"B" is for Brennan

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I'm going to a baby shower today.

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Our oldest niece, Jessica is expecting a baby a boy and today I'm going to her baby shower. As part of her gift, I embellished a paper mache letter "B" to match her registry theme ~ airplanes.
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I've made several of these letters over the years. They are so simple to do and always a hit. I thought I'd include a quick little how-to:

I put the letter face down on the back of the paper and trace around it with a pencil. I usually trace the letter, and then paint the back and sides of my letter form (with acrylic paint), and then cut the paper letter out while I wait for the the paint to dry.

Next, I glue the paper to the front of the letter form with a basic glue stick. Let it dry for about an hour then sand the edges of the paper letter with an emery board (or sandpaper) to make it look a little worn.


I'm still getting a lot of mileage out of my late mother-in-law's craft supplies. The airplane buttons are from her stash; so these belonged to Baby Brennan's Great-Grandma PJ. (I ended up not using the yellow jet because it was just 'too much'...)

The buttons I chose had knobs on the back of them, so my hubby drilled some holes for me. I put some glue on the base of the button and then popped it into the snug hole.

Quick.
Easy.
Thrifty.
Fun.

There's a baby boy coming to our family!

~:o}