When my mom was here, she and I spent one day shopping. We started out at Gardner Village, then downtown to have lunch at the Bee Hive Tea Room, then hit up a wood craft store in Murray that I've been dying to go to. This place is my new favorite craft store! I found the pieces to create the display for the kids art...a project not yet completed, but hopefully will be done this week. I also saw these funky wooden letters that spelled out "SPRING." I immediately wanted to get them and use them in my family room, but then decided that I wasn't thrilled with the "SUMMER" letters to switch out with after the seasons change, so I kept looking and came across wooden letters spelling out "FAMILY." I knew this was the word that I wanted for my family room. They were just unfinished wooden letters around 12+ inches tall in a funky font.
Here's what I did with them:
I sanded the letters first, then used stain (in a spray can - how easy is that?) on the back and sides of the letters. I waited a day for the stain to dry. Then I used scrapbook paper and mod podge on three of the letters - sanding off the edges once it was dry and then putting a top coat of mod podge on them. I painted the remaining letters with craft paint. I also sanded the edges of the painted letters. Then I took some distressing ink and a rag and went around the edges of each letter to give them a worn look and ta-da! There you have it! An inexpensive home decor craft! I think the letters cost me a little over $20!
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