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    Make a Wood Slice Heart Wreath

    This post may contain affiliate links. Please see disclosure for more information. Published: Jan 19, 2015 · Modified: Mar 25, 2021 by Dee

    Hi Friends!

    I have the sweetest little Valentine's Day decoration to share with you today. I've been working on it for what seems like a long time, but I wanted to get it exactly how I envisioned it, so I didn't rush the process. Do you ever do this? Anyway, I just loved all of the wood slice ornaments and crafts that were so popular last fall and during Christmas, and I wanted to something similar for Valentine's Day. So, I made this wood slice heart wreath, and I'm so happy with the way it turned out.

    how to make a heart wreath from wood slices




    My husband trimmed some branches from one of the palo verde trees in the front yard before Christmas, and I used some of the wood slices to make Christmas ornaments. I needed more slices for the heart wreath, so he cut a bunch of them. If you don't have access to a tree branch, you can buy precut slices of wood at your local craft store or online.

    Here are the supplies I used to make this wood slice heart wreath:

    • 34 wood slices, about 2 inches wide 
    • Tacky Glue
    • Pink chalk paint, but any craft paint works too
    • Twine
    • Burlap flowers
    • Burlap ribbon
    • Paint brush
    • Drill for adding a hole at the top 

    wood slices from palo verde branch


    After the wood was cut, my husband very sweetly helped assemble the wreath! I think it's his Valentine's Day present to me, and I love it! 

    There are two layers, and the top pieces are just glued onto the bottom ones with Tacky Glue. Hubs drilled a small hole in the very top wood slice so that I could thread some twine through and hang the wreath over the mantel. If you don't want to drill a hole in the wood, you can always loop some ribbon over the top slice.

    wood slices glues to make valentines day heart wreath


    If you've seen some of my other Valentine crafts, you know how I've been crushing on Annie Sloan's Antoinette chalk paint, and that's exactly what I used to paint the top layer of wood. I just painted a thin coat in the center of each wood slice, and I didn't bother with the second layer because I think the yellowish shade of wood looks nice with the soft pink.

    valentines day wood heart wreath painted with antoinette pink chalk paint


    I wanted to embellish the wreath a little, so I found some burlap flowers that I had and used a round stencil brush to add pink polka dots to the burlap. I also painted the center of the flowers. Then, I looped some twine through the hole and used thin burlap ribbon to hang the wreath.

    heart wreath made from wood slices and pink chalk paint


    It's definitely a rustic Valentine's Day wreath, but y'all may know by now how I love rustic decor! And best of all, this little wood slice wreath was free -- yes! The mantel is almost done. I just have to tweak the sides a little, and then I can show it off. If you've seen some of the other crafts I've done lately, you can probably guess the color scheme -- yep, pink and white!

    Thanks so very much for visiting. Enjoy your day!


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    1. USS Crafty says

      February 09, 2015 at 8:50 pm

      Such a lovely wreath. Great idea using wood slices!

      Navy Wifey Peters @ The Submarine Sunday Link Party

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    2. caseperlatesta says

      February 03, 2015 at 5:05 pm

      What a great idea! Super cute! Pinned

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    3. Alexandra Richards says

      February 02, 2015 at 4:46 am

      This is such a sweet, simple wreath. I love it! Pinned for later. Wood projects are something I want to start getting into.
      I would love if you linked this up to my 14 Days of Valentine Inspired Crafts Linky Party - http://eyeloveknots.blogspot.com/2015/02/14-days-of-valentine-inspired-craft.html.

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