ABC wall art is as easy as 123.......

I love handmade items to go into baby's room they look so good and you know that they have been made with love...

I decided to make up a ABC wall art to go into Jaxons room I knew what I wanted but I couldn't get the wooden letters over here (well the ones I wanted ) so I got onto Etsy and found these.

When they arrived I was surprised they were bigger than I thought  around 10cms each plus they had a brown  colour around the edge from where they had been cut out.They were perfect and would look great for this project.Actually they were better than what I wanted  and I am so happy with them that I am going to order another set now to make another set up before I get over it....ha ha

Now should I do it this way  or.......

This way?....In the end I decided on the other way....

 I started tracing my letters out on some scrap papers I used 13 different types then I placed them onto the frame just to see f I liked them in the order I had the papers.I only had to re do a couple....

I think this was the worse part tracing the letters then cutting them all out....Yep I have decided this was the worse part....

 

 

Hang on having to modge podge 26 letters wasn't all that much fun either....When they were all done I painted a coat of modge podge to the top of them to give them a nice gloss finish..

 

 

 When that was dry I went around each letter and trimmed the excess paper then I used a ink pad and lightly used this on the edges to finish it off....

Tip- I also used a nail file to sand off excess paper it works a treat.

Next just place the letters onto my backing board which I had painted white.Stand back and go  AHHH..........looks good doesn't it  and then glue on each letter...

When dry put it into your frame I bought this from the Reject shop for $15 dollars.It was suppose to hold three 8 x10 inch pictures in it so it is a big frame....

Now just stand back and admire you work.I really like this and even though it was a pain it was really easy to do.Would I make another one? 'No way'.......... it is easy but took too long for me....

Jaxon loves it...." thanks nana  I love it" that is what he is saying.....No!!!! the glue fumes have not effected my brain...

Last look......... as you can tell I do like this..

Can you see the letter "J" I love this paper I cant remember who makes it as  I have had it for years.. well anyway I wanted the "J" to be special because it is for 'Jaxon' so  I picked this paper with the little bird on it so it was different to the others but still blend in.

What made me happy about this is Kev really liked it and more importantly Kerry did as well.

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