DIY Family Name

K I am still new at this and just realized I needed to have a post about my DIY Family Name Project! Whoops! Ok here she goes...

 I don't have any before pictures because I haven't gotten in that mind frame yet and this project was in the works for awhile. As I had the K-A-N but was still trying to come up with something creative for the H-E.

So here's a run down on each letter;

K- Purchased from Micheal's for around $2.29 I mod podged it with vintage music paper I had. Painted the edges black then distressed the top with Tim Holton's Distress Ink. 

A- This is a Plate Stand that I've had laying around. It was a barn red color, so I grabbed a can of Chrome spray paint. I love to mix modern and vintage elements for a more interesting look. I love the way the A turned out, and I love that it is not actually an A. (Since it's cold outside right now I used a pizza box with newspaper underneath and a flattened cardboard box as a make shift Paint Booth! Since I only had a little spraying to do it didn't smell the house up and worked like a charm.)

H- I have several of these wooden plaques in different shapes that I bought from a garage sale for 50 cents each. You can purchase them at Micheal's or Hobby Lobby also. I chose the diamond shape and Mod Podged and distressed it the same way I did the K. For the Letter H I used my Cricut Machine to cut out the letter and Mod podged it on top.

N- For the N I purchased a house Letter from our local Habitat for Humanity store for $1.50. The only problem, it was gold. I went with Rust-oleum's Hammered Dark Bronze Spray Paint. Which looks dark gray and I LOVE!

E- This one took me awhile to come up with. I had an E that looked like the N but I'm going for eclectic here. So I looked for an interested Wooden E, something like the plate stand that maybe looked like an E, nothing was coming to me. Then I found these spoons at Value Village for 20 cents each. The large spoon is Silver and has an engraved K on it. IS THIS A SIGN?? I think so I brought them home and arranged them into an E on my kitchen table. But I didn't know how i would hang them. Should I glue them to a frame or a different shape wooden plaque?? 

So while dwelling over this days and days. Did I mention this project took me awhile or everything takes me awhile because I think to much. K well that's the case and my Husband LOVES this about me. HAHA One day I was wondering around Lowes thinking of all my projects and what it will take to finish them, when I came across command strips. Let's try these I thought. I might even be able to get everything straight. These are really my thoughts. 

They worked like magic this is how I hung everything. For the spoons I cut them to size so you won't be able to see them. On the little spoons I only needed to put a small chunk on the base. I kept the pull part so I can take them down without causing damage. I had to trim it also though. 

And there you have it. I took all the thinking out of this project for you. But I'm sure you all can come up with different variations of your own problems. And I would love to see and hear about them!! Until next time.... 

Count your Blessings!!!

Jolie Jonque * Pretty Junk