Guest Blogger - The Crafeteria - Fabric Covered Decorative Letters

Hi Someday Crafts readers! I'm Tal from The Crafeteria and I'm so excited to be here today! I'm 30+ years old (but still a kid at heart), a mother to three little ones. We live in a small village not far from Tel Aviv, Israel's cultural capital (and one of my favorite cities in the world!). We moved here about 4 years ago, after 8 years in Taiwan & China.

When we moved to our new place, the wall above my daughter's bed seemed empty. I wanted to hang something there, but didn't know what. That was when I saw cute decorative letters, and decided to make those for her. It's pretty simple, and I prepared an easy tutorial so that you can make them too!

You can use store bought wooden or paper mache letters for this project, but it's so much fun to make these yourself, so I'll teach you how to do that.

For the letters you'll need -
A piece of cardboard
Empty toilet rolls
Scissors
X-Acto knife
Glue Gun

Using the cardboard, trace your chosen letters, twice of each, and cut them.

Draw parallel lines on your empty paper roll, about 2.5 cm (1") apart, then cut.

Using hot glue, glue your circles onto one of the letters.

Then apply glue to the other side of the circles and place the other letter on top. The hot glue dries quickly, so work fast and gradually.

Cut a few strips of cardboard (if you're using regular cardboard box, make sure to cut the cardboard perpendicular to the waves).

Using these strips and glue gun, finish your letter. It doesn't have to be very accurate, as we're going to cover it with batting.

Let it dry for a few minutes, then you can move on to the next step - cover your letter with fabric!
For that, you'll need -
Your letter (obviously...)
Fabric
Some sort of batting
Scissors
Spray adhesive
Piece of felt

Cut the fabric and batting to match the shape of the letter. As we're going to work with curves and corners, make sure you leave enough fabric for mistakes. Place the batting on the letter and the fabric on the batting. Using the spray adhesive, glue the fabric to the back of the letter. This part can be kind of tricky - each letter and its own problems...

A few words about working with spray adhesive - Spray from a distance of 20-30 cm (8"-12") on wrong side of the fabric and on the back of the letter, wait 10-30 seconds and carefully apply fabric onto letter. If you have wrinkles, lift fabric and apply again.

Now to the back of the letter - cut a piece of felt a bit smaller than your letter, then use the spray adhesive to apply onto the back of the letter.

That's it! You can now hang your letter or word on the wall. Since they're made of cardboard, they're super light, so it shouldn't be a problem. You can glue a loop of yarn to the back or just use double stick tape.




If you like what you saw, please stop by The Crafeteria and say hi!
Thanks again Someday Crafts for having me today :)

You can also find The Crafeteria on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Bloglovin' and Etsy, and visit our Pinterest group board - you can pin your projects onto this board, and maybe get featured on our weekely Pinterest party!

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Thanks so much to Tal for guest posting for us! I love that the letters are completely customizable. You can make them any size or font. Be sure to stop by The Crafeteria and check out all of Tal's other amazing projects!!

 

If you're interested in guest posting here at Someday Crafts, feel free to send me an email at somedaycrafts@gmail.com. We would love to have you!

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What wedding gifts can you add?

Please join your crafty post if, and only if, it corresponds with the category and theme of WEDDING GIFTS. (If it doesn't fit in this category, please link it up to Whatever Goes Wednesday.) Link up crafts, decor, sewing projects, food, tips, etc, that has to do with WEDDING GIFTS. If you have joined a WEDDING GIFTS project to a party on my blog before, feel free to add it to this show too! If you have a lot of mirror projects, please choose your favorites. (Please no more than 4 posts per blog). Link to the specific posts, not to your main blog page.

Let's see what you have created (either recently or in the past)!

You can paste the "Categorically Crafting" button onto your blog post. I would love to see these floating around so more people can post their themed projects. I will leave this linky post open until next CC Show. Keep checking back for more ideas!!!
The next 3 Categorically Crafting Shows are as follows:

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And don't forget that this coming week is the Back 2 School Bash here at Someday Crafts. I am still accepting tips, traditions, crafts and giveaways for the week. Please email me at somedaycrafts@gmail.com to participate or submit an idea!

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And don't forget about Whatever Goes Wednesdays starting in a few hours...I can hardly wait!!

Alphabet Art

I love these alphabet art photos. They would be great gifts for anyone! Read this post at Reinvented by Little Lizard King. She shares how to make these photo words by yourself (with the help of the internet.) See the fun idea HERE.