Valentine’s Day might be the day to celebrate love, but it’s also a good reason to decorate the house. If you live in the north, you’re still feet-deep in snow, so a little red will brighten things up.

I made a little heart garland to hang in the window, but it would be just as cute hung horizontally on the mantle.

All you need for this project is wax paper, felt and paper hearts, string and craft glue.

I cut the paper hearts free hand, but you can use a template or purchase heart confetti.

Fold a strip of wax paper in half, then in half again. Cut a heart along the fold. You will end up with a pair of hearts. My hearts measured approximately 2-1/2 inches wide by 2 inches high.

Layer one wax paper heart under the string.

Add a paper heart on top of the string, then the second wax heart.

Cover with a press cloth, or old t-shirt, hold a hot iron on the heart for 10 seconds. Gently remove the shirt; the wax hearts will be fused together.

Repeat until you get enough to hang in a window or on a shelf or mantle. Space each heart about 3-½ - 4-inches.

For more color, glue felted wool or felt hearts to the string between each wax heart.

This is so simple and pretty. The garland would also work as a ribbon on a package, or on the dinner table.