Friday, April 26, 2013

Scrabble Tile Wall Art and a Big Announcement


First our announcement....


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That's right, our biggest DIY project of the year, a baby! Currently the gender is unknown, I'm actually going in for an ultrasound today, but my husband had some work conflicts so I'm going to have them write it in an envelope and we'll open it together tonight at dinner (while we celebrate our 5th anniversary too)!! 

Exciting stuff and to go along with our 'wood' (5th) anniversary I recently put together this craft. 


You see a while back an amazing friend organized a craft club, but then she moved... and left it to me. Honestly I'm really not that 'crafty' not in a sense that is easy to put together a project for other women to do. Soooo I turn to Pinterest, a lot. 

Anyway, about 6 months ago one of the other ladies pinned this idea and I thought it was awesome. It was just a picture so I hunted down a post where someone actually did the project. It turned out super cute over at Insideways

Fast forward to last week, I finally got it all put together and found a day to host the event. I started by getting the premium pine at Lowe's that doesn't have any knots in it. Then I made stencils with my friend's Silhouette. I just took cardstock and cut out the letters with the numbers right next to it. 

Then using the stencils, the ladies traced the letters onto the wood. 

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From there we just filled it in with paint. We actually found that for the smaller size (I offered 4" and 6" squares) it was easiest to outline in Sharpie to get clean edges, then paint inside the lines. 

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Lastly, I gave all the ladies saw tooth picture hangers to hang them on the wall. They had too much fun though and so many didn't even finish :) hehe.

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All the ladies' projects turned out wonderful! I actually spent so much time organizing and putting it together, I never even thought about what words I would want or where I could put it. I know I have plenty of bare walls for it, I just never figured it out. haha

But theirs turned out great! Here is my friend Barb's finished project...

So cute, right?!?


Some of the other ladies did their kids' names, last name, and other special words to them. You can really do anything you want, which is what I love about this craft!

Now I've got a bunch of ideas swimming around in my brain about what words I want to do...we will see. 

Be sure to follow along so you don't miss out! Have a great weekend!!

26 comments:

  1. Your group took Scrabble tiles to a whole new level! Great decorating idea.

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    1. Thanks Donna. It sure is a fun one for a game/play room or really anywhere. So glad you liked it!

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  2. Congratulations on both the baby and your anniversary! Can't wait to hear what the gender is.

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    1. Thanks Francesca! We're still in negotiations about if we're going to open the envelope or not. haha. my husband couldn't make it to the ultrasound so I had them write it down so we could find out together...

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  3. Congrats!!! Love this project idea!

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    1. Thank you, Amber! I love that you can spell anything you want this way and make a really unique and personalized piece of art.

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  4. Congratulations on the new baby, that is so exciting. I love your scrabble tile sign, what a fabulous idea. I would love it if you would link this to my Inspire Me party that is ongoing.
    http://www.astrollthrulife.net/2013/04/162nd-inspire-me-tuesday.html
    Hugs, Marty

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    1. Thank you Marty! I added your party to my party list and I'll be back on Tuesday (or Monday evening) to link up this project, thank you for the invite!

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  5. I seriously love this! Thanks for sharing.(Found you from High Heels and Grills, Work it Wednesday.)

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    1. Thanks Shantel. It really is a fun idea that you can personalize any way you wanted. Thanks for coming over!

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  6. Congratulations! This is such a neat idea, I love it! You could spell and make up whatever you want. You could feel up a whole wall (-; This is so cute! Thanks you for shaing. I found you at Thrifty Thursday. Pinning!

    Enjoy that baby they don't stay little long.

    Linda @ Mixed Kreations

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    1. Thanks Linda! You really could do anything you wanted. I love crafts like that. A great idea that you can personalize. :D Thank you for pinning and coming by!

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  7. I think this is just so cute! And congrats on your anniversary and the baby announcement. :) Thank you so much for linking up with Much Ado About Monday. We can't wait to see what you have to share with us next week. :) We have also featured this great project on our Friday Features. Make sure to come and grab our 'I Was Featured' button and display it proudly!!

    Jamie
    www.huckleberrylove.com

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    1. Awesome thank you! I'll be coming right over to grab that button!

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  8. really lovely! I think its great that you can make so many different saying out of these tiles. Thanks for sharing at Tasteful Tuesdays @ Nap-timecreations.com. You are being featured this weekend in me Writing on the Wall round up! :o) Would love for you to put my featured button at the bottom of this post...
    Emily
    http://www.nap-timecreations.com/2013/05/alphabet-art.html

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    1. Thanks Emily, I sure appreciate the feature. I've added your button to this post. Thank you!

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  9. Congratulations on the news! I really love your scrabble tiles, so cute!

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    1. Thank you Bethany, we are super excited and I'm glad you like the scrabble tiles! Have a great Monday!

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  10. A big congratulations on your growing family! Hope you are feeling good! Love the scrabble wall art so much. Thanks for sharing with us this week at Monday Funday!

    Take care,

    Trish

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    1. Thank you Trish, I'm feeling great. I'm also glad you liked the wall art. Have a great Monday!

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  11. Oh wow! That is way too cute. I think I know an exact spot to put that in my house using our family names. Thank you for sharing this wonderful craft.

    Oh! Congrats on your new bundle. More exciting times ahead - and some sleepless nights (but it's so worth it - I have 4 kids, so I can relate). Congrats!!!!

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    1. Thank you! I think it would be so cute to do your family names. So special and meaningful! We're super excited for this little addition. Lots of adventures in store!

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  12. This is really cute! I'm hosting a new linky party at http://hickorytrailblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/efforts-and-assets-linky-party-1.html

    I would love to have you!
    Angela

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    1. Thanks Angela, I linked this and a couple other projects up to your party. Thank you for the invite and your comment!

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  13. Congratulations!!!! I'm so happy for you and your new addition coming soon! I also love the DIY scrabble art. Thanks for linking it up to A Crafty Soiree, I co-host with Malia from Yesterday on Tuesday. I'll be featuring your project this Thursday and I hope you'll come by to see it and share more of your projects!

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    1. Thank you Katie, we're super excited! and thank you so much for the feature, I'm honored!

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