Monday, February 8, 2010

i {heart} word art.

i made a little something to spruce up my wall space for
valentines day.
...and it all started with inspiration from here.
and one of these desk writing thingies.
i'm sure they have a name.
i just don't know what it is...hence, writing thingy.
i found it at the thrift store for 50 cents.
i first started by tearing off the hideous fabric sides.
then i made up with my printer and printed all sorts of words that
described all things valentines day.
i used multiple sizes and fonts.
i just played around with fonts til i found ones i liked.
i then cut the words out in strips.
glue each word down with mod podge and a foam brush.
if your out, go steal your neighbors brand new jar.
i started with the biggest words first and then started placing them
randomly til i liked it.
i used my pampered chef scraper to smooth out any air bubbles.
  i left enough of the white paper on the words that were up against 
the edges and wrapped the extra around to make them look clean.
i just kept adding words until the whole thing was covered.
when i had the entire board covered.  i gave it a smooth coat of mod podge on top to seal it all.
then just let it dry.
i will say it is a little time consuming...and messy.
but totally worth it i think.
you could totally customize it for any theme too.
i think i may cover the back side of this one with a different theme.
maybe one i could have up all year long.
  i think i will give my printer a rest for a while and start that one next month.

4 comments:

  1. You are amazing. How do you just come up with something like this? Some people seem to be blessed with craftiness. I'm not one of those individuals. I love the idea and will probably fail at it, but I'm going to give it a try. I'll let you know how it turns out. Good idea, thanks for sharing it.

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  2. thanks susan. i came across something similar through another blog, but wanted to amp it up a bit. have fun, and definitely let me know how it comes out!

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  3. On your first coat of mod-podge, did you do the front, back or both sides of the strips?

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