Love might not be an easy thing, but this sign sure can be an easy way to express it!
Have you started making Christmas presents? I am in full swing. I love to give handmade presents, so I have to start way out to get them all done in time. My first present for this season is this easy pallet wood sign.
If you have a scrap piece of wood, a hot glue gun, a little stain and paint, and some chipboard letters, you can make this sign! I got my letters at Hobby Lobby, but I think the font of these letters
The first thing I did was sand my scrap pallet piece of wood.
Once it was sanded, I stained it quickly with my favorite Minwax stain
While the stain was drying, I spray painted my chipboard letters a glossy white
Once the letters were dry, I took a little acrylic paint and painted the sides. I love that this subtle touch added another color and helps the letters pop in a fun way.
I then hot glued the letters onto my sign, added a tooth hanger
Do you love to give handmade gifts too? What are some crafts on your list? I’m hoping to paint Reagan some peg wood dolls. She is not into big cloth dolls but all the little plastic figurines, so I figure I am going to try to paint her some wood ones. If I am successful, I will be sure to let you know!
I hope you had a good weekend!
I picked up one card at a time and centered a heart onto the card by eye balling it in the middle. I then used my sewing machine and sewed the heart into place, just like I would sew any other fabric project.
That is it! The card can be done then or you can get creative and use decorative scissors to trim the edges. I have several pairs of these fun scissors (thanks to a sweet reader for this gift ;)). I played with the different edges on my cards. I also played with adding more sewn lines to my heart. Both of these options let you get more creative with your greeting card. I had fun making mine with my trusty crafting sidekick.
Now since my cards are not for me to send out, I created a small little tag that I wrapped around each card and envelope. I love how they came out.
but you could simply cut these out and wrap around your own cards. A set of handmade cards would be an awesome teacher gift, birthday present, hostess gift, stocking stuffer, or simple “I love you” present.
With a little time and colorful paper we can brighten someone’s day and make those defeated days a little sunnier. If you follow me on 
The girls look like they had the best time. There was so much creative energy and time spent to make such a special day.
Isn’t she stunning!? I was blessed to hang with this sweet family last week. Can’t wait to do so again soon! Thank you so much Rebecca for letting me share your party with the world!
I browsed my scrapbook collection and found a piece that I wanted to use. One 12″ x 12″ piece was enough paper for all four 4″ x 6″ frames. I used the glass from the frame to cut the paper the right size. Once I had four sheets of paper for my frames, I set them aside and started on the letters.
I used just plain brown wrapping paper and stenciled my letters on to it. The brown paper was to act as my guide to cut my burlap latter, since it’s hard to write on burlap. See below.
I picked up my brown paper and placed a small square of burlap behind it. As I cut my letter out, I made sure to cut the burlap layer as well. This gave me a burlap letter without having sharpie markings on it (as sharpie might be the only thing that would have shown a stencil traced on burlap).
After all the letters were in frames, my new wall art was complete! It was such a simple craft. I love that I can easily switch this art out to use the frames for something else, but for now I have some fun, cheap wall art. I want to try this same idea, but with animal silhouettes instead of letters.
