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Sunday, June 9, 2013

Super easy card table re-do.

My mom gave me the card table because it was my grandma's and instead of pitching it because it has holes, stains and was simply taking up space in my basement, I decided to re-cover it to make it usable again.

What you'll need:

Old card table

Screw driver

Adhesive

Table cloth

Spray paint to match the table cloth

What you'll need to do:

1. Turn the card table over and un-screw the table from the legs.

2. Cut the table cloth so there is about 5 inches around the perimeter. I just tucked it under when I re-screwed the legs to the bottom which helps it stay in place along with the adhesive.

3. Attach the table cloth (I purchased mine from Walmart in the "summer" section for about $3) to the flat table piece using adhesive. (I used 3M Spray Adhesive.) I also glued the extra onto the back around the edges.

4. Let that dry for a day or however long the adhesive recommends.

5. Spray paint the table legs (I had to do 4-5 coats to completely cover.)

6. Re-attach the legs to the newly covered table cloth by simply using the screws and holes already there.

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Decorated Craft Letters

My best friend is due to have her baby in about a month and I was feeling a little extra crafty this weekend. The whole project took me about 2 hours and costed less than $5.

This would also be great for a child's birthday present or a wedding gift.

(Pinterest always gets the best of me.)

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I started with a 13" Wooden Letter from Hobby Lobby.

From Michael's, I purchased 2 pieces of 12 X 12 paper that matched the theme of the baby room and 1 spool of ribbon in a contrasting color. (For the A, I used about 5 yards.) I started out by laying the paper on the letter and taping the bottom edge to the front of the letter using a small peice of tape. I then cut the corners of the paper to fit correctly on the back of the letter.

Using a hot glue gun, I glued the paper to the back. (I did not put ANY hot glue on the front of the letter.) Be extra careful on the round corners not to rip it to the front of the letter. If there is wood showing through the paper on the corners on the edge of the wood, don't worry. (Ribbon will cover it.) Just go step by step, corner by corner. For the inside of the A I used a knife to cut the paper at angles I could easily fold to cover the wood in the front and the edges.

Since the letter is bigger than 12 inches and I had to leave extra room at the top to go to the back of the wood to be able to glue it, I had to use 2 peices of paper. Luckily, my pieces of paper and the letter I'm using made it easy to match it up close enough to not be noticible there were 2 peices used.

Once I got done with the paper and without cutting the ribbon, I started to hot glue the ribbon to the edges of the wood. You will want to use ribbon that is either the exact thickness of the wood or a little bigger to cover any paper that ripped along the edges and to cover up any glue that seaps out a little better.

I then added ribbon to the seam where I put the two peices of paper together to try and camoflauge it. I hot glued the ribbon on the back and tied it in the front. I then hot glued the bottom of the ribbon in place for extra security.

The ribbon at the top is optional. I added it because I think it's cuter and brings the ribbon out a little more. I just took two peices of ribbon about a foot long and hot glued then on the back a half inch in from the edges. Once I tied the bow at the top, I cut the extra off.

(Do not leave them each a foot long.)

I then used a piece of thicker, brown, cardboard like 12 X 12 cardstock to cover the mess on the back of the all the glued paper and ribbon. Again, since the letter is 13", there had to be a seam. You can choose where you want it but since it was the back, I wasn't worried about it.

This also gives you a place to write your name, the baby/child/couple's name or date.