Happy Monday Y’all!
I’m so excited about this project I can hardly stand it!!! Well…I may be more excited that I completed an entire project ~ start to finish ~ in one weekend!!!
I’ve had my eye on these metal letters at Hobby Lobby for awhile but I wasn’t sure where I would use one in my house. And, I already DIY’ed the metal marquee anchor on my deck so I definitely wanted to do something different.
Faux flowers have really been on my mind a lot lately too and when I was looking around Hobby Lobby they had some really great ones. So I decided I would gather a bunch of fun flowers and attach them to the metal ‘H’. I also got some of the flowers at Walmart and Michael’s too.
These aren’t my typical fall colors (or any colors that I normally use) but I liked the combination of the whites and greens with pops of pink and yellow.
I also decided to write one of my favorite scriptures, Psalm 42, down the entire wall. I’m not sure why, this just came to my mind and I thought it would look really cool to span the whole wall.
I love these verses because they’re full of doubt and struggle but ultimately end in love and hope. Isn’t that what life is about? Struggle and hope to persevere?
I started with this metal ‘H’ from Hobby Lobby. It was $29.99 but I used my 40% off coupon of course!
I laid my flowers out to get an idea of where I wanted them. Then I cut them off the branches with wire cutters leaving about a 1 inch stem.
I drilled holes with different sized drill bits according to the size of the flower’s stems. I would drill a hole then put the flower in to see where I wanted the next one and and repeated until the letter was covered.
Once all the flowers were in I gently turned the letter upside down. With my hot glue gun I glued generously around the edge of the holes where the stems came through and held the stems in place until the glue was dry.
I like how you can’t see the metal from the front but you can still get a little bit of the rustic metal look on the sides.
I love the vibe of this little wall in our small dining space now! Of course I had to work around our homework schedule! I asked little man if I could erase it but he wasn’t having it :)
What do you guys think? I also made this fabric garland that I’ll post about later this week!
You can check out our marquee anchor tutorial for another metal letter DIY that we hung outside on our new deck!
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Love this!! I just made my own blog on this too. They’re so pretty and easy to make! Love the colours you used.
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Thanks so much sweet friend!!!
This is great!
Thanks so much Lauren!!
What a creative idea! Adorable.
Thanks so much Heidi!
Love this Summer! I think I need to make one of my daughter’s room!
Thanks Bethany! I think it would look great in a little girls room!
Love this!! The whole situation is so pretty! pinned :)
xo
Aww, thanks Mal!!
Wow – That whole wall is lovely!
Thanks Christa :)
Stopping by from Create Link Inspire party. Super cute! This would adorable in my daughters room:)
Thanks so much Melinda! I really appreciate you stopping by!
Summer, I love your flower and I love the chalkboard wall and psalm!
Thanks so much Lisa!
Love it!!! Just like everything else you do!!
Thanks Rach!
Wow! I’m loving this idea. You are a very smart cookie. ;)
Thanks so much Tina :)
Love how this turned out!
Thanks so much Amy!!
I love this!!!! So cute and such an impact! Love the little banner, too!!
Thanks Amber! I really appreciate it!
Such a great idea, Summer! What a pretty statement to add to your chalkboard wall!
Thanks so much Pam!!
Seriously… you’ve done it again! This is so lovely and fun (and fresh as we descend into fall)!
Aww thanks Converse! You’re sweet :)
Summer…I adore this!! It would even be so pretty to leave some of the space the metal part and just add a few pretty flowers. Simple & stunning! <3 Heidi
Thanks so much Heidi!!
So cute!!! My wheels are churning! I love this! xox, Emily
Thanks Emily :)
So pretty! Love it
Thanks Julia!!
i am so excited about this, too!!! i LOVE LOVE LOVE one more time LOVE it!
You’re the best! Thanks Cass!
Summer this might be my favorite DIY of yours ever!! So pretty against that chalkboard wall!
You’re so sweet! Thanks Beth!!