Pretty in Pink Blog Hop with Trendy Twine

Welcome to my stop on the Pretty in Pink Blog Hop!!! Are you loving the new Pink Licorice & Pink Midnight twines? The design team has made some adorable projects for you to see & of course there is some blog candy!

Trendy Twine - http://twineitup.com

Candi - http://chaos-n-crafts.blogspot.com/ <~~~ YOU ARE HERE

Dawn - http://dawnsdesignsthatdelight.blogspot.com/

Helen - http://www.htbcreations.com/

Jamie - http://jamiek711designs.blogspot.com/

Jessi - http://kissinkrafts.blogspot.com/

Jessica - http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/

Kate - http://www.scrapperscreativecorner.blogspot.com/

Sukie - http://scrappindhilly.blogspot.com/

Yvonne -http://onecreativemomma.blogspot.com/

As those of you who follow me know I've been bitten by a wood working bug, so of course I had to combine two of my favorite things into a project. I did a string (or should I say twine) art project for Valentine's Day decor.

You can skip making your own plaque and just buy one from the craft store but since I now own the tools I wanted to save money and make my own. I started with an inexpensive piece of pine which I trimmed square with my miter saw. Then I added a decorative edge with my router & table

To line up the nails for my heart I simply used the rhinestone feature in Silhouette Studio DE, I sized a heart and then turned the edge into a rhinestone template. I printed this off and stuck it with double sided tape to my painted wood. Then it was as simple as nailing in the nails. 

Don't laugh at my mini hammer, full sized ones can be so hard to control and this little guy is perfect, no more smashed fingers or missed nails, you can find it on Amazon right here for less then $7: perfect little hammer In order to keep the nails close to even in height I first nailed every other hole, then when putting the nail in the middle the hammer head leveled them all out

Then it was just a matter of wrapping my twine around the nails, I had no rhyme or reason with this.. I like things to be symetrical so I went with this look (though it does look a bit like a spider web, my daughter suggested I add a pink glitter love spider LOL) You can try different ways of wrapping to see what you like best. 

Lastly I decided to add some pink stickles to the heads of the nails, rhinestones would have also been really cute. 

I can't decide which of the two new releases I like better, since you probably can't either go ahead and get both <wink>. We have then on special for this weekend only. 

The full spool set is on sale for $16.50 right here: Pink Licorice & Pink Midnight Spools 

The minis are on special for $3.95 for the set right here: Pink Licorice & Pink Midnight Minis

Want to be entered to win one of three prizes? To be entered for the blog candy, make sure you follow the TT blog, comment on each blog in the hop, and like the Trendy Twine Facebook Page.

You must do all three to be eligible. Deadline to enter is 10:00 pm CST, Monday, Jan 28th. Winners will be chosen by Random.org

Thanks so much for looking, next stop on the hop is with Dawn http://dawnsdesignsthatdelight.blogspot.com/