 different colors. LOVE!
We continued to fill the tree with the bits and pieced of Valentine’s Day goodies including the stickers provided by Martha Stewart Crafts. We loved that they were so creative and the perfect size. We added them throughout the tree to accent the other decorations. There were two sets of sticker – some that were the traditional type that were made of durable plastic and they appeared translucent on the tree – we loved the look.
The others Martha Stewart Crafts stickers were 3D, paper stickers that were very detailed and colorful. We loved the variety and we used the extras on Valentine suckers for my mother’s senior friends. They took plain lollipops and made them special.
We finished up our tree by turning our Martha Stewart Crafts wooden rubber stamps into part of the decor by placing them on a gold charger underneath the gold glitter pail the tree was placed into. We surrounded it with pink silk rose petals, a pink vase, my napkin rings which I love that add sparkle and shine, then we placed the whole lot atop a pink and white gingham napkin and our Valentine’s Decoration was complete! I swear it’s MUCH prettier than this picture shows and it was easy to create and fun!
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Such a pretty tree! I love the winter white, would probably use that all January!
Thanks so much! This year we did a Valentines wreath. I may have to pull out these branches and paint them though – I love them.
Beautiful tree! I’d love to make something like this with my daughter.
That tree is beautiful.I did one with material cherry blossoms once.I found this very inspirational. Maybe I’ll do one like yours.
I love cherry blossoms!
The tree is beautiful! Wish I were crafty. Although I might be able to do this! Thank you for the idea!
Super easy – no craftiness required! 🙂
I love this idea. It’s so cute!
That is so adorable. I love the uniqueness of it, and how you repurposed so many things.
We have actually made a Easter tree before but I have never thought about a Valentines tree. This looks like so much fun. My kids would love it.
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Thanks Jill!
Great job! Such a pretty and fun center piece for Valentine’s Day.
You’re so kind – thank you!
I used to make crafts all the time – seems like I don’t have the time now –
I hear ya. I didn’t for years after the kids got too old and now I find I enjoy it.
Very pretty, and I like that it can be made for a variety of different holidays/occasions.
Exactly! I need to post all the ways we’ve changed it over the last 4 months.
That is so pretty and a nice little keepsake!
It’s really pretty and a great idea 🙂
So pretty! I love what you created! 🙂
These crafts are beautiful, i love Valentines Day
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You’re so sweet – thank you!
Such a neat idea. I have used Martha Stewart items before for scrap booking but never thought to use it for something like this. Thanks for sharing.
I love Martha Stewart, these crafts are perfect for Valentines day
Looks so beautiful!
Love the idea. We see easter tree with the eggs and such but I’ve never seen a V-day tree. Too cute.
Thanks Paula!
aww that tree is very cute
You’re so sweet- thank you!
This looks neat, might make a family project out of it.
Awesome craft work.
This is such a good idea! Thank you for the post!!! I forsee a trip to Michael’s in my day today!
I love this idea. The “jewels” on the tree are so cute. I bet lights added a lot to the tree and made the “jewels” sparkle! I may have to make a trip to Michael’s today!
How cute! Martha Stewart has some great things. Love those stickers on it.
These are really gorgeous. I might have to try this.
Thanks so much!