Keeping it short and simple this week. I stained a little letter using a fun and easy technique.
For this project I used a little monogram from target but if you have a good scroll or jig saw you can make your own shapes.
I drew out what design I wanted in chalk first but then decided just to wing it
Using a small brush I painted the design on using plain old wood glue, nothing special just elmers.
Let the glue dry thoroughly
Then apply a thin coat of a dark stain (or at least darker than the natural wood tone) and quickly buff off any excess
Voila your pattern is left natural.
It’s a quick and easy way to add detail to a project and it’s pretty versatile as well. If you’re not comfortable free handing a pattern you can always mask off a geometric pattern like stripes or chevrons.
TinyBows 
Ooooh! Love this! did you find that the glue left a weird shine or raised texture after it was dried & stained?
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It is a little raised in some places where I went a bit overboard with it, I think it could be easily sanded off though. And most places it’s just a hardly noticeable matte finish, next time I’ll know it doesn’t take much to block off the stain
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This came out so cool! Great idea! 🙂
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Hi! I couldn’t find your About Me page, but I wanted to tell you I nominated you for the Liebster award 🙂 More info on my blog.
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Thank you! I’ve already done a Leinster but thank you none the less I’ll be sure to link back to you in a future post
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No prob 🙂
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Leibster, leinster, lobster my gosh
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