h – Wonderfully Made Pursuits

FINALLY!

The letter wall is ON the wall! 🙂 🙂

We were also blessed with a shower this past weekend (more on that later) and so baby girl’s nursery is seeming much more complete!

Here’s what we started with:

Blue wall. Blank slate.

I had an idea-ish of how I wanted them all placed, but mostly it was a matter of having the (wonderful, amazing, super sweet) hubby hold a letter up to the wall and I would tell him up/down/left/right.

Pretty sweet to have such good help.
(Yes, that is a severe farmer’s tan and then scalding burn on his arms. BUT we have a new roof, so I think it was worth it.)

Okay..are you ready????

And again!

Ok..lemme break it down for you.

a – bought from Hobby Lobby, painted the whole thing pink, taped the sides, and then spray painted the whole thing yellow

b – bought from Target as is

c – bought from Hobby Lobby, spray painted orange, and distressed the edges

d – picked up from a ReStore (pretty sure it’s technically a “P”) and wrapped it in ribbon; tutorial here

e – made with wood, nails, and yarn; tutorial here

f – wrapped in yarn and pinned on a felt flower; tutorial here

g – gift from a friend (thanks Katie!) and spray painted pink

h – made a button monogram and framed it; tutorial here

I – bought flag from Hobby Lobby as is

j – bought from Hobby Lobby as is

k – bought from Joann Fabrics (?) and spray painted green

l – made from corks; tutorial here

m – made a fabric covered letter; tutorial here

n – bought from Hobby Lobby (originally a “U”), spray painted pink, and then drew a design on with pink puffy paint

o – wooden circle bought from Joann Fabrics, had the hubby drill some holes in it, and painted it orange

p – made a burlap and rope letter; tutorial here

q – bought from Hobby Lobby, taped some stripes, and spray painted green

r – made a scrapbook paper covered letter; tutorial here

s – bought from Hobby Lobby as is

t – cross from Goodwill spray painted yellow

u – bought from Hobby Lobby and spray painted green

v – bought from Hobby Lobby (originally an “A”), sawed off the middle part, and spray painted orange

w – bought from Hobby Lobby as is

x – bought from Hobby Lobby and spray painted pink

y – bought from Goodwill and painted blue

& – printed out design, hubby cut with jigsaw, and painted yellow

z – bought from Hobby Lobby, spray painted green, and painted on white design with a paint pen

And one more time just for kicks..

I am SO happy that it’s done. Baby Peanut’s nursery is really starting to feel like a room now, and an adorable room at that.

I can’t wait till it’s all done and I can do a great big dramatic reveal for you. 😉

I hope everyone had a wonderful, Christ-filled Easter!

I LOVE LOVE LOVED the time I had with family..but it’s never enough.
Now I’m counting down the days till I get to see them in June.

Two weeks in a row! We’re on a roll!

Before I show you today’s project I wanna show you where it’s going to fit into.
Way before we got even got pregnant I fell in love with the idea of a letter wall.

Ya know? Like this?

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Well, I have been collecting letters for a while and was only about 4 short..before THIS project.

Here are the letters I have collected so far…
Can you spy the missing letters?

Yup, we need H, L, V, and N.
And obviously there are several that need paint, fabric, etc. to make them pretty.

So..I went to pinterest to find some inspiration.
When I followed the link for the original pin it brought me to a random, unconnected etsy site, SO, I found this one instead.

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Plus, I found her tutorial helpful in where to get started in making a button letter..I even made an H too!

First things first, I got out a handy dandy frame from IKEA, and cut out a piece of white cardstock the size of the frame (just like the paper that comes with the frame, but cardstock is sturdier).

Then, I traced my letter H.
I wanted it to be a little funkier than the standard H, because hey, I had lots of creative freedom here. 🙂

Next, I got out my buttons. I used blue since I have A LOT of them leftover from our wedding decorations and I knew blue would match.
In retrospect, it took fewer buttons than I thought it would and I could have used a different color if I wanted without using up my supply.

Then, I just started hotgluing buttons on!
It helps to start out with the bigger buttons first and go around the outline of your letter.
I wish that I had covered up all the pencil marks because there was no way to fit an eraser in there after the buttons were glued down.

After your first layer of buttons are done, you can fill in some of the holes by layering smaller buttons on top over the empty spaces.
I had to really fill up the crevices with hot glue before the button would stay on.