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Valentine’s Day is almost here, so with a little help from my mom I whipped up this happy heart DIY to help you spread some love any day of the year!

Valentine's Day DIY // Heart Collar Accessory for your Dog // Ammo the Dachshund

DIY – Dog Collar Heart Accessory

This simple DIY can be made with a few items that you can likely find laying around your house.

What you need:

Scissors
A few small scraps of fabric
Needle and thread
Elastic
Sharpie
Dog Collar
Cotton stuffing (don’t have any on hand? you could always use some paper towels or tissues)
Embroidery thread (substitute needle and thread if you don’t have any)
Metallic paint (optional)
Pencil with eraser (optional)

Valentine's Day DIY // Heart Collar Accessory for your Dog // Ammo the Dachshund

Step 1: Using a sharpie draw two small heart shapes onto your fabric. You may want to draw one on a plain piece of printer paper first and cut it out to use as a stencil.

Valentine's Day DIY // Heart Collar Accessory for your Dog // Ammo the Dachshund

Step 2: Cut both hearts out of your fabric.

Valentine's Day DIY // Heart Collar Accessory for your Dog // Ammo the Dachshund

Step 3: If you are using a plain piece of fabric then you may want to add a little Bling. By using the eraser end of your pencil you can stamp some dots of gold metallic paint onto your fabric hearts.

Valentine's Day DIY // Heart Collar Accessory for your Dog // Ammo the Dachshund

Step 4: Next measure the width of your dog collar, add about an inch, and cut this length out of your elastic. Once your paint is dry on your hearts you will want to sew a piece of looped elastic to the painted side with a needle and thread.

Valentine's Day DIY // Heart Collar Accessory for your Dog // Ammo the Dachshund

Step 5: Place your heart cutouts on top of each other (paint side up) and begin to stitch the two together using a piece of embroidery floss (or regular thread if that’s all you have). Stop stitching when you are about 3/4 of the way around.

Valentine's Day DIY // Heart Collar Accessory for your Dog // Ammo the Dachshund

Step 6: Stuff your heart with cotton filler (or any other stuffing you would like to use) and then stitch your heart the rest of the way shut.

Valentine's Day DIY // Heart Collar Accessory for your Dog // Ammo the Dachshund

Your heart collar accessory is now complete, and you can slip it onto your dog’s collar.

Valentine's Day DIY // Heart Collar Accessory for your Dog // Ammo the Dachshund

I don’t know about you, but I think it totally says I LOVE YOU!

Valentine's Day DIY // Heart Collar Accessory for your Dog // Ammo the Dachshund

If you decide not to add paint to your happy little heart, you may want to use a fun fabric instead – just like the one my mom made below.

Valentine's Day DIY // Heart Collar Accessory for your Dog // Ammo the Dachshund

I’m totally wearing my heart on my ~~sleeve~~ neck!

Valentine's Day DIY // Heart Collar Accessory for your Dog // Ammo the Dachshund

If you’re looking for more ways to spread a little love this year, make sure you check out my online SHOP for Valentine’s Day Greetings and more!

The collars I am wearing in this feature are from the lovely Mattie & Margot, and they have lots of great colors that would look oh so sweet with a happy little heart on them.

Also you can fetch the id tag I’m wearing above from Blanket ID.

One of my favorite things about the holidays is decorating the house with lots of Christmas Cheer! So this year my mom decided to help me make some festive ornaments to hang on my tree. These DIY Holiday Dog Ornaments will add a little WOOF to any home!

12 Days of Cheer! Ammo the Dachshund's DIY Holiday Dog Ornaments

Supplies:

Fabric (White & Some Colorful Xmas Fabric)
Baker’s Twine
Needle and Thread (a sewing machine helps too)
Cotton Stuffing
Iron-on Fabric Transfer Paper
Iron
Scissors
Printer & Photos of your Pet

12 Days of Cheer! Ammo the Dachshund's DIY Holiday Dog Ornaments

Step 1: After choosing photos of your pet to use (it helps if they have a white background) print them out on your iron-on transfer paper. Follow the directions on the package for printing, and remember to mirror your image.

12 Days of Cheer! Ammo the Dachshund's DIY Holiday Dog Ornaments

Step 2: Cut your images out of the print-out.

Step 3: Iron on your images to your white fabric, making sure you follow the directions on your iron-on transfer paper package.

12 Days of Cheer! Ammo the Dachshund's DIY Holiday Dog Ornaments

Step 4: Cut each image out of your fabric, making sure to leave at least a 1 inch space around each image. By using something as a template you can also cut them out in the shape of a circle, which will be easier to sew down the line.

12 Days of Cheer! Ammo the Dachshund's DIY Holiday Dog Ornaments

Step 5: Next you will want to cut shapes out of your colorful Christmas fabric that are the same size as the images. These will serve as the backing for your ornament.

12 Days of Cheer! Ammo the Dachshund's DIY Holiday Dog Ornaments

Step 6: Using the baker’s twine you’ll want to cut a small piece and tie it into a bow. Then with your needle and thread stitch your bow onto the image transfer of your pet.

12 Days of Cheer! Ammo the Dachshund's DIY Holiday Dog Ornaments

Step 7: Then you will want to sew your ornament together. Place your colored fabric ONTOP of your image and then using your sewing machine (or by hand) stitch nearly all the way around your ornament, leaving about a 1/2 an inch of the fabric un-sewn.

Step 8: Flip your sewn ornament inside out so that now the image is on the outside. Then stuff with cotton.

Step 9: Cut a piece of bakers twine to be used to hang your ornament and knot it into a loop. Then using a needle and thread stitch the top of your ornament (and the loop) closed.

12 Days of Cheer! Ammo the Dachshund's DIY Holiday Dog Ornaments