♥ USA Blocks

I am in 4th of July home decor – creating – painting – kind of mood right now.  I love all of the red, white and blue!  Getting some seasonal things ready for the Select Furnishings store to sell.

 

 

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I have a bit of an obsession with creating these wood blocks and they are so super easy to do.  If you have a table or jig saw just go down to the Home Depot, Lowe’s or wood store and buy you a 2 x 4.  Bring it home and cut it into the sizes you want.  These are 3″ and 4″ blocks.  Paint, add scrapbook paper if you want and letters using a die cutting machine (I used my Cricut) or you can print letters out on the computer and cut out by hand.

 Supplies:

• 2 x 4 wood board cut into blocks
• paint
• varnish
• scrapbook paper
• wood glue
• vinyl
• letters are cut from Storybook cricut cartridge
• ribbon
• buttons
• white gel pen
• hand sander or block

 

I painted the blocks in a blue or red color.  I used my hand sander to rough up the edges all the way around the block giving a country feel.  Take a soft cloth to wipe off the access dust.  The key to getting the scrapbook paper to stick on the wood block is the wood glue.  I use this one by Darice and it works GREAT!  Make sure to get all of the bubbles out by using a squeegee or a credit card would work great too.  I used this varnish to finish off each block.  I like the glossy finish. 🙂

I doodled the letters with the white gel pen by adding dash lines.  I really like the way this adds that finishing touch to any project.

I cut two sets of letters, one in white vinyl and one in either red or blue cardstock.  I did this because I thought the white didn’t show enough on the pattern paper.

I tied ribbon around the center block but you could add to each one and I think that would look so cute.

To finish I hot glued some buttons in random places on each block.

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Here are a few other 4th of July projects too:

 

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