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Heart Shaped Beach Stones – Pebble Art

 

 

Make heart shaped pebble art with a collection of beach stones and natural rope on wood.

We have gone to the beach twice in October. The cool thing about going to the beach in the Fall is that no one else is there. The beach-that is typically packed with families with picnics and sunscreen….well….is empty. Have you ever had an entire beach to yourself? It’s amazing!

Our home is about an hour’s drive away from Lake Huron. If you aren’t familiar with the Great Lakes allow me to explain….

The Great Lakes

The Great Lakes aren’t your typical lakes. There are 5 and they are huge! Each looks like a sea, with rolling waves, winds, strong currents, great depths and distant horizons. According to Wikipedia if you put all 5 of the Great Lakes together the surface would be the size of the United Kingdom. Lake Huron is where we would head to see a gorgeous sunset.

Collecting Rocks for Craft.

If we drive an hour in the opposite direction from home, we will be at Lake Erie. If you are a morning person you can watch a beautiful sunrise on that side. Yawn…..

The Great Lakes are the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth. 4 out of 5 are on US Canadian Borders (Superior, Ontario, Huron and Erie). Leaving Lake Michigan the only one that is located completely in the US. According to Wikipedia “they form a single, naturally interconnected body of fresh water”.

Well that is enough of our fun facts for today! Moving back to our craft project and a trip to the beach.

 

With my eyes on the ground looking for awesome rock treasures I always marvel at how beautiful the stones are wet, sparkling in the sunshine. As we walked along looking for interesting shapes-especially hearts! What did we find but this heart made out of drift wood. Awe isn’t it Lovely!

If you look at the beach for odd shaped stones, you suddenly see how very many there are in the shape of a heart.

 

We came home with a nice collection of smooth stones that I sorted into a few containers for different crafts I have planned.

Circles, Oval, Hearts, Big Flat ones and some that were just wonky shapes.

If you are just buying a bag of stones from the dollar or craft store you probably won’t find heart shaped ones, but you can make a heart shape with any natural pebbles and it still looks great.

 

 

A month ago, I was spray painting things and I threw in some stones and painted them. If you have already my previous projects from the summer you will soon see that I love to spray paint things! My daughter noticed that I had painted a random stone orange but it was a really cool heart shape. This started my fixation on heart shaped stones.

 

On our next trip to the beach we specifically made a search for hearts, circles and long oval pebbles of any size. Bring on the rock projects!

To make this you will need:

  • heart shaped stones (if you can’t find them smooth pebbles are fine)
  • wooden board (I had already stained this 9 x 16 board with Miniwax Jacobean)
  • jute natural rope
  • hot glue gun 
  • 6 glue stick refills
  • 2 eye hooks

 

 

To get started, I organized my love heart shaped rocks to see how big it would be on my wooden board. I didn’t glue it to on yet. Instead, I took a photo of it on my phone in case I needed to refer to it. Then I got my jute natural rope.

 

 

To decide on your letter size use your fingers to make the shape of the L. I usually “eyeball” my projects instead of measuring. Holding the rope down I wrote out the letters of the word Love on the wood.

 

 

I cut the rope ahead of time because it was quite big to work with. You might choose to leave it on the spool until the end. That’s cool too!

 

 

Using a hot glue gun put a few dabs at the top of the loop of your letter L and guide it into the shape of the letter using dabs of glue as you go along. Move on to the letter O and then join into a V and finally an E.

 

 

After the E is glued down trim the rope. Make sure the end of the E is secured so that the rope doesn’t fray and lift up.

 

 

Perfect! Next lay out the rocks in the heart shape again.

 

 

When you have the stones just where you want them. Remove each one and put a dab of hot glue on each pebble and then put in back in its place.

 

 

This craft would look good without the rope if just the stones on the wood appeals to you.

 

 

I picked up this package of screw eyes at a craft store but you can find them at the hardware store and dollar stores too. I chose the humble eye hooks so that I could have the rope on the top of the project match the “Love” at the bottom.

 

 

Simply screw these into the top of the board and tie jute rope in a knot. Now it can hang on the wall.

 

This is a super easy gift idea. You could really personalize it by writing your last name instead of love, or something else…maybe “faith”, “hope”, “smile”, “dream”….something that will inspire or make you smile. You could also make this any size or paint the wood board instead of staining it. Get creative!

 

 

Thanks for reading this post and checking out another one of my crafts. I have posted several rustic/wood home décor projects recently, so I’m linking them to this message for you to pop over and see too.

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Collect Beach Stones in Heart Shape to creat this pebble and jute rope hanging wall decoration. Great gift idea! mybrightideasblog.com
Collect Beach Stones in Heart Shape to creat this pebble and jute rope hanging wall decoration. Great gift idea! mybrightideasblog.com


 

 

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Looking to craft with Buttons and Jute or Burlap? These easy projects use dollarstore items. Easy Crafts that look Great! mybrightideasblog.com

Is it a new trend that burlap and jute are in so many crafts? Maybe this has been around a while and I’m just noticing it. The crafts on Pinterest with both jute/burlap and buttons are really catching my eye. So I thought it was high time to get on this button-burlap-jute wave! :o)

Project #1 – Jute and Button Wall Art

You will need: Burlap/Jute, Mixed Buttons, 8×10 Canvas, Hot Glue Gun or White Glue and Paper

Make 2 Great Crafts Using Jute or Burlap and Buttons all Dollar Store items! mybrightideasblog.comThe local Dollar Store had several options…in both the garden area and the craft sections. For this project I cut up the big burlap bag that you would cover your shrubs with for the winter. There is still plenty of fabric left over I could still use it in the garden or other crafts.

I cut a heart shape on paper first and then used it as a template for cutting out the burlap. Then I put a few dabs of hot glue on the 8×10 canvas to flatten the burlap into place.

Make wall art with dollarstore crafts. Jute or burlap and buttons on a canvas. Easy cute crafts! mybrightideasblog.com

The buttons I used were all cream color or silver. They came as a bag of buttons from my Dollar Store for $1.50. There are some nice Pinterest posts with examples of art made with colorful mixture of buttons-I might try a colorful one next time. Start by gluing the biggest buttons in the centre and work outwards with the smallest buttons.

Make wall art with dollarstore crafts. Jute or Burlap and Buttons on a canvas. Easy cute crafts! mybrightideasblog.comWatch your fingers while you glue the buttons on! Using the hot glue gun might be a bad idea for the small buttons. I like the speed of hot glue drying but since the project lies flat you could easily use regular white glue and spare your fingertips.

Project #2 – Jute Wrapped Tin Flower Pot

Decorate a flower pot with lace ribbon jute or burlap and buttons. All supplies from the Dollar Store. mybrightideasblog.com For this project you will need: Jute Ribbon 3 inches wide, a bit of lace, mixed buttons, flower pot (mine is a tin bucket style) and hot glue gun.

Using the hot glue gun attach the jute with a dab of hot glue on the back of the aluminum tin. Wrap it around the container and glue it flat. Mine puckered at the bottom so I pulled the jute snuggly and added more glue to secure it flat.  I had a few inches of lace that was glued to the front of the container.

 

Make 2 Great Crafts Using Jute or Burlap and Buttons all Dollar Store items! mybrightideasblog.comThen add on the buttons.

2 Craft Ideas for Dollar Store Items. Make these Crafts with Jute or Burlap and Buttons. Super Easy Craft! mybrightideasblog.comI really like how these turned out and I think I might have some follow up projects with more glue and buttons. I would love to get a few bags of vintage buttons from a thrift store and mix it with broken jewelry to make a more sophisticated eclectic bit of art. On my to-do list are button bracelets and hairbands for the kids. I’ll let you know how that turns out later!

Have a super day!

Easy crafts with Jute or Burlap and Buttons on a Canvas and Potted Planter mybrightideasblog.com

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2 Craft Ideas for Dollar Store Items. Make these Crafts with Jute and Buttons. Super Easy Craft! mybrightideasblog.com
2 Craft Ideas for Dollar Store Items. Make these Crafts with Jute and Buttons. Super Easy Craft! mybrightideasblog.com
Make a beautiful craft with buttons and jute on a canvas. Looks great and all items are purchased from the Dollar Store! mybrightideasblog.com

 

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