Just cut strips of double sided paper, fold in half and shape into a heart (I stapled the single hearts together at the bottom of the V...) then hot glue the hearts into 2 long strips of 12-14 hearts per strip. *don't go too far down into the center of each heart with the hot glue...just in the cleavage..*if you know what I mean?** This makes the chain longer and better for the final shaping.