DIY Wall Letters

You've seen them everywhere lately, in stores, in advertisements and even on commercials, those large oversized alphabet letters. The large letters are certainly a hot trend right now.  Here in our store, we carry many already finished Marquee, wooden, retro, distressed and metal alphabet letters in our Home Decor department, but have you thought of making your very own unique personalized letter? 

Below are a few project samples our employees came up with to help inspire you all to experiment on your own of crafting a letter of your choice. Take note of the many different techniques and mediums used in these samples in which create a different look and texture effect for each one. 



Concrete Paper Weight  Letter 

Paper weight created with stepping stone mix!
 

Ikat Chevron Paper Mache Letter

The unique design is created with using a comb brush.

Studded Wood Letter 

Made using Gold Thumb Tacks and Gold Duct Tape!

Faux Rust Paper Mache Letter 

Created with the spice Cinnamon!

Ninja Turtle Paper Mache Letter

Draw out your designs and then paint within the lines. 

Frozen Paper Mache Letter

Create this custom Frozen letter for a little girls bedroom. Don't forget to add the pretty sequins!

Baseball Paper Mache Letter

We can't forget about the boys now! This Baseball Letter really has some added personality with the ball & mitt wood shape.

Q Chunky Wood Letter 

This letter is painted with Chalk Paint and Wood Tint and just sanded down.

V Chunky Wood Letter

By whittling the edges of this wood letter before the Chalk Paint is applied, then sanding all over, it gives it a nice distressed look. 

X Chunky Wood Letter 

The contrast of the bright color painted imperfectly over a darker wood tint, really makes this letter stand out. 

Z Chunky Wood Letter

By adding grooves with a hammer and painting with a Patina effect, then distressed with a darker paint give this letter the aged look. 

Washi Week: Thursday.

Our Washi Week projects today include some great home decor projects as well as a fun Washi Tape jewelry project too! As with our previous Washi Tape projects all of these projects are really so easy to complete as all you really need to do is stick down tape to the piece you are altering. Then just add a few embellishments and you have a completed piece.

Washi Tape Shadow Box:

 

Washi Tape Vase:

Washi Tape Candle & Jar:

Washi Tape Lamp Shade:

Washi Tape Letter Canvas: 

Washi Tape Bracelet & Pendent:

 

Project Ideas: Duct Tape Projects

This weeks Guess What product was....Duct Tape. We carry 50+ styles of Duct Tape! You can find it in our Paints & Basics department - in both aisle 19 as well as displayed on a middle endcap in-between aisles 19 & 20. Of course there are so many uses for Duct Tape - and if you are short on any ideas I have posted a few of the project ideas we have on display in store below.

You can also find additional ideas on the Duct Tape brand website, or just search Duct Tape on Pinterest - and the ideas are endless.

Duct Tape Hair Clips, Bracelets, and Earrings

Duct Tape Covered Canvas

Duct Tape Covered Light Plates

Duct Tape Embellished Paper Mache Letter

Duct Tape Bag

Duck Tape Embellished Tumbler

Cookie Monster Duct Tape Lunch Bag

Project Ideas: Home Wood Box

Today I just have a quick and simple home decor project to share with you. For this project we used one of our finished cream wood pieces - and then embellished it with some small wood letters that have been covered with coordinating pieces of pattern paper. From the same paper line we used a few chipboard embellishments and also some ribbon to dress up the pieces a bit more. This would be a very easy project to complete in just a few hours and would be a lovely handmade addition to your home!

You can find a detailed project sheet for this project HERE.

New in Paints & Basics.

Our Paints & Basics department has received in a lot of new products the last few weeks - today I wanted to share a few of the new pieces we are very excited about!

First, we have these fun wood letterpress blocks. Great to use as a single letter or to spell out a word.

I also spotted these new Melissa & Doug activity books. The pages come with printed activities or starting prompts and then you fill in the pages with either the chalk or stamp markers that are included. These would be a great addition to an Easter Basket if you are still needing an idea!

We have a couple additional sizes available now of chalkboards.

On a middle endcap in the Paints&Basics department you will find a complete line of these bottlecap items. They come in variety designs, colors and sizes - as magnets, necklaces, bracelets, etc. They not only can be used as projects themselves - but the pieces also work well as embellishments on other projects too.

We have a lot of requests for small wood numbers - and now you can find them here! In addition to the numbers we also have the & and @ symbols available too!

And finally, some plastic containers in a variety of shapes and sizes. They make great little favor containers and would also be good little storage containers for items as well.

Paper Mache Letters.

You may have seen a few weeks back when I posted a photo of the new 23.5" Paper Mache letters we now have in store. You can find these letters at the back of the store by our Beads & Basics demo counter. And the best part...they are only $9.99!

As I mentioned when I first posted them, the possibilites are endless with how you could embellish and decorate them! Today I wanted to share a few of the samples we have come up with.

For this letter C - we painted the letter, covered it with patter paper and added a burlap embellishment to the side.
 

For the letter K, we did the same thing, just using a different pattern paper (if you are trying to cover the entire letter with a single pattern if works best to chose a stripe or repeating pattern that you can easily match up).

For the letter L, we painted the letter pink and then used hot glue to adhere cupcake liners to the front of the letter.

On the letter H, we used Tacky Glue to create a pattern on the letter - then once it was dry we painted the letter with a cream color and then distressed it with a darker color. Then simply added a bow to the side using brown ribbon.

For the letter J, we painted the letter blue and then used an Ombre yarn to cover the letter, securing it with hot glue as we wrapped it around the letter.

Finally for the letter N, we created a fall look by painting, and then covering the letter with pattern paper and adding a fall arrangement to the side secured with a burlap ribbon. This would also be a great alternative to a fall wreath on your front door!

We've also found plenty of different project ideas using letters on Pinterest, you can find them on our Project Inspiration board.