I am recently a new mom to my beautiful baby girl Chloe Emerson Wells. Chloe was born 8/27/2010 and when decorating her nursery I decided to do the letter name thing. Chloe's bedding is by "My Baby Sam" in "Paisley Splash" so there weren't any pre-fab letters on the market that matched too well. So I decided to paint them myself. I started with white wooden letter from Hobby Lobby found here http://shop.hobbylobby.com/products/wood-letter-x-114165/ for about $2.99. I alternated painting the letters with dutchboy interior paints in lime green an rose.
below is another image showing the different colors
After the letters dried I found a paisley design that was similar to that in the bedding through a clipart search. I printed out the image and used an ebony pencil to trace the design. I then layed the image on the letters and simply rubbed to transfer it on to my letters. From here I used paint pens in various colors to trace the design. You can find the paint pens here http://shop.hobbylobby.com/store/item.aspx?ItemId=150282 for about $4.99. My letters began to take shape.
I repeated that process until each letter was finished.
I think they turned out great and Chloe enjoys looking at all the bright colors in her new room. If you guys have any questions, need help, or if your interested in having me personalize some for you just email me jennifer537@comcast.net
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