Crafty Time: R-I-L-E-Y spells Riley.

I wanted to make Riley some name letters for her door like her brother has. Isaac's letters are primary colored stiff felt. I also have pink and rhinestoned name letters in my craft corner. I used the sample paint we got to test Riley's baseboards (Martha Stewart, ballet slipper). I got the wooden letters from Joann's.

Letters and paint!

I used a foam brush to paint the letters pink.

Here's a shot the finshed basecoat drying

My painty hand when that was done. Crafting is a dirty job, if you do it right. I let the letters dry over night and decided a second coat wouldn't be necessary. I wanted to embellish them some how that would go with the overall theme, but not be too babyish. I anticipate her hanging on to these. I decided some vines would be pretty, but I can not draw. So here's what I came up with:

I used a paper edger to punch a vine and then I laid the vine over the letter where I wanted it and traced with a pencil.

Here's what it looked like after I traced the vine with a pencil.

Next, I traced the vine outline with three different shades of green fine tip Sharpies.

Then I colored each part of the vine with corisponding color of Crayola crayon.

Here's the finished product. On the desk.

And on the wall. Ta-da! I'm very happy with them.