DIY Heart Tassel for Make it Monday

Happy Monday! Today's MAKE IT MONDAY project is easy and perfect for Valentine's Day and only takes a few supplies to create--wire, wood beads, and some yarn or string.

A wood heart tassel can hang in so many different places and has a natural, boho look that I love, especially for winter.

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You will need: an 18" piece of wire--you want something heavy enough to hold its shape, but still something you can shape. I am not sure what gauge this one is, but my guess is 16 guage, 21 20mm wood beads and one bead one size larger(the ones I bought are currently unavailable, but here is a link to similar HERE), string, yarn or jute. I also used wire cutters and scissors and something like a deck of cards to wrap your string around to make a tassel.

Shape you wire into a heart shape.

Thread the 20 mm beads onto the wire. Twist the ends together with pliers and nip of any extra wire.

To make a tassel cut one 12" piece of yarn, string or jute. Lay this horizontally across the top of what you are using to wrap your tassel. A thin, hardcovered book works, a deck of cards, a picture frame. I grabbed our Turbo Tax. Start wrapping your string around the item and around the horizontal string (that will become your tie). Because the cotton string I used was thin, I wrapped it about 40 times. If your string of choice is thicker you will want to wrap few times.

Tie the string at the top into a knot and then slide the tassel off of your tassel making item (an official term). 

Tie it about half an inch or so down from the top.

cut the loops and trim the end to even up the tassel. 

I tied the tassel into a bow at the bottom of the heart, covering up the twisted wire. Tie a loop tie at the top of the heart to hang it.

This looks cute hanging in lots of places to add a touch of Valentine's Day decor. Hang it on a bookshelf,

on a blanket ladder,

from a drawer knob,

on a shelf bracket on open shelving,

on the wall.

or from a doorknob. 

Of course you can make this in different sizes, you can paint the beads, use colorful string or yarn for the tassel. Make it YOURS!

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