Lucky for me that I had my camera with so I could take a picture of the picture (I'm sure no one though I was crazy) since I couldn't steal it from the gymnastics center.
I loved the colors and all of the monograms, but I really loved the rug (and the pots ~ just might have to make those too☺).
and thought to myself, "EASY! I can do that!"
Now a year later, I am finally getting around to monogramming a rug!
Here's how I did it:
~ I purchased an inexpensive rug from Ikea ~ $7.99 to be exact (the website says $8.99, but I swear I only paid $7.99).
~ Found a font from the computer that I liked and printed off a huge "C" (my son says it stands for Christmas ☺). Then I cut it out, outside of the line, to make it a bit bigger.
~ I decided to paint in my monogram and not spray paint around it as shown in the magazine. I also decided to add a border.
At first I was going to make it like this one from Ballard Designs:
So I taped off my rug:
But, I decided I liked how it looked with the border in farther (like where the tape is) in, so I re-taped my rug:
I painted the border with red acrylic paint (same color I used to paint my chalkboard). Since there was so much texture in the rug I did more of a pounding motion with my paintbrush as opposed to a sweeping motion.
When that part was painted, I traced my "C" in the center of the rug, then filled that in with paint.
Slowly peeled off the tape ~ praying for no bleeding ☺ and VOILA:
A beautiful monogrammed rug!
The next morning (since it was 11:30 and dark out) I sprayed the rug with a clear spray paint to seal it and help increase the durability.
Here's what it looks like outside in the entry:
I'll be linking up here this week:
You are SUCH a rock star! I love your stuff!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI love it - and it's so simple! If I saw this at your door I'd never believe you didn't buy it :) See? You could have taught us this over the weekend!
ReplyDeleteVERY nice job! I love the "C" over the wreath - some nice thinkin' on your part. :)
ReplyDeletelove this!! so inspiring. xxoo
ReplyDeleteSo lovely, so doable! And...I happen to be headed to IKEA on Friday!
ReplyDeleteThat looks great. And the price tag is so much better than in all of those magazines! Well done!
ReplyDeleteWonderful job! Its looks just as good as the magazine! The wreath and initial are great too. Lovely entrance way.
ReplyDeleteI found your blog by accident as I am having a slow day at work... I love this! I don't blog--I just find cool ones like yours! Thanks for the tips~
ReplyDeleteWow! it turned out great... love it!
ReplyDeleteI'm in love with this project!
ReplyDeleteYou are seriously going to be featured every week at What I Whipped Up Wednesday, huh?! LOVE this. Making it ASAP. What did you use to trace the "c"?
ReplyDeleteAwesome job! I'm totally doing both that and the pots-love them! Thanks for sharing! New follower here!!
ReplyDeleteTina@www.ahouseofboys.blogspot.com
Love the rug...but add my link to this post in order to participate in the Knock-Off Party, okay? Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThis would make a great Christmas gift! Great job!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
Cheryl
http://ldsmomtomany.blogspot.com/search/label/Pottery%20Barn