4th of july blocks...

so with the 4th of july right around the corner i thought i would do something festive. i headed to hobby lobby and came home with all this:

1. "u" "s" & "a" blocks... .72 cents a piece

2. wooden stars... .99 cents for the pack of 5

3. 2 cordinating paper... .29 cents a piece

4. red & blue paint... .66 cents a piece

AND i had the mod podge, white & yellow paint, and brushes on hand.

TOTAL: $5.05 {not bad at all!}

so first off i painted the whole blocks

i had a wonderful helper, she wouldn't allow any pictures though. haha

secondly i decided what paper went where and then traced my letters. then i cut them out and made sure they lined up.

{forgot to take a picture of that step, sorry}

thirdly, {is that a word?} i mod podged' the crap out of 'em.

yep, i slathered it on waaay too much. oh well. =)

i had to wait patiently for them to dry.

in the mean time i a star yellow

{no picture of this either, bad bad brandi!}

then when they were both dry, i got some wire from my cute hubs and twirled it around a pencil to make it look like a pigs tail, {pretend that there are pictures... k?}

then i hot glued the star to the wire and then the wire to the block,

AND it turned out like this...

what do you think?

yeah, they are awesome aren't they?

not bad for a little over FIVE dollars!!

lets look at the before and after...

&

yep i'm satisfied!!!

i hope everyone has a super and safe 4th of july!

i'm linking up to these parties:

1.the shabby chic cottage

2.somewhat simple

3.seven thirty three

4.house of hepworths

5.everything etsy

6.fingerprints on the fridge

7.it's a hodgepodge life

8.the shabby nest

9.remodelaholic

10.the inspired room

11.fabulous design

12.kojo designs

13.romantic home

14.it's a blog party

15.a few of my favorite things

17.tales from blogaritaville

18.finding fabulous

19.chic on a shoestring