Vintage Spool Valentine DIY

Use a vintage spool as your Valentine this year!

Step 1 You'll Need:

You'll need:
A vintage spool-- or any type of spool will do.  Even a small dowel cut to the size you desire will work.
A button-- red looks cute.
Paper-- I used some thrifted adding machine tape and then cut it to fit.
Tape--  I used some Japanese floral tape, but any tape will work.
String-- I used hemp twine
Heart Bead--if you wish
Glue--to glue the string and button to the top of the spool.

Comments

[pennyf24]

Nice idea... was thinking that you could use this for those little trinkets that you bring home from weddings and put a little love saying along with the bride and groom's name, date of wedding, etc.... Even as a take home gift from a birthday party or invitiation... lots of ideas pop into my head when I saw this :D

[LAWNMUSIC]

Thanks for the idea! I raided my wife's craft room (usually a good way to get in trouble) and used some of her fancy scissors, stamps, etc., but if I had to do it again, I would stay closer to your design rather than trying to be too fancy. Some changes I made were to wrap the spool in red paper stamped with hearts, trimming the message paper with special scissors to make a scalloped type edge, a heart shaped button on top, and the addition of a Claddagh charm to the ribbon that holds my paper in place. I also added a scroll with the meaning of the Claddagh symbols inside the spool.

[ilpug]

Nice! might use this for V day.

[Biggsy]

I'll be lucky if I get an email this year let alone something this thoughtful

[ChrysN]

Cute!