Little Changes: Mod Podge Sign with Felt Flowers

Now, I know that I said that I wanted to incorporate a little more blue into my space - not green because I have green as it is.

But for this craft, I wanted to see if I could use things I already had around the house - basically the goal was free for me. And since I didn't have blue paper that would work, green it is!!

Instead of a hanging sign, I went for "accent." Mostly because it's really hard to mod podge paper around hanging wire. The felt flowers I made and I'll post the tutorial next Sunday. I like the overall outcome, even if its not blue.

You will need:

In no particular order:

1. A nice protected surface. Since I did this on the floor I used an old mat I had lying around. 2. Felt. 3. Glue Gun. 4. Scissors. 5. Something to trace with. A pencil is ideal but all I had was pen. 6. Glue sticks. 7. A paint brush. 5. Mod podge. 6. Sandpaper. (Optional.) 7. Item you are re-purposing. 8. Lettering. I used stickers because it's what I had. But you can get creative.

I had been given an old sign after someone had brought it back from a garage sale and they realized they went a little nuts. And since I had everything else around the house - this project cost me nothing. But I can't imagine that it would cost very much if I bought everything too.

First I mod podged the paper onto the wood block. I'm never too precise about measuring so I knew I'd have excess on the corners. Which is fine because I planned on sanding the edges down.

After the paper is mod podged on, I sanded the edges. Yes, some of it does flip up, but I'm not too worried about overall perfection.

After sanding the edges I painted on another coat of mod podge.

After that was dry I glued on my felt flowers. (Tutorial on them next week.)

I decided to put the sign above the book shelf after it was finished. Even though it's green, I like the placement.

I like the flowers on it. My husband is coming around.

Like I said, I'll post the tutorial on how to make those flowers next Sunday!

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