Friday, January 14, 2011
A good friend of mine made some blocks that said "Family" on them, and I thought they were just so cute, I wanted some of my own! So I made them :)
These were so much fun to make, and so much cheaper than buying them from somebody else! I just went to the hardware and found a 2x4 piece of wood, and the guy cut it up for me for free (I told him just 6 uneven pieces). Then I brought the pieces home and measured them, and then designed the letters based on the wood. That just seemed easier than designing my letters, and then trying to cut the wood the right size!
Then I painted the wood black and sanded it smooth to give it that time-worn look. Once the blocks were dry, I used ModPodge to glue the paper to the wood, and another layer of ModPodge over top as a varnish. I only Mod-Podged the letter side though, since I didn't want all sides of each block to be shiny. And finished off the "Y" with some ribbon and twine :) I love it!!! Finishes off my living room perfectly :)
Here are what the original 12x12 pages looked like:
