SUND.I.Y Sassy Sophie
For my friend Sophie’s birthday I thought it would be a great chance to have a go at decorating one of these letters. The purpose is merely decorative but Sophie loves interior design and keeping her favourite colour scheme in mind, bronze and white, I thought this would be the perfect gift for the girl who has everything! It is personal yet at the same time not too ‘crafty’ and can be used just to compliment a room or liven up a shelf. I painted the S white in acrylic, doing a few layers so that the S was fully covered. Once this had thoroughly dried I started painting on the patterns in gold and bronze. I didn’t plan them out in pencil first but you could do this if you wanted to create a perfect look or image, for this particular piece I just wanted to have fun with it and try to keep it plain and simple whilst also having the option of a crazy decorative design. To do this I kept the flat sides of the S a block bronze colour and decorated the inner curves of the S instead. This was really fun to do and I am really happy with the final outcome but I think if I were to do it again it would be a wise idea to paint the decorative design on the flat sides as this would make handling the brush much easier! Get your own letter shape from Hobbycrafts and get painting! http://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/mdf-wooden-letter-s-8-cm/614577-1000