Christmas Letter Blocks

Last year I did some wood block letters for Christmas and I had a request to do some more this year.

You need some 2”x4”s, a sanding block, some scrapbooking paper, spray paint, modge podge, your choice of letters, yada yada yada…. and presto.
Recycled and beautiful.

You can use scrapbook paper, Christmas paper, left over Christmas Cards.. whatever you have.
Cut the 2 x 4's to about 6 inches tall and sand them down really well.  Don't want any splinters!  Paint them up with your colour choice, modge podge some paper on the side and add letters.

I got these little wooden letters from Michael's Craft Store.  The were hot glued to the dried  modge podge.

 

   

Thanks for stopping by!

Linked Up To:

Power of Paint Party   Creative Share Wednesday  Penny Pinching Party    Transformation Thursday
Thrilling Thursday   Strut Your Stuff Thursday      Get Your Craft On    Hodge Podge Friday  Frugal Friday    Saturday Nite Special       Boardwalk Bragfest       

Days til Christmas

These Christmas count down blocks are officially my first project with my NEW CRICUT! Yes no longer will you hear me complain about tracing letters from my computer screen.  I have finally joined the 21st century.

Now on to business.

This project started out with a pile of this…

Pretty much everything from Michaels except the little dollar store fence.

I sprayed everything with a burgundy spray paint.  The KILZ comes in a little later.

I added some pretty scrapbook paper with modge podge and distressed the edges a little when completely dry.

I aged the dried blocks with some Valspar Antique glaze.

The numbers and letters on the sign were cut with the Cricut.  The KILZ was used to add a little snow to the fence.

I think it turned out quite lovely !

Thanks for dropping by

Linked Up To:

Get Your Craft On    Tip Me Tuesday   Nifty Thrift Tuesdays   Lucky Linky Tuesday    Boardwalk Bragfest    Strut Your Stuff      Power of Paint Party  Creative Share Wednesday    Hooking Up With HOH     Transformation Thursday  Strut Your Stuff Thursday  Thrilling Thursday   Frugalicious Friday   Hodge Podge Friday        Feature Yourself Friday  Flaunt it Friday   Show and Tell Friday  Frugal Friday     Passion for Paint Party   Holiday Hook Up       Talent Tuesday                      

Gold Vanity Dresser

Well I finally did it.  I finally finished a vanity that I had stored for about a year. There are many reasons NOT to store something that long before finishing it. Topping the list is the fact that ultimately something gets ruined or broken.  R.I.P Mirror.

I decided on gold for this Vanity.

Most times when using a metallic paint, I like to tone down the brightness with a glaze. I had a glaze that I used for my kitchen cabinet doors already mixed and stored. It’s a great brown.

Paint on the glaze with a brush and wipe it off with a cloth. 

Now it’s a nice rich gold.

Add some great scrapbooking paper and modge podge.

Enter lonely, hideous, banged-up stool. This poor friendless fella was hiding in the dark corner of a Goodwill Store, ashamed, I’m sure of its dated clothing.

Getting ready for its ‘gold’ star treatment.

I took off fabric # 1 and was left with this peach material, but I ended up taking that off as well.  Good thing I did. There was a thick layer of dust under it. I actually stripped it to the bare wood underneath.  Oh, and don’t forget to add batting to cover the foam piece.

And finally…

Get ready for a LOT of after shots.. Accessories will probably be different in every picture.

Notice the aging of the paper on the drawer fronts.

I decided to do nothing but clean the handles as I thought they were perfect for the piece just as they were.

Each drawer was lined with paper.

For the middle section, I made a collage of all the paper I used for the drawer fronts and then added a piece of glass for protection.

 

My mother gave this little hand mirror to me.  She has had it for as long as I can remember.  It’s just perfect for this vanity.

I definitely think we’ve recaptured her charm.

Thanks for reading!

Made By You Monday   Market Yourself Monday   Metamorphosis Monday    DIY Show Off
Get Your Craft On   Anything Related   Tip Me Tuesday  Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays   B&A Party
Power of Paint Party   Creative Share Bloghop    Penny Pinching Party
Idea Sharin' Wednesday    Transformation Thursday  Strut Your Stuff Thursday   Spotlight Yourself
Frugalicious Friday  Furniture Feature Friday  Favorite Things Friday  Feature Yourself Friday 
Flaunt it Friday  Show and Tell Friday    Gitter Done V3      Saturday Nite Special   Saturday Spotlight  Weekend Wrap Up