Oooh, decoupage is a decent idea if you didn't need it to last that way for a long time. My chapter used to have a tradition of bigs painting an initial wooden letter for their littles, and my roommate did that. (They were around 9 inches or so) It would look cool in big form, too!
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On the heart of each sister
lies one 0-----,, that binds us
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