This project came about as I was thinking about a simple way to “Valentine up” the white twinkle lights I still had up in my office area. I remembered spying a few cool projects in the blogosphere (namely here and here) utilizing baking cups as a quick way to embellish a string of lights. So I grabbed a few colorful baking cups, scissors and a stapler, and came up with a quick and easy holiday craft that can be done in a snap! — Megan B.

What you will need:
Cupcake liners in various shades and sizes (I used both mini and full sized)
1 string of white twinkle lights
Stapler & Staples
Scissors

Begin by selecting 3 matching cups. Flatten and smooth them out the best you can, and fold them in half. Either trace a half heart shape and then cut, or just freehand cut the cups into a heart. When you unfold, you will have three identical hearts.

Staple the hearts together to form a three-sided heart, joining them with two staples per side — one at the top of heart’s curve, and one 3/4 of the way down. Repeat as needed. Place on top of the individual bulbs (either through the top or bottom opening of the hearts). If you’d like, staple together a few of the cupcake liners that were cut as a reverse image and loop them through the light string. Plug ‘em in, and enjoy the glow with the one(s) you love!