Remember the MOTHER print my siblings and I gave to our Mom for Mother’s Day?
We also did one for my Dad for Father’s Day:
Did I ever share how I made the inexpensive letters, rather then spend $3-5 on wooden/cardboard letters? No, well let me tell you how.
I bought several white sheets of foam. You know, the cheap stuff at most craft stores?
I printed out letters on the computer (as big as I could get them to print on a standard 8.5 x 11 piece of paper). I cut them out, traced them onto the foam and then cut them out with an exacto knife. All of my letters cost me a TOTAL of $3.00.
(These letters were thrown into (and have been sitting inside) a drawer for a couple months so they may be a little worse for wear, but did you see how nice they look in the pictures above?!?)
So if you are looking to photograph someone with letters don’t spend tons, grab some foam sheets and save yourself some money!
And I accomplished ONE of the two tasks that I was hoping to do last week. Check out my newly edge landscaping! We just planted the grass seed and now need to get some mulch and some pretty flowers for around the tree. It looks so much better than the forest that was there before (sorry no before pic – just too embarrassing)! I can’t wait for the grass to grow in!
And guess what else? My Husband is AMAZING and managed to pull strings and get me my Mother’s Ring ON MY BIRTHDAY! It wasn’t due for another three weeks. So without further ado, check out my custom designed ring:
Isn’t it gorgeous? I love it. Thanks Hun!
This is one of the cutest ideas I have seen in a long time. LOVE IT!
Beautiful ring!
I love the frame! Definitely thinking about doing this for my parents. Thanks!
oooooooohhh I love the ring. What a neat idea to use foam, wouldn’t have thought of that!
so glad i popped by from Making Mondays Marvelous!
I LOVE the photos for your parents! You must have some fun ideas for wrapping gifts, too! I hope you’ll stop by my PRETTY PACKAGES PARTY and share some of your talent! Be sure to grab a button for a reminder!
http://blackberryvine.blogspot.com/2010/08/first-ever-pretty-packages-party.html
smiles!
What a fun idea! I love the foam letter idea!I also LOVE your ring, it is beautiful!
what a great idea! foam letters! i i would have never thought of that.
The photo collage is a fabulous idea! How sweet that your husband got you that ring early.
I love photo collages… I did something similar with my 4 kids for the grandmas, we spelled out “love”. I love your idea using the foam sheets though, brilliant!
Just popping over from Life in the Pitts…
I love this idea! My parents in law are having their 50th wedding anniversary this weekend and I’m thinking “can I have letters ready in time to make the family pose for photos at lunch?” I’m thinking I could use the word “family”…
What a good idea for mothers/fathers day! And the ring, gorgeous!!
Thank you so much for sharing this idea! I have been wanting to make some letters for my daughter’s room but apart from the fact that the wooden ones are probably expensive – you can’t buy them around here (I live in Germany.) At least not in the fonts that I would like to have. I have been wanting to actually make my own out of wood … but, well, it has not happened until now. This seems like an easy and much quicker solution! And I could get my daughter involved as well!
Thanks so much for sharing!