A Song of the Heart

Last week I told you that I'd post about my latest major project so here it is. I was in charge of the women's Christmas dinner and presentation at my church. My directions were to do something spiritually uplifting and to use these small 1.5 inch wooden hearts in some way. Oh, and not to spend much money since there wasn't too much left in the budget.

With that in mind, I developed the theme: A Song of the Heart. My talk was on the unlikely history of Handel's Messiah and how his struggles parallel our own. I used the little hearts to make ornaments that the women took home as a reminder of the evening.

These little trees were the centerpieces on the tables.



Here they are close-up. I used Elsie Flannigan paper as well as Piggy Tales paper, glue glitter and ribbon. First, I painted the edges of the hearts red. Second, using Mod Podge, I adhered the paper to both sides of the wooden heart. Then I glittered the edges, drilled a hole for the ribbon and threaded it through. I made about 100 of these ornaments while watching TV at night. It was a very time-intensive project, but it certainly wasn't difficult.


Overall, I think that the evening went well. The women seemed to enjoy themselves and thanks to my prep work, I learned a lot about Handel and his life and times. I'm sure glad that I'm done though!