Here's a favorite little project

 I completed last month - 

hello.

 

I'd seen some people re-purpose rugs on the internets 

during the past couple of years so I thought I'd give it a go...

And yes, my 'joy' rug was still out on the porch... in April...

So there's that.

I think I shared the inspiration on an earlier post...

[and there are several 'hello' rugs available this year...]

I loved the lower-case block font I saw on my inspiration

so I used my cricut to cut out something similar...

Prior to taping it down I actually painted that section of the rug 

with dark yellow [spray paint], 

then I put double sided tape on the back of the letters to adhere them to the rug.

 After that, I used blue spray paint to cover the entire rug.

After I picked up the letters I could see a bit of 'bleed' 

so I went back with some acrylic paint and filled in the letters...

I know it won't last forever... 

And I'll probably need to refresh it a bit after we use it some...

but it's just perfect for how we're using it right now...

So don't throw your old rug away!

Get creative and re-purpose it to use it again!

This is an easy-peasy project!