Heart-Shaped Valentine Wreath

Last night, I headed on over to Hobby Lobby to find a heart-shaped wood form so I could make the beautiful door decoration that was churning around in my head. Well, thanks to all the blogs lately who have been creating heart-shaped paraphenalia (thanks a lot, guys!), there were no more heart forms left (except teeny ones). So my whole mod-podge plan was ruined, and I had think of something new.

I ended up buying some rolls of Valentine's Day inspired ribbon, and figured I'd go home and think of something to do with it. On my way past the dollar store, I decided I'd stop in and see if I could track down anything heart-shaped that would work for my new ribbon plan. Nope. All they had was candy, balloons, cheesy stuffed animals, and anything else a 6th grade girl might want to buy for a poor unsuspecting secret crush.

Then I ran across this gem:.50 cents! Can you believe it?!?!? I can. Yikes! I think it's the most hideous thing I've ever seen. You know, sometimes the dollar store has super-cute decorations, and oftentimes with a little sprucing up, they can look quite expensive. There was no saving this hideous sign, though--even .50 cents felt like a ripoff. I was desperate, though...and it was red, so I bought it.

So I took it home and free-hand drew a heart onto the foam form, and then I used my Exact-o knife to cut it out. I had to be very careful to move slowly so as not to crack the foam.After it was all cut out, I used packing tape to add a little bit of extra strength to the form. The foam was kind of crumbly, and I didn't want it to fall apart while I was working with it.
The next step was tying on the ribbon. This was time-consuming, but I finished it in about an hour or so...it went by quickly while I watched a couple of Mythbusters episodes. "Science in Action!" After I tied all the ribbons on, I trimmed them so they were all approximately an equal length. I think I still might trim them down a tad more...but I haven't decided. What do you think?
I had big plans for the littler heart (seen in the packing tape photo up higher in this post), but after trying a few different ways, I decided I liked the heart wreath the way it was and didn't add anything else to it.

Though my husband protested (since it's not February), I put it on my front door. I am a little worried about it blowing away, though, because it's pretty lightweight with only the foam form to weigh it down. It really would probably make a better indoor decoration (especially in Utah since it's so wet in the winter), but for now it's on our door looking festive.