Scrabble Living Large: Family Names Art Project
22 March 2011
Supplies:
A 2" x 2" or 4" x 4"
Vinyl lettering (could use paper, or paint if not available!)
Modpodge (satin finish if you can get it) or Polycrylic finish
Tools:
Silhouette SD machine ("Ahhh" can you hear that? the heavens are singing...)
Miter saw (or hand saw, a mitering box and A LOT of patience!)
Okay first on a piece of paper, or in a spreadsheet on the computer you are going to have to figure out the layout of your family names. This can be fun and frustrating. When I started last year and we only had the three names I thought it would be fun to add the word Family too. So, if you have to add some adjectives or other nouns in there that works too!
Here are some of the options I came up with:
You need to decide on a good thickness to cut you scrabble tiles. I did mine at 3/4 of and inch, for a 4" x 4" that I had left over from our headboard project. You simply cut these slices from your wood, but be careful, Remodelaholic is not liable for your injuries...
In order to get uniform pieces it may be easiest to set up a 1/2 inch or 3/4 stop and then you simply push your wood through to the stop and cut, cut, cut! That way you don't have to remeasure every time. A stop looks something like the image below only in our case a lot closer to the blade. For your safety you do not want to handle the small piece that you are cutting off until it had been cut and the blade has been moved away.
I found a little video on a wood working site that explains stops if you have a question about it. ** On the video he uses a really tall piece of wood, that isn't necessary in this case, and may get in the way of the saw blade, just FYI.
After you've made the cuts your edges are a little ragged and need to be sanded down to clean up the edge.
Now you have your perfect tiles ready to be painted (optional) and sealed. The wood I had was dark, and I wanted the letters to pop, so I did a light wash of white acrylic paint to even out the tone and make the letter stand out.
In previous attempts, I learned the hard way that not sealing the wood first will result in vinyl or stickers of any sort from sticking, and you will get bubbles and wrinkles and basically one hot mess. So, seal front and back your tiles if you are using vinyl. I choose to use Mod-podge since I was pregnant and didn't want to fume up my house.
But also, I didn't have black vinyl... no problem I used my Silhouette machine to cut out black cardstock and mod-podged it on there... (the lighting for this picture is bad, the tiles doesn't actually look that white)
30 comments:
I LOVE IT...KEEP ON DOING NICE CREATIONS
NINI
http://nini-violette.blogspot.com/
I love this - it came out great!
Danielle
Wow! It looks fabulous. As a scrabble enthusiast, this project warms my heart.
www.youandi365.blogspot.com
These are really great! I have a box of vintage scrabble letters somwhere waiting for a project! I can't wait to get my kitchen remodle finished. I hope you'll check it out! I think I've managed to do it for under $1,500.00 including labor!
I had to follow your blog as soon as I saw this project! I am a huge "words w/ friends" addict and this is so stinking cute! I have to try this, its on my long list of "to do" now. Thanks for the inspiration!
Love, love, love this idea. So fabulous. We are hoping to create a game room in our basement. Must keep this in mind for future use!
Oh wow I love this idea!
Great idea! Thanks for sharing.
Pam
I really love it!
~Kimberlee
www.TheSpunkyDiva.com
I love it! What a great idea and I love the "family" part.
www.keller-creative.com
I love this project! We love Scrabble at our house, and this would look great over the fireplace in our family room. Thanks for sharing.
That is so cute!! Creative. I like it! Thanks for posting. I may have to try this out myself... especially if I win that giveaway. :)
I think this is so stinkin' cute! Our family loves to play scrabble, I think I will try this.
This turned out great! So fun and personalized! I will definitely be doing one!
I LOVE that! So cute! It reminds me of a pillow that my grandma cross-stitched with all the family names on it!
This is sooo cute. I am a Willow House Consultant and post creative decor ideas on my facebook page. I posted about this project with a link to your site! Thanks!
That is so clever! I love it. My entire extended family loves playing Scrabble during family get togethers. They will love this!
Fantastic and easy idea - I love it! Thanks for sharing!!!
I love this project! I don't know that I'll ever attempt it (not 'til I win that Silhouette machine!) but I love how yours turned out!
I so want to do this now! Way cute! Thanks for sharing. I can tell I will be coming back a LOT! Great ideas, for sure! :)
What a cute idea! And you made it look so good, and professional.
Thanks for sharing.
Jeanene@thequeenbeeshive.com
This is super-dooper cute! It does look prefessional.
holy wow! this is just amazing.. i've never gotten much into the scrabble stuff with the little tiles, but this is SUCH a statement piece! i love it!
thanks for sharing! found you via all thingz related!
What a great idea! I love this project!
This is really awesome! I'd love to do something like this on our wall1 I just don't know where I'd put it, haha!
OHHHH! my hubby and i are total scrabble junkies- this is so awesome! i love it!
Just found you from Mod Podge Rocks! Glad I did! Entered your drawing for the Silhouette too. YEAH for giveaways!
I have some pictures that have been needing to be put on a wall to make a family wall. This will be PERFECT!! Thanks for inspiring me!
~Liz
This is so fun! You did a great job, love the Family instead of numbers!!
I totally stole your idea and I love it! Thanks for being so creative so the rest of us can copy.
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