June Point of View Reveal- Shelves

Here’s a close up of the first shelf.  I have a tutorial  on how to make the laugh sign at the end of the post.  The jar is hot glued onto a wood candlestick and filled with marbles I got from my mother-in-law that she got from her grandfather- so they’re my daughter’s great-great grandfather’s marbles, kind of fun.  The bear is from my mom and my daughter made the flowers for me for Mother’s Day.  I cut out tons of butterflies using my Cricut in sizes ranging from 1 1/2″ to 3″.  I stuck them to the wall using poster putty.

You might recognize the flower ball from the Spring Point of View reveal.  I pulled out the petals and put them on a smaller ball so it would fit on the smaller, painted candlestick. The bear is a hand-me down from my college friend and the small animals and tea pot I got at a local store (Tai Pan).
While I was shopping I saw a few really cute word signs, but I didn’t have the budget for them.  So, I decided to make my own.

And, I even mocked up some shots to give  you a full tutorial.  Yay! 😉
Anyway- here’s what you need:

Chipboard letters spelling out your word, scrapbook paper, paint to finish the edges of the letters, paint stir stick{what I had on  hand and it worked out perfectly!}, (*not shown: glue gun, tacky glue, embellishments)

The first thing you will want to do is finish the edges of your chipboard letters.  This one is inked, but for the laugh letters, I just painted them white.  I also painted the stir stick the final color (white in my case). *you will need to see how long your word ends up being, you may want to trim your stir stick to fit the word better- I totally lucked out and mine just fit perfectly. {let dry}

The next step is to trace the letters onto the scrapbook paper.  You will want to trace the letter face down on the WRONG side of the paper.  Cut out the letters and use the tacky glue to stick it to the chipboard letters.  *you could also mod podge these on, but I was in a hurry, and since these are just sitting on a shelf, I’m not worried about wear and tear. {let dry}

Angled view to show placement of the letters on the paint stick.

Now you’re ready to glue them down.  Start with the first letter of the word.  I found it was easiest to run a bead of hot glue along the edges of the letter that will be touching the stick.  {you may want to draw a faint pencil line on the middle of the stick for guidance}  While the glue is still hot place the letter on the center of the stick.  Continue down the word.  If letters touch it’s also helpful to place a small bead of glue at those points for added reinforcement.

Now, embellish to your hearts content.  I added ric rac, buttons, flowers and rhinestones for some bling and fun.  And just like that you have your own custom word art.