The year before Micah and I got married we did this program at our church called Redemption Groups that our pre-marriage counselors recommended to us. It was a great experience and at the end we received this plaque…
Except that we actually received TWO of these plaques because every person that was involved in these groups received this gift on the last night, whether or not two of those people were soon to be married and would be living in the same house.
I thought we could re-gift one of them or sell it on Amazon… but then for some reason, Micah unwrapped the second one and put it on the shelf in our bedroom. Granted, our bedroom shelves were seriously lacking items to fill them, so I can understand what he was doing. However, our other plaque was already set up in a lovely display on top of refrigerator and having two of the same plaque in a single apartment is pretty awkward. I mean I do love the verse “Let the redeemed of the Lord say so” as it reminds me of so many last nights at Young Life camp where teenagers from around the country stand up and confess their faith in the Lord, but if I want to read the verse again and again, I’ll just get out my Bible. Only one guest ever went so far as to say “Hey, don’t you also have that plaque out in the kitchen?” but I’m sure many noticed our redundant décor. So I made a plan for the plaque – because we DID still need something to spice up our shelves – and this is what I did…
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| I bought this little wooden “R” at Jo-Ann’s Fabrics for about $2. |
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| Spray painted the R black. Spray paint was about $3 and will be used on future projects. |
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| Picked up this song book from the thrift store for 25 cents! Cut out “Amazing Grace” {the song I walked down the aisle to at our wedding} to fit the front of the plaque and modpodged over it. |
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| After the modpodge dried, I used the hubs’ wood glue to attach the R to the plaque. |
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| Like this. Notice the crackly look on the R. That happened because the wind blew newspaper onto the R when it was drying out on our patio. But then I decided it looked better that way and I left it… |
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| Finished product! GUSSY, the pic on the left is a little ode to your hometown!!! XOXO! |
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| Bedroom shelves officially spruced, spiced and decorated! |
*You can find little plaques like this or similar wooden signs that hang on the wall in almost any thrift store. Have fun with them! You can create a super cute monogram for under $5! Makes a great wedding gift!*
I love it! Thanks for linking to Thrifty Thursday. Have a wonderful day. Blessings!
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What a great idea! It turned out to be fabulous!! 🙂
Love it! My monogram is R too 🙂 The sheet music background is perfect!
beautiful!! i'm obsessed with decorating around old music! what a great idea incorporating it with an initial!! thanks for sharing this!!
I just came across your blog and am excited to see that there's another blogger in AZ! I'm located in Anthem (way up north, haha!).
You had me at the sheet music! Love it!
i agree with Jennifer, i am obsessed with that sheet music. so creative!!
xo TJ
I LOVE that sheet music idea! You are SO creative! You have a super cute blog!
Thanks for the MUCH needed inspiration:)
I really like how simple but classy this is! It seems so do-able!
And yes to the getting together for coffee when you come to Texas next. You should grap Heather, head out and we can have a bloggy girl meet-up 🙂
ps- Pastor Matt's MRI came back clear yesterday. That means he's done with Chemo! God is good.
I LOVE YOUR BLOG!!!!!! thank you the sweet words you left on mine, it let me find yours 🙂
We sing a song named that at Church, I love it and I'm always teaching it to my niece and nephews! I love what you did!
LOVE this idea. I need to get on it! That class sounds amazing!! What a neat plaque they gave you. I wonder where they got it….