Break From Thursday: Can You Feel the Spirit?

Chloe has been sick all week. She is down to just a cough, which is what woke her up and why I am up at 3am. To top it off, both myself and my husband has caught her cold and we have a masquerade ball to go to tonight after work. I really should be making our masks, but now I’m both sick AND tired. I need a break from the week, how about you?

Do you remember these altered wooden letters?

I made some new ones the same way, only with different letters. It’s easy, I’ll show you. Just as a side note: my crafting workspace isn’t normally a large green bin, but I did these on the couch relaxing with Chloe while she recovered.

Several stores carry wood letters to alter, both craft stores and stores that carry craft stuff. They range in price, but are all between $1-3 per letter.

Paint the letters. I used a foam brush and painted two coats of a metallic blue.

After you’re done painting the wood letters, mod podge some designer paper to the letters. I usually paint the glue onto the wood letters and place them onto the paper (instead of the other way around).

Next, cut them out. Make sure your 3-year-old doesn’t “help” with this part like she did with the paint and the glue.

Notice how scruffy the paper looks after having cut it out; you’ll want to sand down all the edges to make a clean look.

Last is the fun part. Add embellishments. Theme it to what you are doing. You can add all different kinds, such as ribbon, or wood cut outs, or stamped images, or buttons, or . . . whatever looks cute.

Hang it up and spread the Christmas spirit.