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Decorative Letters

ABCDEFG, what can you do with just a letter? Most of my ideas come from the internet, catalogs, or from others. When I started this project I wanted something I could have up at all times of the year. My goal was to eventually have different letters decorated for different themes. Think of what theme you are looking for; a particular season, a holiday, or just a traditional look that can stay up all year. The picture below shows how I decorated my mantle above the fire place. I already had a old window I pulled out of my shed. In the top three open spots I usually put undated pictures of my three girls.
Just an FYI when you buy your first letter you will realize there are several different types of letters: wood ones, card board, light up, ones that stand, ones that are flat, and on and on. I strongly encourage you to think of your project ahead of time.

I have three young kids and at this time in my life FAMILY is a good theme. First thought was how will I decorate each letter so that is somewhat goes together. I also wanted a more dramatic look so I used different sized letters as well. I live on a farm and we try and grow as much of our own things as possible,  I thought nature or and outdoor feel would work: This is what I came  with ...
                                            This cardboard letter is about 2 inches thick. It doesn't stand very well by itself so I have it leaning against my window its approximately 13 inches tall. I then covered it in moss found at any craft store. 
                This is a simple white flat wood letter about 6 inches. Then I just glued on twigs from my yard around fall time when they were already dried out.
                      Glued on paper flowers to a wood flat letter M about 12 inches tall.
                                            Bought this right online at Michael's. It lights up with batteries and is approximately 6 inches. 
                                           Simply wrapped the wood letter with burlap and glued a decorative burlap flower this letter is about 9 inches.
                                         Used sliver spray paint and tape to make the chevron look on a flat white wood letter about 6 inches.

Other ideas for words: SNOW, HOPE, MUSIC, HARVEST, NOEL, BOO,  let me know in the comment section what words you used. 

Comments

  1. UnknownJuly 16, 2018 at 8:13 AM

    This is awesome. I love the creativity of the "M". Did you incorporate your paper flowers into this or did you buy those?

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  2. craftswithkrisJuly 17, 2018 at 6:45 AM

    I didn't use my paper flowers on this project. You can make flat paper flowers to decorate something like this, but it takes a little different paper folding process. I actually bought three different flower packets from Michael's and arranged them all over the letter in no particular order.

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