Rustic Pallet Wood Valentines Heart
- By Joan
- January 14, 2016
- 56 Comments
I just put away the Christmas decorations and I’m already thinking about Valentine’s Day. Well, I did have an empty space on the wall where the pallet Christmas tree has stood for the last couple of months.
I could have even put up last years heart, but since I got a fresh supply of pallet wood for Christmas (thank you brother-in-law Bill), I was feeling junky creative.
I’ve always loved Valentine’s Day and it was not just about the Whitman’s sampler…OK, maybe it was just about the chocolate but it was also about showing someone your love. What better way than to put your heart out there?
Start your valentine heart by laying out strips of pallet wood for the background. Mine measured about 19 inches square. I know it looks like it could be the size of a coaster, but it really is over a foot and a half square.
With newspaper or other large paper, cut out a heart pattern.
Cover the heart pattern with another layer of pallet wood. Keep going until the heart is completely covered.
Pull the pattern out from under the pallet wood, place it back over top of the wood and trace around the heart.
Use the heart outline you just traced to cut out the shape with a jigsaw or scroll saw.
Use finishing nails or builders adhesive to attach the heart to the background.
For one of my pieces, I wanted to include a love letter my grandfather had sent my grandmother while he was away at college. I never knew my grandfather, but his letters are rather special.
No love letters? Consider using your favorite song, the song you danced to at your wedding, or even a favorite quote.
Since I wanted a little of the pallet wood color to shine through, I decided to print the letter out on tissue paper. If you have never printed out on tissue paper, the process is rather easy…just wrap a plain piece of copy paper with the tissue paper and tape into place. Where the tissue paper is folded over the plain paper is the end where the paper will feed through the copy machine.
The old letter was scanned onto my computer and enlarged until it was bigger than my 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper. I was also able to get rid of the background sepia color by editing the photo.
The tissue paper was then pressed into the seams around the piece of pallet wood I wanted to cover and cut out.
Modpodge the letter into place.
The letter was sealed with another coat of modpodge.
For two more of the pallet wood pieces, used a watered down mixture of brown and red to paint a rustic barn wood color on the heart.
When the barn wood color was dry, it was lightly sanded for that vintage, aged look.
The background was staying together with just the nails from the heart, but just to be sure, gave the back of the heart a couple of cross braces.
Finished up the heart with a simple rusty hinge…it doesn’t move anything, but it adds a little bling.
I have a couple more pallet wood heart options for you. This one uses vintage spindles.
And this is my heart from last year. Also made from pallet wood, comes together really quick and also free! What could be better?
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Just love it! I’ve made hearts before out of pieces of pallet wood, but with just that one piece turned it is so unique.
Love it ! Especially love the touch of the letter and the wood staining.
Oh my gosh – this is the best thing I have seen in a while. I love it! The addition of the letter on there makes it amazing. Thank you SO much for sharing with us at The DIY Collective!
Oh my gosh Joan, that is so full of rustic romantic charm – I LOVE it! Pinning to share 🙂
I LOVE this! The hinge and letter are SO charming!
The old hinge added just the right final touch to your pallet heart and the letter you modpodged – brilliant. Pinned. Love your valentines.
Joy
Awesome project Like how you angled the pieces of wood so they were going in different directions and the color choices are perfection.
There is so much helpful info in this tutorial. I love the hinge and the letter – it makes this piece so unique.
This is a fabulous idea. I would leave it up all year if I had one. I need to get busy and make me a heart. So cute.
What a wonderful project. I can’t wait to give it a shot with some old wood I have in the garage.
I absolutely love this! I especially like the mod-lodged letter onto the wood. So cute!
Love this! Any chance you’d consider sharing this as a guest blogger post on my blog 100Things2Do.ca?
Found you through Between Naps on the Porch.
Would love to. Contact me directly.
The hinge caught my eye right away! I just love the addition of the letter too. Very creative. I don’t trust myself (or my husband) with a saw but I would definitely buy one of these if I saw it. LOVE it!!
Super-duper look, esp. the letter!
Nicely done.
So CUTE, and the fact that you took the extra time to add a family member’s love letter makes it super special. Thanks for sharing! Cynthia
beautiful valentine pallet heart Joan.
I love that you decoupaged the letter to one of the boards. That really makes this project come alive.
perfect in every way.
pinning!
gail
You caught me early, I’ll be by your party later on today. By the way, I’m so happy you’ve returned to the party circuit. 🙂
Creatively lovely! Such a pretty heart! Excellent tutorial.
This is SO fun, Joan – I love it! Give you a shout out on FB and pinning you to the Talk of the Town party board – https://www.pinterest.com/knickoftime/spotted-at-the-talk-of-the-town-link-party/. Thanks for sharing it!
These are so great! Love the uniqueness of each one. Stopping by from Talk of the Town.
AWESOME! My husband has a lot of tools and so do I, but I think I need a jigsaw. There’s too many creations I could make, including something similar to your heart.
I love a good pallet project and this one is simply lovely. Plus, your tutorial is topnotch! Thanks for linking up to The Talk of the Town party!
I adore this project and I love that you used a love letter that is so very special to you! It’s perfect! Thanks for linking up to Talk of the Town link party.
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This is so beautiful! I like the one from last year as well, both are really unique and so creative! Lovely!!!
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I love this heart very much! I love how you put it together and the modge podged writing is the perfect touch! Thanks for sharing this at the I Heart Blogging Link Party!!! 🙂
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