I Love boards with inspiring words on them. And since it’s slightly inconvenient to have large pieces of furniture projects scattered all throughout the house, I thought maybe I should try making some of these boards… I can still get my painting and distressing obsession done, just on a smaller scale!
So for trial number 1, I decided to make one for a special teacher in our life. Now that we have 3 teachers and 1 piano teacher to add to the Christmas gift list, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to save some $$ by making the gifts for them! So for $0, and supplies already around the house, I made this:
How I made it:
left over piece of pine, and a quote printed off from the computer, I first painted the pine in brown...
topped it with turquoise... (which by the way is the new color of our Master Bedroom, I'll be sharing with you soon!)
a little sanding to distress and show some brown from underneath..
decided on placement or the quote...
elementary art came in handy here... I colored the back of the quote with pencil, then traced the top of the quote, to transfer onto the board...
fun!...
hand painted the quote in brown...
I then sanded the top a bit to distress the letters, and I glazed the top and edges with my usual brown paint diluted with water. I gave it 2 coats of varnish to protect it, and added a gold butterfly (from the dollar store) with a glue gun… and ta-da!
What do you think? Did I pass the test, or would you have done it different?
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