gingerbread hearts
here are some fun and festive oktoberfest (or anytime!) decorations to make, felt and ric rac gingerbread hearts!
i made the hearts out of brown felt and lightly stuffed them. they measure about 7″x7″. i used ric rac for the icing on the edge, and made some mini ric rac flowers for the decorations. ribbon flowers would also look cute, and add some writing if that tickles your fancy. i strung some jumbo pom poms on baby ric rac to hang with them because i thought it looked extra festive!
or try decorating the hearts like one of these pretty hungarian honey cakes!
these ones would be great for valentine decorations. they will be up year round in my house! i love the red icing and the little mirror in the center (i used tin foil). for the yellow icing i curled chenille pipe cleaners.
September 16th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
can’t tell you how much I enjoy your blog. so cool that it has an overall look and that your projects and posts relate to that look. . .
these hearts are darling!
September 16th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
thanks! i’m so glad you like it! i know, it seems like whenever i try to write (or make!) something it always goes back to the same themes…
September 17th, 2008 at 5:06 am
Those are the cutest gingerbread hearts. Ever.
September 17th, 2008 at 6:02 am
Just edible! xx
September 17th, 2008 at 10:35 am
I want to eat them! I love these!
September 18th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Your “lebkucken” hearts are just wonderful = brilliant!!! I have the sweetest memories of being a little girl at the Oktoberfest in Munich wearing a big heart that I could not wait to nibble on!
September 18th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Such delicious colors. I am thinking about making some of these as gifts.
September 18th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
these are sooo cute I love them!!
September 20th, 2008 at 9:17 am
These are so pretty! These would look perfect tied on the outside of a Christmas package. I love working with felt on projects like this. The pipe cleaners worked great for the yellow! Brilliant idea. And I love the puffy pom-pom things!
September 20th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
These are so awesome – I might have to whip a few of these up for Christmas time…
October 12th, 2008 at 10:21 am
These hearts are soooo cute…. Next week I´m looking for my big ricracs which I´ve bought in the US last year….. Thanks for these cute pics….
Have a good day
Sabine from germany
October 14th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
I love, love, love these hearts!!
December 8th, 2008 at 9:45 am
OK, these are fabulous! Will be adding them to my holiday decoration link post this week, and keeping them to refer to next year!
January 11th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Did I tell you I made chocolate salt dough ornaments inspired by these?
http://croqzine.com/blog/?p=605
February 20th, 2009 at 9:38 am
I love these hearts. I’m addicted to felt to begin with and these are just adorable!
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:45 am
These are so wonderful – I can’t stop looking at them! Did you glue on the decorations, and if so, did you use a craft glue or another special kind! Love your colorful and inspirational ideas!
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:19 am
thanks!
i just used a glue gun to glue on the decorations.
July 25th, 2009 at 7:11 am
Just discovered these! They are the cutest thing I ever seen. Love ’em!!!!