Faux Rust Meets Christmas!

There are a few tricks on creating faux rust on objects,
but this one is probably the easiest!
DIY Christmas decorations
To make faux rust Christmas letters:
DIY Christmas decorations
you need pre painted white wood letters.
DIY Christmas decorations
White craft glue or mod podge.
Ground cloves and cinnamon.
On a newspaper covered table, use a paint brush to spread the glue on to each letter one by one. 
Sprinkle/ or sieve over the cinnamon.
Add more glue is needed to throw on pinches of cloves..
DIY Christmas decorations
The cloves is darker than the cinnamon so it gives a nice rust worn patina.
DIY Christmas decorations
I created a rusty 'HOHO' 
How cool is that?
The bonus is all that cinnamon and cloves is
making my sitting room smell 'Oh so much like Christmas'!
Divine!
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5 comments:

Victoria @DazzleWhileFrazzled said...

Very neat idea! I'm sure it does smell really good. Great "hack"! Visiting from Snickerdoodle Sundays party.

Beverly @Across the Blvd said...

What a great idea! I love the look and having the wonderful aromas is a bonus! Thanks for partying with us!

Mrs. R said...

Awesome idea, Tracey! Aww the scent of cinnamon and cloves drifting through the air must really bring on the Christmas spirit xo

Carla aka Mrs R @ SimplifyLifeWithMrsR.com

Mary K. said...

Ha! This is absolutely brilliant I never would have expected the use of spices to spice up the letters. Merry Christmas Tracey!

Tracey Lee Cassin said...

Thanks Mary - and Christmas Wishes to you too.