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craft project, craft projects, custom door letter, DIY door letter, home DIY, rubber cement, spray paint
Do you live in a multi-unit residence? I do and the units aren’t labeled. The mailman and UPS guy have to guess.
I checked my home improvement store and all the letters they had were ugly. Ug-ly.
I guess I just gave myself a new project. Hmmph.
Create a Custom Inexpensive Door Letter
Supplies I used:
- Leftover photo mat from framing a piece of art. You can get remnants cheap from your local framing place. You can also use a heavy duty chipboard.
- X-acto knife
- Computer/printer
- Tape
- Spray paint – whichever color you prefer
- Clear spray paint/sealer – same stuff I used to make the coasters
- Rubber cement – see the Book Project post for a picture
It sounds complicated but it really wasn’t! I had everything except the gold spray paint already on hand.
I printed out a big letter “A.” The font is Andalus (pretty sure it came with Microsoft Word), size 385, making it about 3.5 inches tall.
I cut a square around the letter and taped it to a small leftover piece of photo mat. I used a mat instead of cardstock or chipboard because it’s very heavy and I thought it would be the most durable.
If you are cutting photo mat, use a very sharp x-acto knife. The thickness is difficult to cut through and using a dull knife actually makes you more likely to cut yourself.
I cut through the paper and the mat, then spray painted it gold. I saved by buying this itty bitty can of spray paint.
Then I used my can of Rust-oleum Satin Clear to seal it (same stuff I use for making coasters).
I used rubber cement to stick it to our door.
I actually completed this project close to a year ago and was too lazy to take pictures wanted to see how durable it was. It still looks good as new!
Yes, I know – looks very Nathaniel Hawthorne, doesn’t it? Just kidding.
