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Post: Word Play With Scrabble Jewellery By Katarina Louise…. / December 7th, 2009
Word Play With Scrabble Jewellery By Katarina Louise….
The latest unusual yet quirky jewellery trend is upon us. When we spotted these scrabble pieces, which come in the shape of rings and pendants, we were admittedly unsure as to the desirability of this concept. I mean, love letters yes, often seen as wonderfully dainty and contemporary pieces of fine jewellery. But Scrabble letters?
However, we have spotted these strangely desirable pieces on the talented Pixie Lott recently, and we have to admit, they look great! Designed by the talented jewellery designer Katarina Louise who enjoys international success with her eclectic jewellery collections, inspired from all corners of the world, bringing huge success and attention to the brand.
Pixie Lott has recently been quoted in Glamour magazine singing the praises of Katarina’s designs: ”My make-up artist gave me a pendant with a ‘P’ tile from Scrabble on it by an Australian designer called Katarina Louise. It’s my favourite piece.”
Available in necklaces and rings, take Pixie’s example and wear your name spelled out on each finger or drape your initials around your neck! The Scrabble collection ranges from £5 to £20. Check out Katarina’s other designs too, we are particularly fans of her wonderful charm bracelets!
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Post: Make a Valentine's Day Scrabble Themed Picture Frame / February 01, 2007
Make a Valentine's Day Scrabble Themed
Picture Frame
Here's a Valentine's Day Craft Where You Can Spell Out "I L-O-V-E Y-O-U"
Does your sweetie love Scrabble? Or do you just want to give your sweetie a crafty gift that will say I LOVE YOU, and really "spell it out"? Well, then this Valentine's Day Scrabble Picture Frame is f
or you!
This Scrabble frame is cute for any word lovers in your life - whether it be Scrabble, or crossword puzzles, or fellow writers. One great tip for you - you can find Scrabble sets on ebay.com for reasonable prices and quite a few ebayers sell just the tiles because crafters use Scrabble tiles for quite a few different crafts at this point.
So this is a great, pretty unique and kind of quirky craft to do for someone special in your life. It will certainly be one-of-a-kind - they can't get it in a store!
To make this craft you will need:
a wide rimmed picture frame
red, pink or white craft paint
a foam brush
thin red ribbon (the width of the picture frame to wrap around the outside rim of the picture frame)
hot glue gun
red ribbon roses
Scrabble tiles
To begin this craft first cover the area with newsprint to protect the surface. Then paint the picture frame's frame with two coats of paint in your chosen color. Also paint the rim of the picture frame. Let this dry before going on to the next step.
Now take your Scrabble tiles and decide what sweet thing you want to say. Do you want to stick with something classic like I LOVE YOU? Or BE MINE?
Or do you want to write out a cute nickname you have for them like FLOPSY MOPSY I LOVE YOU? See what is going to fit comfortably on the picture frame. Arrange the letters attractively and then hot glue gun them down onto the picture frame.
Take the red ribbon and measure the outside rim of the picture frame to see how much ribbon it will take to get all the way around. Cut off any excess.
Hot glue gun the ribbon onto the frame. Then hot glue gun some of the red ribbon roses onto the frame in a scattered pattern along the frame around the Scrabble letters.
Let the frame sit for about twenty minutes to half an hour for the glue to dry, the paint has already dried. Then put your favorite picture in it and it is ready for gift giving. Happy Valentine's Day!
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Post: Craftiness is Next to Godliness: Scrabble Headboard
Craftiness is Next to Godliness:
Scrabble Headboard
I don’t have a headboard, but I’d love to have one. Problem is: all the ones I like are too expensive and all the ones I can afford kind of suck. Fortunately, I can make one on my own and so can you.
A few days ago, I found a great and simple tutorial for making your own upholstered headboard at a website called Chez Larsson. It looks great in her home, but for my taste, I’d love to embellish it a little. Enter Scrabble lettering.
Probably the hardest thing about making your Scrabble headboard will be picking which word you want to put on it. You could “monogram” it with your name, pick your favorite word and sleep under it every night, or label it with something like “bed” or “sleep.” Once you’ve figured out what word you want, it’s smooth sailing from there.
You need:
-a piece of wood about five inches wider than your bed and as tall as you want it to be. If you buy the wood at a home improvement store, you can probably get it cut to the right size by the employees there.
-several layers of cotton batting to pad it
-a piece of fabric as large as the square with a few inches allowance on each side to allow you to staple it. To make a plain white headboard, like the one made in Chez Larsson, I’d recommend that you use a white sheet. For a more authentic Scrabble tile look, you can sew together several lengths of wood grain fabric to make one piece of fabric that is wide enough.
-a staple gun
-iron transfer paper for your printer - one sheet for each letter you plan to have
-a computer and printer
-an iron and ironing board
-tailor’s chalk, disappearing ink pen, or a pencil
Now put it together:
1. Create your Scrabble letters in word processing software, one letter per page. I found that Arial Rounded MT Bold looks a lot like the letters on actual Scrabble tiles. Make your letter in size 500 and your number in size 150 with the subscript box checked on your font menu. Alternately, you can use a scrabble esque font. Print them using your iron transfer paper.
2. Lay your fabric out on your wooden headboard base to figure out where exactly you want the letters to go. Then mark the location of your letters with your chalk/marker/pencil. Carefully iron the fabric so that it is wrinkle free and then transfer the letters using the iron on paper per the manufacturer’s instructions.
3. From here, Chez Larsson has great pictorial instructions. Basically, you just staple the batting and fabric to your piece of wood and then lean it against the wall behind your bed.
4. If you want a little extra security, you can mount the board to the wall, but I’ve had a headboard leaned against the wall before and it worked just fine.
Sweet, Scrabble-y dreams, kids! And happy crafting.
