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In an effort to use up more stuff and make something new for the 4th of July I came up with this super easy welcome.

I found a couple of short 2″ X 4″ pieces and cut them into 2-3 1/2″, 3″, 4″, 5″ 5 1/2″ and 6″ lengths. The size of each letter block is as follows: W- 5 1/2 “, E- 3 1/2″,L- 6 1/2”. C- 3 1/2″, O or heart 4″,

M -3″, E- 5″. I sanded all the edges and painted them red, white, and blue with craft paint.

I hunted through the fonts on my computer and found one I liked and went to town sizing letters to fit my blocks. I decided what color for each letter and printed them on mate photo paper (the color will run on regular paper using an ink jet printer.) I carefully cut them out and pasted them on each block using one coat of “Mod Podge” and pressing firmly and evenly.

I cut out the stars and randomly placed them on the blocks and painted two more coats of “Mod Podge” to seal the paper and give it a hard finish. If you’d like to use my designs press here for the heart, welcome letters and stars. The fun apple pattern will come in another post. Happy 4th of July!

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I have been helping my husband go through and clean the garage. I keep finding wood scraps from our kitchen remodel and I thought, “what can I do with these?” I like the word art I keep seeing in stores, so I thought I can do that too.

Supplies
1″ X 3″ X ?” The board I found was probably about 2′ long.
1/4″ dowel
Black spray paint
2 sheets of scrapbook paper
Mod Podge

Cut
3- pieces 2 5/8″ X 3″
1-8″ X 3″
1-1 /7/8″ X 7 3/4″ base

Cut wood pieces and sand all surfaces. Drill a quarter inch hole in one short end of the 8″ piece, one on the 3″ side of the top piece and a hole on both 3 ” sides of the middle and bottom blocks. Cut 4-1″ pieces of dowel. Center your 8″ and bottom 3″ blocks and carefully mark where the holes are to be drilled in the base. Drill the base holes. Paint black.

Using the block size I used my computer to make a sort of pattern to my letters the size I wanted.

I laid each letter on black scrapbook paper and cut around them.

Put the 3 painted 3″ X 2 5/8″ pieces together using the dowel. Place a dowel in the 8″ piece. The dowel should fit fairly tight.

Cut the second piece of scrapbook paper into 1- 2 3/4″ X 7 7/8″ and 3- 2 5/8″ X 2 3/8″.
Center them on the appropriate blocks. Each block should have about a 1/4″ boarder of black. Trim if needed. Using a foam brush, brush the block with Mod Podge and lay the cut papers in place and firmly rub. Lightly brush the letters with the brush and glue them in place. Let dry. Now Mod Podge over the entire surface sealing the paper to the wood.