An easy peasy way to make a cute
shabby wooden sign. They cost almost nothing and can be a sweet addition to any
room. I made mine in literally 2 hours, and that's including the drying time
for the paint!
All you need is:
- Salvaged wood
- Craft Paint or Acrylic Paint
- Inkjet Printer
- Marker Pen
- Varnish
I found some salvaged wooden planks
off old pallets at work. Seriously I love pallets! The possibilities to use
them for all sorts of DIY are endless!
Anyway so I cut the pallet planks to
size and lightly sanded them. You can distress your wood more by banging on it with
a hammer if you want, but your letters might be a little bit more of a mission
to transfer then.
I paint my boards white, I wanted
that white washed look so I did it REALLY quickly and didn't care if the wood
came through in most places... that's part of the appeal right? But hey you can
paint it any colour you like.
I then printed my words using the
INKJET printer onto normal paper, remember to mirror image them. Cut off the
excess white paper so that you can fit it nicely to your plank.
Once your paint is nice and dry, place your printed word
face down. Using water and paintbrush slightly wet your paper. Be careful not
to wet it too much otherwise your words will smudge or the ink will run.
Using the back of a
marker pen (or any pen really) scratch or rub over the letters to transfer the
word.
My first word came
out a bit smudged (because of too much water) but I learnt my lesson and the
other two came out perfectly! You could use watered down craft wait to fill in
the letters if you want, but I loved the way the letters actually looked like
they were drawn onto the wood.
You can use a spray
varnish or any other wood varnish you have to finish it off and seal it, just
make sure that your words and wood are dry so that you don't smudge them. I
like I like! Now to get some nice rope and drill the holes. Will add another
pic when it's actually hanging :-)
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