I love little sayings around the house - I think it tells a lot about the person. Our home has it's share of scripture and quotes all around, each one special to us for a season or just a good reminder. Our MOPS group partners with a local Women's Clinic and a couple times a semester we try to do a project for them. One of the things the clinic does is give gift baskets to new moms. We thought something fun for the baby's room would be fun to put in these baskets. My wheels started turning and I came up with some easy art for a babies room, door, etc...
Start of with a basic tile (16 cents)
Grab some scrapbook paper & print your favorite quotes, lyrics or verses on it
Trace your tile around the quote (some of the formatting may have to be done prior to printing)
Then brush some modge podge onto the tile (I'm didn't take a picture, b/c my hands were a bit tacky.)
A little goes a long way - once it's on and smooth place your scrapbook paper verse on. SMOOTH IT OUT!! (I used my finger, but I'm sure a fancier tool would work too - a pot scraper, a pen, straight edge, etc..)
(someone please tell me that "he" on pink isn't going to be too much of an issue...I can't exactly change the words in the Bible, ya know?!)
Then cut some furniture pad felt - I bought the large rectangles of it and then will cut small strips
After that you can cut the strip into 3 pieces and secure it onto the back (oops, the ribbon is on already). This way it doesn't clang the door or make marks on the wall.
You could also tie a bow and hot glue it to the front to spruce it up a bit :)
All 3 examples I made for the ladies to work from tomorrow - the last is my own artistic work. I know similar to a elementary school aged child - no shame, just the way I roll :) Except I used a sharpie - paint pens would work too, but I'm gonna guess crayon and washable markers aren't gonna fly on this.
You'll want to give them a quick spray of polyurethane to keep them from getting dinged up, losing their paper, or worse smudging the ink.
(Dontcha love my garage floor backdrop, I fixed it up real special for ya)
Go ye forth and be creative!! :)
[Unless of course that isn't your thing and I'd love to whip some of these up for ya - monograms, family plaques, verses, and much more - the sky is the limit here...just holler!]
