Friday, January 23, 2009

The Nursery - Personalized Wood Letters




This isn't a Cricut project, but I may as well post all my DIY projects here.

This project requires the following materials:

Wood letters with pre-drilled hole for hanging (I got these at Wal-Mart, pre-primed)
primer (if not pre-primed)
paint (if not painted)
sand paper/block
approx. 3 yards ribbon
hot glue gun
hot glue
nails
hammer

METHOD:
 
• Prime and paint your letters. I only painted one coat, then sanded the edges for a distressed look

While letters are drying, do the following: 

• Cut 2 ribbons of equal size for each letter, angling one end and cutting straight across on the other.  Mine were about 24 inches long. 
• Tie a bow with each pair of ribbons, angled ends at the top.

Once paint is dry, finish the project:

• Sand the edges
• Hot glue the straight edges of the ribbons to the letters
• Hang letters first, then stretch ribbons up and nail them in

Her changing table will be here on Monday and it will go beneath her name.  So fun!

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