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Sunday, May 18, 2014

Decorative Letters

The Final Product...

The Inspiration...
There really was none.

I haven't hung them up yet but I love them and I can't wait to hang them above my bed. They are so versatile. They can say whatever you want and you can make them whatever you want.

Some basic supplies you'll need:
-Cardboard, you can use cereal boxes or sheets or cardboard
-Scissors
-Decorating supplies like paint and fabric
-Glue

So first you're going to want to cut out your letters out of the carboard. You can print off letters online if you want or you can draw them yourself. You can also make them however large you want.

I used cereal boxes...
 Here are my letters...




 And cut them out...
 Now you get to decorate them... I choose to use fabric. I used tacky glue to glue the fabric to the cardboard and I just cut the excess fabric off.
 Then I also covered that fabric with this fabric...
 I covered the edges with this because I didn't want to put glue where there would be a hole.
I glued down one side...
 Then flipped the fabric onto the front...
 And over onto the front...
 Then cut the fabric... and glued down the stencils.
 Then I wanted to add more deminsion so I decided to spray paint over a stencil. I made this stencil...
 And some homemade spray paint which I should've made a little whiter...
 And then spray painted...
 That is that. I'm done...
So I hope this inspired you and gave you some pointers.