This easy DIY is perfect for a guest book at a wedding, or even wall art for your home. When I came up with this I was looking for a great guest book idea for a wedding. The couple wanted something that would hang on the wall and look great too. So, after searching around, I found What You'll Need:

Canvas
Spray Paint
Card-stock Paper
Heart Paper Punch
Glue

Start by spray painting the canvas. I originally did a metallic gold, but the sheen was too much to look at, so we went with an aqua instead. Then I punched out 60 hear shaped card-stock papers for the guests to write a note on.

Now for the math problem! I laid out the hearts to get an idea of how many I wanted and where I wanted them. I decided on 56 hearts and made sure they were in line and straight before I started glueing.

Once they are in perfect order, time to start glueing. I used a glue gun and used just a dollip of glue on each. This heavy duty glue worked perfectly to keep each heart on the canvas.

Once you finish playing with glue, you will have a blank canvas with which to work. Honestly it looks fabulous just like it is.

After the wedding was over we had a fairly complete canvas. The bride and groom loved the idea and can't wait to hang it up in the home.

And there you have it. An easy DIY perfect for your wedding or for your home.

As I blogged about in my progress report last week, one thing on to-do-next list is work on invitations. I've been thinking of designing my own and have been doing lots of brainstorming about what I want. I have some fun inspiration that I'll show another week once I start designing, but one thing I'm drawn to time and time again is calligraphy. I thought it would be a fun project to attempt to teach myself calligraphy and see if I could create something possibly as lovely as this inspiration. What's kind of amazing are how many styles of calligraphy there are! There's the very traditional style with lots of swirls and ornaments.

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Lately I've been seeing a lot of this slightly more contemporary style calligraphy as well. I love the combination of calligraphy and other handwritten styles type.

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I think my favorite is somewhere in the middle--a classic and clean look. I also love the look of the attached words.

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And I just love the look of this invitation all calligraphy. And with the striped envelope liner? Ahh, love.

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What's your favorite calligraphy style? Have you tried (or considered trying) doing your own calligraphy? I'd love to hear your tips, tricks or ideas!