It’s January 15, which means it’s Martin Luther King Jr.’s actual birthday, and … it’s time to Pinterest Partayy it up! I actually finished my craft on Friday, but haven’t had time to post until today.
To refresh your memory, I decided to attempt this craft:
While the full tutorial is available here, I thought I would walk you through my slightly-modified process.I too used Helvetica, but went with a slightly-larger 750 size letter, which I then traced onto white, textured card stock.
My goddaughter Kate just had her room re-painted with dark/light purple stripes so I attempted to keep my “K” within that color scheme. I splurged and bought some more-expensive buttons and then used bags of variety colored buttons to fill in the white spaces.
Once I had most of the “K” full, I decided that the pinks and greens worked with the color schemes, but the few blue buttons did not. This wasn’t a problem though because I followed Jen’s tip and adhered my buttons with adhesive, not hot glue. It took only a quick flick of the tweezers to replace the blue buttons with pink and purple.
Unfortunately, none of the craft stores near me had any decorative brads. I bought a pack of the standard gold ones, and then found this amazing site called Eyelet Outlet (thanks Steph!), where I went crazy and bought about six different styles of brads. I highly recommend them – great prices and fast shipping. I supplemented my brads with rhinestones and pearls, which came in very handy. I bought the assorted pearls in the jewelry aisle of Joann’s and found they were great for filling in any remaining white space. It was fun to watch the piece take on dimension and a stronger sense of style as I added on the brads and pearls.
My two tips during this final step would be to first, purchase a paper piercer. They are very cheap (about $2 at most craft stores) and allowed me to be precise with my brads. I also used hot glue to adhere my second level of decor and would urge you to do the same.
After assembling the frame (yes, I too used Ikea), my button letter was done! I really liked how it turned out and can’t wait to give it to Kate this afternoon!
Thank you to Morgan (aka Mrs. Priss) for the invitation to join … can’t wait to see what everyone else did!
plandrea
Well done friend! Looks great!