In January my husband and I celebrated an anniversary.
With the upcoming move we were both exhausted so I knew there wouldn’t be anything too exciting happening on the day but decided -in true British Chick fashion- to make him (us really) something special.
He changed jobs -and shifts- recently too so weekends are the only real time we get together as a family. Due to this we have dedicated Saturday nights to family only ‘game nights’. Usually board or card games to get us together without a TV screen shouting over us. Once we have spent time entertaining my son with his choice of game (he loves monopoly and game of life and usually beats both of us…he’s 6 by the way) my husband and I will usually dust off the scrabble board and attempt to overcome the Brit-American spelling divide.
Keeping with seemingly random tidbids of information….Our wedding colours were Navy blue and Ivory. It seems to be a growing tradition to give something in these colours each year – well for me anyway ha ha. I wanted a gift that would combine all of the above….
Navy Blue & Cream Personalised Scrabble Gift
I bought a box frame -AND got 50c knocked off due to a tiny scuff WHOOP WHOOP!- I then painted it with Navy Blue acrylic paint, bought a bunch of scrabble tiles from ebay (link), warmed up the glue gun and hey presto his gift was created 🙂
Unfortunately I couldn’t remove the glass as I had hoped when painting the edges so its not as perfect as I would like (nor is it sealed) however for something that is to be displayed rather than handled I’m rather pleased with it…and so is he which is the main thing 🙂
As always below are some pics of the process – though to be honest it’s pretty straight forward 🙂 Also check out the related posts – I wish I knew how to add my own or change the search criteria in the app I use but alas…the ones linked all hold the ‘DIY/Creative’ theme in common so…enjoy 🙂
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- The original frame – probably could have done with sanding it first to give the paint something to grip to
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- Scrabble tiles from ‘sewingservice’ on ebay
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- Quick coat of paint – after pulling the tape off any smudges were easily removed with a cotton-bud
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- Finally settled on a layout- but perhaps too plain
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- The final piece – the scattered letters spell out secret words too 🙂
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- Navy Blue & Cream Personalised Scrabble Frame
British Chick Across The Pond 
What an unusual personal gift Sophie. Well thought out, and lovingly crafted.
He’s a lucky man!
As ever, Pete. XX
Thanks pete 🙂 I thought it was unusual until I typed in “scrabble” to find the tiles for it and was all over the place lol xx
Hey Sophie! Great to see you back! Hope all is well and regarding your Scrabble art, it”s a fantastic gift that looks good in that frame 🙂
Hi Squarebird 🙂 thank you! It’s good to be back 🙂 taking it slower this time and putting less pressure on myself – seems to be working well