Scrabble trays

My friend Sarah and I had loads of fun making these trays.  We took a wooden serving tray, 1 sheet of 12x12 scrapbooking paper, paint, Modge Podge, embellishments of choice, scrabble tiles, distress ink and Envirotex and had some fun.

First, we picked our theme in scrapbooking paper.  We did one for camping and one for the beach.  We then chose a paint color to compliment our paper.  Painted the trays on the outside and inner rails.  We then cut our paper to match the size of the inside bottom of the tray and used Modge Podge to adhere it.  Once dried, we picked out the words we wanted to make from our tiles that went with our theme, laid them out in scrabble fashion, and used ink to color the edges of some of the tiles.  We chose to use several  shades of Distress Ink.  Once the tiles were in position, we glued each piece down (we like to use E6000 glue), and added some  embellishments, such as the seashells on our beach piece.   We then covered the interior of the tray with Envirotex, which seals it in and self levels, so you can use it to carry drinks or use as a breakfast in bed or decorative tray.  So much fun!!