I love my Poo-Pourri!
Many of my guest, even my husband, forget or just do not know about Poo-Pourri. So, I had some wood laying around and wanted to practice my wood burning so I decided to make a "Spray Before You Go" sign to place in my bathroom in hopes that it will remind those visiting to use the amazing Poo-Pourri! What you need: -Wood Burning Hot Pen -Wood Burning Hot Stamps (letters and if you want the arrow it is in the numbers kit) -Pliers (for removing the Hot Stamps from the Hot Pen) -Piece of wood that can stand on its own, or you can place it in a small easel, & is big enough for what you want to spell. (you can get a piece at a craft store but it can be pricey) -Small foam brush -Mod Podge in whatever finish you want, I used gloss. I got my supplies from Micheal's with a 40% off coupon on each item. If you do not have a coupon I would suggest getting the supplies from www.darbysmart.com or some other cheap place. A lot of the craft supplies are cheaper then at some stores, even walmart on Darby Smart, and ship fast! And you get $10 towards your first purchase! It is worth checking out. If you would like to learn more about DarbySmart I will soon be posting a review on my purchases from that site soon and will up date this with that link. For now you can google it if our curious :) -To be honest this little craft can be kinda pricey so if you do not think you will use the hot pen and hot stamps for any other projects you may want to browse Pinterest again so you can find some more wood burning crafts to justify the purchase haha.- Alright, now on to how you create this! So it really is pretty simple. First make sure you place the letter you want to start out with on your hot pen first before you turn it on, with this project that would be the "S". Now turn the hot pen on. I would recommend having a practice piece of wood if this is your first time. Having a practice piece helps a lot with testing the temperature and to practice how much pressure you need to apply and whatnot. So usually when the Hot Stamp starts changing colors that usually means it is hot enough to start. Now you can out line what you want on the wood first with a pencil but make sure it is really light so you can erase it. I did that at first and I could not erase it all...so I just placed the Hot Stamps on the piece of wood to make sure it would all fit, that was a lot easier then the whole pencil thing! Now just start! If you apply the Hot Stamp to the wood and remove it to find it didn't burn the wood fully that is ok! Just line it back up and try again. Once you are ready to move on to the next letter, DO NOT remove it with your hands. Use the pliers! You can choose to turn the Hot Pen off first if you want but you do not need to. Once you remove the letter it will still be hot for a while so place it on your practice piece of wood or on something that will not catch fire or melt. Then pick up the next letter with the pliers and screw it on with the pliers. Again, DO NOT use your hands for this part, because, well, it is hot! It is a little tricky to get the hang of but I haven't figured out any easier way yet :). Once you are done with the hot stamps make sure to turn the pen off. Now if some parts are still not as burned as you would like you can cheat and go over it with a permanent marker in some areas, or if you are not lazy you can just go back over it with your hot stamps ( I was too lazy to turn it back on). Once you have stepped back and decided you are happy with it, you now need to seal it with Mod podge or some other sealant so that the bark will not pop off and the wood will not start splitting therefore ruining your hard work like mine started to do before I realized it needed to be sealed... So now just apply 3 coats at least of mod podge all over the front AND the back. Make sure your apply it where the bark would separate from the wood. If my phrasing does not make sense here is a picture.
My bathroom is birched themed so I used a piece of birch and added moss to create a forest feel.
Thanks for visiting my blog and hope you enjoyed this post! If you have any questions or comments feel free to comment below!
Hopefully that helps?
Don't just apply it there, remember, apply it all over the front and back. Sorry for the lack of progression pictures by the way. Now once you have let your mod podge dry, your done! You can now place it in your bathroom in hopes people will read it and use it!
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