hearts, birds and blooms

I made these as swap gifts for three very special friends.

I wanted to make them extra special with lots of color and bits of sparkle.  The hanger loop has bells and beads (which are actually bracelets that I had bought, but they were pokey and uncomfortable to wear). I used embroidery thread to wrap them on.

I had the hardest time finding the papier mache hearts. I could only ever find one at a time, but whenever I see one, I will now know to go ahead and get it, because I need to make one for my front door!

I love how they look against my red door.

I think it would be fun to paint one for every holiday or season ~ like my Valentine’s door angel.

They are all packaged up with other goodies and I can’t wait for them to jingle their way to my dear friends.