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Valentine's Day is right around the corner so I've been working on a couple of projects to decorate my home.
Today I'm sharing an industrial heart garland I made.
I have two sheets of old industrial corrugated metal that I found at the dump. They look like they have been through a fire or something but I like the patina they have, I know my dad thought I had finally lost it when he had to store them for me for awhile!!
For this project I just needed a small piece.
If you want to recreate these, you can buy corrugated metal from Lowe's or Home Depot or you could use any kind of old metal... how about a tin can that you have flattened out!?
You'll need a 3 pc. Tin Snip Set
(the set has a straight cut, left cut, and right cut snip) and a 4-Way Shoe Rasp File
(there are other types of files that will work too, but this is what I used.)
I cut out a heart from a scrap of paper to serve as a pattern and then cut a small square large enough for the heart, from the metal with the straight tin snips. Then using a pencil, I traced the heart onto the metal.
Cut out each heart using a combination of the differently angled snips. I'll be honest... this takes a little bit of effort with this kind of metal. I cut a total of 8 hearts but I was pretty much over it at 6!!
The metal will be SHARP so be careful!! In fact, you really should wear gloves but that's not how I roll yo! 😎 Sorry, dad!
I forgot to take a picture of the next step but it's a pretty simple one, I used my Crop-A-Dile Punch
to punch holes in the top of each heart and used some jute twine to string them together into a garland.
It is hanging from the hooks in my dining room now.
I'll be back to share my dining tablescape soon!
PS. I have included links to the products (or some like them) that I've used for your convenience. If you make a purchase from one of the links in this post I will earn a small commission but it will not cost you a penny more! Click here to see my full Disclosure Policy.
Valentine's Day is right around the corner so I've been working on a couple of projects to decorate my home.
Today I'm sharing an industrial heart garland I made.
I have two sheets of old industrial corrugated metal that I found at the dump. They look like they have been through a fire or something but I like the patina they have, I know my dad thought I had finally lost it when he had to store them for me for awhile!!
For this project I just needed a small piece.
If you want to recreate these, you can buy corrugated metal from Lowe's or Home Depot or you could use any kind of old metal... how about a tin can that you have flattened out!?
You'll need a 3 pc. Tin Snip Set
(the set has a straight cut, left cut, and right cut snip) and a 4-Way Shoe Rasp File
(there are other types of files that will work too, but this is what I used.)
I cut out a heart from a scrap of paper to serve as a pattern and then cut a small square large enough for the heart, from the metal with the straight tin snips. Then using a pencil, I traced the heart onto the metal.
Cut out each heart using a combination of the differently angled snips. I'll be honest... this takes a little bit of effort with this kind of metal. I cut a total of 8 hearts but I was pretty much over it at 6!!
The metal will be SHARP so be careful!! In fact, you really should wear gloves but that's not how I roll yo! 😎 Sorry, dad!
Once you get the hearts cut out, use the rasp to file down the edges and remove any sharp burrs.
I forgot to take a picture of the next step but it's a pretty simple one, I used my Crop-A-Dile Punch
to punch holes in the top of each heart and used some jute twine to string them together into a garland.
It is hanging from the hooks in my dining room now.
I'll be back to share my dining tablescape soon!
PS. I have included links to the products (or some like them) that I've used for your convenience. If you make a purchase from one of the links in this post I will earn a small commission but it will not cost you a penny more! Click here to see my full Disclosure Policy.
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