metallic letters - EDITED (read below)

I told you here about the blank walls in my home.

We have only been here for 2 years and being the crafter, thrifter that I am spaces go unfinished until I find that right thing that will make me smile when I fill up my walls with it.

I've been waiting to find the right thing for this blank space in my breakfast area.

So I filled it like this:

I love these metallic letters!

Emma thought we should write PRAY and then EAT.

Sweet girl. 

You can get these letters over at anthropologie  for about $98 dollars each.

Yeah. I think we all know me better than that! I guess I'll let you in on the secret,

they're not metal. They're cardboard! You already knew that right.?

I bought them at Joann's with a 40% coupon so I paid 6.00 each for mine.

whew!

Here's my tools:

I painted them quickly and lightly with some gray interior sample from Lowe's that I already had.

Then I spray painted them!

At first I started spraying with a lighter metallic paint

but they looked to shiny so I used ended up using a darker one.

This on the left was too shiny for me.

The one on the right is the one I used.

I love them. I think.

I am still getting used to something hanging there and the fact they

are so big.  It kinda screams EAT at you. Which is fine with me. I like to eat!

Emma also said they should say, EAT PEOPLE.

I guess I say 'people' alot sometimes.

You know, like,

"Get in the van people."

"Let's go people."

No? You don't say those things?

Hmmm....

Total for 3 letters: $18

Everything else I already had!!

But you could get a sample for $4 and spray paint for $4.

So this project would still on cost you around $25!

What do you think?

EDIT: I kept looking at my letters trying to figure how to make them look more like real metal.

I got it!

This is what you need!

You don't even really need that paint brush either.

Just squirt the paint on the letter and rub it off with a paper towel.

Now they look SO REAL! I can't believe it's paper mache!

Doing this made all the difference. Check it out.

The E is finished. The A is not.

Ahhh..delicious!

I love them!

And now I have this..

I want to find a reason to make more!

I am linking to craftomaniac monday link party