Saturday

DIYP #10-Easy, Cheap & Terribly Adorable Wall Letters


Welcome to this weekend's DIY project.

I've mentioned my scrap booking guilt before.  I actually started my weekly carnival, Sincerely 'Fro Me to You, to share some of the pictures that will never be cut with crinkle scissors.  I also wanted to show off my  'fro.  

Because I'm vain. Because verbalizing is therapeutic.

I wanted to create a unique, inexpensive piece of art for my baby's nursery.  I've heard about all the fancy scrap book altering out there and ran across this great article, Altered chipboard letters.

And so, this is what I did with all the unused scrap paper I possess.  

I bought 4 chipboard letters, they cost around $1.50 each.  They come in a variety of sizes, but I wanted mine to make a statement, so I bought 4" ones.  You can find some just like it here: Chipboard letters.

This is what they look like:


Next, choose some scrap book paper that speaks to you. The nursery is green, black and red (Frog Princess), so I chose patterns in those colors I liked.



Then I traced the chipboard letter onto the paper. Cut it out and glued the scrap book paper to the letter, like so:



For one of the letters, I enlarged a snapshot of a newborn picture and traced the chipboard letter on the back of the photograph.  I cut it out and glued it to the chipboard. 

Like this:



I applied a light coat of Decoupage over the letters to give them a finished look.

Here's it all put together.  This is one of my favorite corners in my house.



I attached the light-weight letters to the wall with sticky poster tabs.  You can spell any name or words and decorate to match any room!  This is a really easy, versatile project and the whole thing cost less than $10!



33 comments:

Joanna said...

Cute! I have known about this for sometime now. I just now sorta did it. I went with the small letters so that it would go great with the raggamuffin garland that I made (many thanks to that nester). Although the picture, I would have never thought of it, and it's AWESOME!

Anonymous said...

This is so awesome!! I am so doing this!!

Blessings From Above said...

I love, love, love this tip!!! And I love that comfy corner in the room...no wonder it is one of your favorites.

Thanks for sharing such a great idea! :)

Anonymous said...

Great idea! Especially the baby face in place of the fabric.

Rachel said...

What a darlin' idea! So cute and crafty!
Clever girl.

Muthering Heights said...

How cute! That sure beats painting them, like I did!

Precision Quality Laser said...

What a fantastic idea! Looks easy enough for the craft-impaired (read: me!) too. I love the baby face in the letter...might have to copy that!

Anonymous said...

Great idea!! I love this!

Mechelle said...

Great Job on your Wall art. So cute and such a fun way to brighten up any room.
((hugs)) Mechelle

One Mom said...

I'm loving this idea and thinking names or words for the little ones on my Christmas list! (note to self: this is the time to get started!) Also love your new summer fun photo - wow, is she ever having a great time!

Happy Mommy said...

I love it! I really love that you have a chandelier in the nursery, I so love the model homes that use them, one of my favorite things to do is go look at model houses and I want a chandelier in my bedroom so badly but it gets hot, and HD must have a ceiling fan,

Unknown said...

Great idea! I'm gonna have to keep this one in my mental file. I might use this when my daughter gets a bit older and I need an idea on how to update her bedroom.

Anonymous said...

I can totally see why this is one of your favorite corners... though each time we get a glimpse of your house, I am always amazed... you have a knack for decorating... wanna come help with my house?
These letters are adorable. We have just plain white letters above each of our child's bed spelling out his or her name... I like the artistic flair you used to make yours unique!

Rebecca Ramsey said...

It's just darling! Thanks for the idea!
Becky

Lisa said...

Once again you have come up with such a cute idea. How do you do it? Love it. Thanks for sharing.

Carolina Mama said...

Brilliant! Love this idea. Too cute!

Thanks because I do not possess the scrapbook craze/gene either.

Shane H. said...

Thanks for sharing. It looks great and I'm just gonna give that a try myself!

Kirstin said...

I love that idea and will definately be using it!!

Anonymous said...

I AM ALL OVER THIS!!! LOVE IT!!

Thanks!

Takin' time to smell the flowers! said...

Love it! I'll definitely be trying this someday. Great DIY.

Beachy Mimi said...

That is so cute. Thanks for the idea.

Dawn said...

This is really cute! I had painted some letters for my daughter's room when she was younger. I like the patterned paper and picture idea so much better. Oh, well... there's always the grandbabies' nurseries to help decorate someday, right?

Come by my place and see why today is a special day... there's even a giveaway!

Blessings!

Anonymous said...

I did the same thing with fabric; but paper would have been better.
I love the photo B.
Now I want to see the rest of this fab nursery. Give us a tour! :)

Unknown said...

Those are great! The photo idea is so charming.

You can also print out letters to trace around--you have to print them backwards, but that's not too hard either. Then you can use any font you want!

Darla said...

I have been wanting to do this project for a while now (call me a procrastinator, I'm fine with that =)....Did you wrap the paper around the edges of the letters or just match the paper to the exact size of the letters?

Nancy said...

I LOVE this!! I may have to get my crafty self out and copy you ;)

World's Greatest Mommy said...

I adore this! This would be simple to do and really add a lot to a room. You're so creative...I'd hate you if I didn't love ya.

Anonymous said...

This is just the thing I have been looking for for our boys' room! We have all three boys in the same room, so I think it will be neat to have their names above their beds, to individualize it a bit.

Thanks so much for the great tip! :)

Along the Journey said...

Thanks for the great idea. I love it. I noticed a lot of people are buying the sticker, but they cost a lot more than this. This is way cuter!

Chel's Leaving a Legacy said...

What an awesome corner! I LOVE that rocking chair...does it have a long history? It looks old. I LOVE old stuff.

I am working on a wall that will have many different black picture frames of all sizes with B&W pics of our family. I will create a large square with all the frames.

Anyway, now I need to include a word using this technique to go with it...fantasic! Thank you!!

Valarie Lea said...

Wow!! I think I can so do this. :)

By the way I love the new picture at the bottom.

Unknown said...

That is a GREAT idea! Thanks for sharing this. I never would have thought it up on my own, and girl, I have a LOT of scrap booking paper in my collection!

Unknown said...

That is a GREAT idea! Thanks for sharing this. I never would have thought it up on my own, and girl, I have a LOT of scrap booking paper in my collection!