{"id":22756,"date":"2012-10-17T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T15:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/?p=22756"},"modified":"2014-08-27T07:20:38","modified_gmt":"2014-08-27T15:20:38","slug":"make-nail-and-string-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/2012\/10\/make-nail-and-string-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Nail and String Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-22758\" title=\"nail and string letters\" src=\"http:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nail-and-string-letters-580x305.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"305\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jen from <strong>jk jk <\/strong>decided that the space above her kitchen cabinets was too bare, so she figured she would dress it up a little bit.\u00a0 And dress it up she did!\u00a0 Using an easy process and inexpensive materials, she created a wall art installation to greet all who enter.\u00a0 I love how the elegant look of the large letters is given a playful touch with bright, colorful string.\u00a0 Her letters were made by nailing directly into the wall; if you don&#8217;t want to (or aren&#8217;t allowed to) punch that many nail holes in your wall, you can use the same method on a piece of wood instead.\u00a0 [archived link: <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140328195032\/http:\/\/www.justkeepitsimpleblog.com\/2011\/11\/diy-nail-and-string-wrapped-letters.html\">how to make nail and string letters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Project estimate:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Printer, on hand<\/li>\n<li>Paper, on hand<\/li>\n<li>Nails, on hand or $1 and up<\/li>\n<li>String, on hand or $1 and up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Total:\u00a0 Free and up<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jen from jk jk decided that the space above her kitchen cabinets was too bare, so she figured she would dress it up a little bit.\u00a0 And dress it up she did!\u00a0 Using an easy process and inexpensive materials, she created a wall art installation to greet all who enter.\u00a0 I love how the elegant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":22758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[342,3943,93,2573,3944,3167,1285,1418,31,385,608,915],"class_list":["post-22756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1-and-free","category-decor","tag-art","tag-art-installation","tag-computer","tag-font","tag-fonts","tag-lettering","tag-letters","tag-nails","tag-paper","tag-printer","tag-string","tag-wall-art"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Make Nail and String Letters &#187; 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