Try it Tuesday Tutorials ~ Letters

Letters for the Nursery

We decided we want all of his name some where in the nursery. This is a part of the last name-Boak. The B has already been completed (it was my dummy trial to make sure I liked the look). 

This is a fairly simple process.

What you need:

The cardboard like letters in your choice of letters. These are from Hobby Lobby as you can see in the second photo and cost $2.47 per letter (cheap). 

You need scissors -but what crafter doesn't have those lying around.

Burlap-this was bought at Michael's over a year ago (I think it was like 4-5 dollars a roll) and I have lots of it left over for projects such as this (and a few more in my son's room)

A thing of Mod Podge

A brush or something to apply the mod podge (I have to say we cleaned out our garage on Sunday and Jeffrey put our new pegboard in front of our supply cabinet and I could't move it to get any brushes....grrr...so I took a piece of Bounty paper towel folded it up a couple of times and used it to spread on the Mod Podge.

So first cut out the burlap in the letter shape. I do let it hang over a little because all it takes is a snip with the scissors to trim it up.

Paint on the Mod Podge on each letter and put the burlap on top.

Press down on the burlap to secure it. (I had a piece of cardboard that I laid over top to press the burlap down with that way none of the Mod Podge made its way onto my hands).

Now you have to let it dry. After it dries, trim up the edges. 

Now it is time to paint. I used the paint we used on our white dresser/changer. I used a small roller to roll it on. I made sure to get the sides as well. Then let it dry. 

Then it looks like this. 

I got a lot of comments on them at the shower, but they are actually for my little man's room.