I have always wanted my own Monogramed wall hanging made with me and my husbands initials. I finally just went to Michael's and got the stuff to make my own! I haven't put it in it's place yet, but I need to go back to Michael's and get a frame holder to put it up on top of my bookcase
To get started I just went to Michaels and got my supplies. We ONLY have a Michael's so that is what I had to use, but I love the store anyways, so it was all good. My supplies were:
- wood plaque (I got the "french style, LG)
- wood letters
- scrapbook paper x2
- Modpodge
- whatever color paint you wanted, I had some old ones lying around
- brushes
I first put a light coat of modpodge on my wooden plaque and set it on top of my scrapbook paper. I matched up my scrapbook paper so you wouldn't see the crease and it came out perfectly. I then set the plaque on the paper and held it down for a little while, so that it would bond and stick together. I then took my x-acto knife and cut the remaining paper out. There were some imperfections, but it only made it look better, IMO. I even did a light layer of modpodge over the top of the paper, sticking down the sides a little that weren't stuck down.
After that was dried, I took my black paint and painted the embellishment of the plaque. I didn't care if I got some paint up on the paper because it gave it sort of a distressed look. I let that dry, then took a small brush and gave the top portion a little silver brush over.
While the plaque dried, I went onto painting my letters. I first coated all 3 of them in black paint. I had left over acrylic paint, so it dried in like 10 minutes. I then took a few colors and got a real nice medium teal color and brushed it over the top of the letters. Once that dried and it was to my liking, I painted all the sides solid teal.
Once the letters were dry, I modpodged them to the plaque how I wanted them. I know traditionally the wife's name goes first, but with our last name being a 'B', putting the 'M' after it made it look off and uncentered. With my OCD, that wasn't going to happen, so the 'M' had to go first (for my husbands name Michael), and the 'A' (for my name Allison) had to go second.
