Wooden heart

Well it's obvious I'm new to this blogging thing, I set some posts to come up automatically and not only did it not post them it didn't save them so I have lost 6 blog posts.  I have been very busy this week, my favourite craft company Creative Expressions and are looking for Design Team members so I have been busy applying.  One task was to express yourself in a project so I made something very special that people who know me would look at it and know I had made it.  But it's been really exciting so if you can cross your fingers for me that would be great.

Anyway back to the main reason for this post, how to make a wooden heart.  The charity where I teach on a Friday (https://www.facebook.com/St-Margarets-Centre-MDF-Craft-Suppliers-980968768594579/timeline/) recently got a CNC machine so sell high quality MDF shapes, even personalised ones, and they are cheaper than anywhere else I have seen and they asked me to make some samples up to show people what they can create with a bit of imagination and when I saw this MDF heart I thought straight away of swans and these would be great for a wedding or anniversary, not only do swans make a lovely heart shape when their necks are together they also mate for life, this became a important symbol in my family as it represents my parents marriage and was part of a message he left for my mam to have once he was gone.

I started off by painting the whole shapes gold and once it was dry I went around the inside with a thin coating of pva glue and added a iridescent glitter.  Nicola at the centre then created a sunset effect with paint and a sponge and once dried I printed out two copies of swans,the first set I stuck straight on the second set I just cut out the feathers and created texture cutting into them then used collall glue to layer them up.  I used white ribbon to attach the two hearts together then added a pretty bow.  I finished it off by adding some peel off flowers and a little banner saying forever.

What do you think? Have you found your swan?