Hey! So I've been "working" on this project for about a year now. Okay, so I haven't actually been working on it. I started it about a year or so ago and forgot about it... Until now! :)
I forget where I got the idea for this, but it's really the easiest customized thing ever! Check it out:
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| Monogram Plaque |
Again, EASY!!!
I had this frame just sitting around my house, begging to be used. I think it started as a Goodwill special. Who knows. Anyway. So I had the frame and I think I had a space to fill before I even had the idea, so when it came time to choose colors, it was basically already decided. Don't you just LERRRVE that pink and gold print??
I'm getting ahead of myself... I need to tell you what you need to make this wonderful piece of art!
Are you ready??
Are you??? :)
Okay, so you need:
- a frame - any size you want! Any style you want! YAY!
- paper - ANY design you want! Has to fill the frame. (I have a secret about mine!)
- a wooden letter that fits inside the frame.
- paint for the letter - again, ANY color/kind!
- hot glue gun
I used, like I said, a frame I had $0; wooden letter from Michael's $1.18; I ended up using two paints, one was Satin Nickel spray paint (Walmart) I had leftover from another project (the planter I'm going to stick my Christmas tree in this year!), and three coats of Martha Stewart Crafts Multi-Surface Glitter paint in Antique Silver (Michael's) $3.50? I said I have a secret about my paper. Here's the secret: I didn't use paper! I was looking all over for, like, a scrapbook paper to use. I found a few things that were okay, but they weren't great and considering I had to buy an entire book of paper to get the one paper, I wasn't getting it unless I loved it. So one day, I'm in Target getting whatever it was, when I pass by this gift bag and think, "THAT's what I want the paper to look like!" So I go over to Target's little crafty area to see if they have some paper similar while I'm thinking of it. FINALLY I realized that I could just use the darn bag! Once it's cut to size and in the frame, who's gonna know except me?! Well, now everyone, but you get my point! So, I didn't use paper, I used a gift bag!
At last, my "plaque" is complete, and in my splendid opinion, it is magnificent!
See it in my bathroom:
And another angle of the bathroom:
:)
