The first home our family started in had these old, old windows that had to be replaced…. Some were too big to keep, but most weren’t. 🙂
I have loved giving away some of them as gifts and figuring out different things to do!
This window I did for my sister for her wedding shower and used it as a decoration, also!
The way I went about doing this is very much the same as other posts I’ve done using graphite paper and an embossing tool. Check out the posts Wood Burning a Grenade Box or hand painting on wood where I go into more detail.
I wanted to keep this window pretty simple and not be too opinionated so she can use it for many years wherever she wants it to be. I decided on her future last name and established 2019, and then a blue flower for a pop of color, and some engagement pictures that can easily be changed to anything else like future family photos!
I stretched her new last name vertically down the side and made the font big enough to be seen, but not awkwardly huge or too small. I “measured” out aka eye balled where I thought the letters should go. 🙂 I applaud all the perfectionists out there that measure out all that they do. That is awesome! Because I traced this I on too far down and had to “erase” it and move it up. I just used some rubbing alcohol and It came right off! (That’s what I get.)
I put the established 2019 in the bottom right-hand corner to balance the frame out a bit.
As you can see in this picture, I used a wood burner to “melt” the paint. I didn’t really know how this was going to work or turn out, but it did pretty good! I didn’t push very hard at all and the paint just peeled away. With that said, you don’t need your burner up too high and you don’t want to leave it on the paint too long in one place. I used the slimmest tip I had. It was all pretty quick and simple…. there was some graphite residue but came off with the rubbing alcohol. I did have to scrape off a little bit of the paint that came up and out when melting, but it came off easy!
It was a fun and easy project that turned out pretty cute!
