Items You Need (Purchased Mine at Michaels):
- Wooden Letter (in the style of your choice, Michaels had a variety of styles to choose from)
- Rhinestones (in coordinating color, mine are a light green)
- Ribbon (Mine is a yellow/green jungle themed ribbon)
- Paint (I used a leftover yellow paint sample we got when trying to decide on what color to paint the nursery)
- Paint Brush
- Hot Glue/Hot Glue Gun
First, I painted the wooden 'K'. I took me three coats of paint to cover. No need to paint the back, but make sure to paint the sides.
Once dried, I played around with the placement of the rhinestones, finally deciding on accenting the swirl and the middle of the K. Once I decided where I liked the rhinestones, I hot glued them on. TIP: I like hot glue, because it is easy to remove after applying if you don't get the placement just right.
Lastly, I cut two lengths of ribbon about 15 inches long. Because of the style of my K, I had to attach the ribbon at an inward angle. Again, I used hot glue for this because I could easily remove it and try again until I got the angle perfect. Once I attached the two lengths of ribbon (one to each top part of the K), I tied them together in a simple bow. Then I cut the ends so that they didn't hang down over the K. TIP: Once I was happy with the bow, I used a lighter to lightly melt the edges of the ribbon to stop it from fraying (a trick a learned as a ballerina).
And Done! The whole thing took me maybe 2 hours (with most of it waiting for the paint to dry!).
