Vintage Inspired Decorative Letters DIY

I am a huge fan of giant vintage plastic letters for home decor. I've been known to shop Etsy for hours, and this is one of the items I always end up favoriting. I rarely buy them, though. The price tags can be a little daunting, it's intimidating to choose the perfect words and sometimes difficult to find all of the letters needed. So this week I created a quick, easy and inexpensive version of giant letters. They can be easily made for your next party or seasonal decor. Here's how!Here's how to make them! 1. Print out your favorite font on 11x17 paper (or larger). We added the font to each page in photoshop and then had them printed at our local copy shop. The fonts we used here is "Univers". 2. Cut the letters our and trace them onto cardboard. Cut them out with an exacto knife. Be sure to have two more pieces of cardboard under this layer while cutting and use a piece for your letter without folds or tears. 3. Paint each letter with spray paint or two coats of craft paint. 4. Trim any messy cardboard from the edges with scissors and display them in your space.I can't wait to make more letters for our next party or shower. xo. Elsie 

Comments

[gigi]

omg I love these. I made some wooden letters with the letters of my sons name and painted them to hang above his bed. xx. gigi. food and beauty blogger @ www.gigikkitchen.blogspot.com

[kelsey]

these are so cute! :)
kw, ladies in navy

[tifff]

wow, never even thought of that...

[Jessica<3]

i like it but would use contact paper in fun patterns instead of paint

[Juliette Laura]

So cute! What an easy and fun decoration.

xoxo
Juliette Laura
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[Paula J]

Love your Valentine mantle :)

Paula

[Catherine at Vintage Frills]

These are so cute! Will definitely give this a go. xxx

[Shelby]

These are so cute! and just in time for valentines day.

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[Oblivion]

Lovely Post!!

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[Raya]

Such a lovely way to spice up your interior! It's cheap, fun and cute. Please keep low-budget projects like this coming because this is so student-friendly and I love that! xo

[Lady Unlaced]

I love it! I kind of want to do this as decoration for my crafting room

[xfallenmoon]

i actually did something like this. it looks awesome.

love, x
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[Jeanette]

Love the placement of the E&J in front of the handwritten art. Going to do this for my black lab Echo. :)

[Brooke]

Cute, and definitely love how inexpensive they are!

♥Brooke
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[Annie]

This is such a cool idea and it's sooo much cheaper than buying those over priced wooden letters. I might use this idea to decorate my Valentines Day table! Thanks :D

[Melanie]

Very cute! Love the pink :)

[Irene Wibowo]

there is so cute! i like it! :)http://lovesimplegreen.blogspot.com/

[Ania @ 2 Love Birds blog]

Lovely idea and I looove the bottles/vases! xo

[Lisa]

Your tulips look incredible! (And I like big letters too.) :-)

[alysa]

i love this idea
:)

xx
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