Create...

When my daughters were here, we went to one of our favorite local gift shops.  The family that owns the shop is so nice and they have a wonderful variety of unique items.  My oldest daughter spotted some large blocks that spelled CREATE but didn't have an extra $60 to buy them.  So we went to Michael's and purchased unpainted wooden letters. Then, when we got home, she went out to her dad's scrap box and had him cut up some 2x4 material to make a set in her own style. 

She used Kilz 2 to prime the blocks, then used acrylic paints and some great stencils to apply a different color and pattern to each block.  She added her own special touches.  The wooden letters were painted, stenciled and put on the blocks with hot glue.  

These are the stencils she used and there are several patterns in each packet.  They are available at Michael's.

There was so much going on that I didn't get a final picture of the CREATE blocks.  She painted the edges black to finish the blocks.  So cute!