DIY Light Up Letters

Photos courtesy of jayebphotography

I wanted to share my favorite diy project that we did for the wedding. I absolutely love anything and everything typography. For the wedding I really wanted something unique and modern as a backdrop behind the wedding table. After showing the Mr what I wanted, we headed to Lowe's and purchased 2 large sheets of styrofoam. These  big styrofoam pieces are used to insulate houses. They cost around $13 each. What also  made this project super easy was the styrofoam we bought  had a silver foil like shinny side. We used the silver shinny side as the front side of each letter.

As a template we enlarged each letter on the computer  and printed them out. We traced them on the styrofoam and cut them out, yes it's that simple. Holes for each light bulb were made and excess cords were tapped in the back of the letters so they were well hidden. The letters were super light and easy to hang up. What I loved about this project is that it was cheap, and your able to get the large letters you want without paying a lot of money. It definately achieved the look we were aiming for that day