Name Letters

Time for another nursery projects update! Today's project: Name Letters. These will be hung on the wall above her crib.

MATERIALS:
wooden letters
paint (background color of choice)
scrapbook paper
scissors
modge podge

I actually found these wooden letters at Joann's Fabrics, and being they were a font I actually liked other than the usual boring ones most commonly found, I couldn't pass them up. Since baby's nursery is being decorated with mostly green with accents of pink and brown, I decided to paint these green before getting started as the sides of the letters will still be visible for the finished product. This way I could also find paper to coordinate and match with the green I used.

I found my scrapbook paper at Michael's and really liked how the colors seemed to all go well together considering the patters are all quite different from each other, but that was what I was hoping for!

I then traced the letters, face-down to the back side of the paper, and cut out the letters. Once the letters were all cut out of the paper, I was ready to use the modge podge to cover the wooden letters with the paper. I applied a thin layer of the modge podge to the front surface of the letter and then pressed the cut out paper to the letter. I then allowed them to completely dry before covering the paper and sides of the wooden letter with more modge podge to seal the paper and paint to the letter.

And the finished product! They turned out great and I absolutely love them! Of course being that we are keeping baby's name a secret, I won't hang them up until the very end. So for those of you that just got excited that her name was Eja, please refrain from getting anything personalized just yet :P

Oh, and I found these adorable little frogs to accent the letters as well :)