Today, we're going to talk about two of my most favorite things in life...chevron print and monograms.
In 2012, I discovered the beauty of crafting for gifts. I determined that this was the way to go when making a house-warming gift for my sweet friend Jasie.
Essentially, I took her favorite colors and her monogram and turned it into this....
((Pardon that being taken from instagram, I forgot to crop it before I uploaded it!))
I LOVED how it turned out and it quickly became a habit to turn them out as presents.
My friends Gloria and Katie got theirs done in their school colors...
I had really not been doing much crafting until it was time for Christmas 2013, when I decided to try my hand at it again. Now, I'm going to walk you through the process so that you can do it too!
Step One: Head to your local craft store; I love my Hobby Lobby, and grab a canvas the size of your choice, wooden letters for their name/monogram, three colors of acrylic paint (just be sure that it's relatively thick paint or you'll be doing tons of coats!), ribbon, paint brushes, hot glue/glue gun, and any other embellishments you want to add...I always add spray glitter as a finishing touch to mine!
Step Two: It's SO important that you take the time to measure out the lines for your chevron print. Depending on the size of your canvas, this can vary. I would suggest using this tutorial from Pinterest, although I would suggest not using the tape...I never do because it makes it difficult to do two colors!
Step Three: Since you've chosen your paints...now grab a ton of newspaper and spread it out, choose your paints and squirt a little of your first color onto a paper plate and carefully began painting every other line your chosen color. I usually use a small paint brush for the edges and then a foam brush for the insides. Plan on doing at least two coats.
Wait for the first color to dry and then paint the second set of lines. Wait for those to dry and then do a second coat of both if you so choose.
Step Four: Now that you have finished the difficult part...paint your letters your chosen color. Then, after they have had ample time to dry space them out evenly onto the canvas and glue them into place using the hot glue gun.
Step Four: After the glue on the letters has dried, measure out your ribbon (used to hang the canvas on the wall), then glue the ends of the ribbons onto the back-corners of the canvas.
Then you're finished!
Here are examples of some of the other monogrammed chevron canvases that I have done...
And just another small project that I'll share with you...
I wanted to make something special for Mrs. Debbie Upchurch for Christmas, so I decided to DIY her gift as well!
I thought that a door hanger would be perfect for her, but I have never tried my hand at wreaths...so I decided to paint her a letter to hang on the door to their home.
Her "U" was painted red with just a foam brush.
I added a simple burlap ribbon with a chevron print on it to finish it up, I think she really liked it!
That's my first DIY post and I hope y'all enjoyed it.
If you're interested in purchasing any of the products that I have posted here today, you're more than welcome to send me an email at JordynReneeBrown@gmail.com and I'll help you out in any way that I can!
Keep watching in the next few days...I have several posts that should be really exciting, so...
Until next time,
-Jordyn
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