Tuesday, May 19, 2009

MMMMMonogram

My daughter asked if I would make a monogram gift for a friend of hers. My life is crazy busy right now, so even though she requested that I make one made from burlap, I chose to do something a little less time consuming.I purchased a large wooden letter from the craft store and sprayed it black. Once dry I traced around it onto scrapbook paper. This letter is so large that it took two pieces so I matched up the two in the middle. I used spray adhesive to adhere the paper. Then I roughed up the edges and a few spots here and there with sandpaper. I rubbed the edges and sanded spots with a coordinating oil pastel, and then painted and quickly wiped off diluted brown craft paint around the edges to give it the charm of age. I sealed it with Mod Podge and then finished it off by gluing on some scrapbook brad heads where the two papers meet. I hope that both my daughter and her friend like it.

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  2. They are both going to love it. Love the brads in the middle.

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  3. They sure will! It is really cute.

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  4. Beautiful! I love what you did!
    Hugs,
    yvette

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  5. That is so pretty! Thank you for sharing!

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  6. OF COURSE they'll like it! Your ideas are so very cool. Thank you for sharing them.

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  7. I love the monogram. I am sure your daughter's friend will love it.

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  8. One of my grands and I made some of these and they really turned out cute.
    We did a P E A C E for her room in all different colors and patterns of the paper...I made a X O X in black and white, different patterns and it also turned out so cute.
    hugs, bj

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  9. I love it! And the brad heads add just the right touch! Beautiful!

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  10. That was quick? It looks like you put a lot of time into it. You always put heart so that is why I think no matter what type of project you do it turns out so well.

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  11. I have recently fallen in love with mod podge. Visit my blog to see my latest creation!!!

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  12. Well I love it! Since my last name starts with a "W", I see the potential of flipping it upside down, of course! : ) Great work!

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  13. Wow, I love it! What a wonderful gift! I'll be linking.

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