Creating woodblock sets has always been a favorite project of mine. I've made sets for Thanksgiving (Thankful), Christmas (Rejoice), gifts (Family) and now both my kid's rooms. For my little guy's train themed room I used papers from Cosmo Cricket and Bella Blvd. to create this "All Aboard" set for him. It's a wonderfully inexpensive way to add some decor to a room and an economic gift solution as well, think of the possibilities!
The next set is my daughter's name. Using my Cricut (Serenade cartridge) I made a branch that I split between the last three blocks and added a little butterfly as well. 
Each block started out as a scrap piece of 2 x 4 we had around from previous home-improvement projects. We cut them down into three different sizes- 4, 5, & 6 inches long. Next we sanded and routered the edges clean. Paint in coordinating colors was applied to each block, for Katie's I used all white and the "All Aboard" I used various shades of brown and blue. I applied patterned papers to the "front" of each block with modge podge (cutting my papers 1/2 inch bigger than the block measures in each direction), this allows me to sand the extra paper off giving it a worn look. Lastly I applied my letters and embellishments.
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