My inspiration came from It's The Little Things That Make A House A Home. I really liked the simplicity of her letter banner that can be found here.
Her banner was very simple and I knew I wanted to glam mine up a bit, so this is what I came up with. My whole goal was to make something sparkly to hang on the barn door in our living room. I think I accomplished my goal!
Unfortunately, there were a few spots where the Mod Podge dried before I got the glitter added, but you really can't tell unless you're close up like this. I kind of think it adds a little rusticness to it anyway. Is that a word, rusticness?! I'm going with it.
This project ended up being totally free!
Everything I used, I already had on hand.
Supplies:
white card stock
Martha Stewart smoky quartz glitter
Mod Podge
paint brush
twine
hot glue gun
Directions:
I did this the hard way and simply printed out the letters in the different fonts I wanted to use onto card stock and then cut them out using scissors. (I printed them in a soft gray color so that it wouldn't show through the glitter) I could've used my Silhouette machine, but didn't think of it until after I started cutting by hand.
After they were all cut out, I just used my paint brush to apply Mod Podge to one letter at a time and then sprinkled it with the glitter.
Once the letters were all glittered, I used my hot glue gun to apply small dots of glue to the backs of the letters and lightly pressed the twine into place.
SO easy!
I really like how they turned out. You can't really see how pretty the glitter is in these photos, but it looks fantastic in person!
Don't forget to check out It's The Little Things That Make A House A Home to see my inspiration!
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