Greetings, friends!
It’s offical, the holidays are here and we’re kickin’ the season off big by joining in on a giant blog hop called Handmade Holidays. It’s three days of handmade, holiday goodness and today is all about the home decor.
Our holiday project is super easy (duh) and full of rustic charm because that’s how we roll around here.
As I’ve been perusing the holiday decor pictures on Instagram and Pinterest, I realized my decor crush this year was going to be wooden signs. There is just something so charming about a wooden holiday sign, with all its imperfections and personal touches, that I knew right away what we’d do for the Handmade Holiday blog hop.
The hardest part was deciding on what to write. I initially thought about doing something with ‘tree farm’ in it and then moved on to searching the internet for great Elf and Christmas Vacation quotes. After wasting several hours of my life reliving two of my favorite movies via memes, I settled on a classic, “& to all a good night.”
Rustic Wooden Holiday Sign Supplies
- Twine
- Mini ornaments
- One 1×10 piece of wood, X” long
- Â Two 1×2 pieces of wood, X” long
- Two 1×2 pieces of wood, X” long
- Espresso wood stain
- DecoArt chalk paint in Lace????
- DecorArt paint in X
- Paint brush
- Nails
- Hammer
- Carbon paper
How to Make a Rustic Wooden Holiday Sign
Paint the 1×10 with the Lace chalk paint and stain the 1×2 pieces in Espresso wood stain.
Print out your text – the font I used was called Playlist in size 350pt.
Place the text on the sign, on top of carbon paper, making sure the font is going straight across the board.
Trace the font onto the board and fill it with the black paint.
Once everything is dried, it’s time to attach the frame.
I used a hammer and nails to secure the 1x2s to the 1×6. On the shorter pieces, I secured the piece at the top and the bottom. For the longer pieces, I nailed them together four times along the edge.
After the frame was assembled, I nailed four nails to the back, leaving about 1/4″ sticking out for the twine to wrap around.
To make the twine ornament garland, I strung the ornaments individually onto the twine and secured them in place with a knot.
After the garland was put together, I strung it onto the wooden sign by securing it to the nails and tucking in the ends to the back.
Lastly, I added a picture hardware to the back in case I wanted to hang it… you know, once we actually start decorating for Christmas 🙂
Be sure to check out the other great bloggers participating in this blog hop below.
And a huge thank you to the sponsors of Handmade Holiday.
And don’t forget to enter into this great giveaway!
All our best,
This is adorable! I love it. Thanks for sharing this fun DIY
>> Christene
Keys to Inspiration
Thank you so much, Christene!
Great décor piece! I also love the strand of ornaments!
Thank you, Dana! I wanted to add a little extra something and who doesn’t love ornaments?! 🙂
Cute sign! I’ve made a lot of signs, but I like the idea of adding the frame around it. I usually just sand down the sides to round them a little. But the frame gives it a more finished look!
Thank you, Cherryl! I have never tried sanding/rounding the edges – thanks for the new idea! 😀
Cute sign!
Thank you!
This looks great! I LOVE rustic wooden decor!
Thank you, Jennifer!
What a great idea, I love seeing quotes and lines from movies or books made into signs. Yours is so cute!
Thank you, Toni!!
Oh that’s wonderful, I love it!
Thank you, Lisa!!
Your sign looks great. I am in the mood to make signs! But I have to get some transfer paper. And make some design decisions…. always the hardest part! I totally understand how you spent a day looking for quotes…
🙂 gwingal
Beautiful sign, we are going to be featuring it at this Sundays link party. Hope it brings you new friends. Have a great weekend!
Thank you so much, Christine!!
Kelly, I absolutely love your rustic sign! Great project!
I absolutely love this holiday sign! It looks like such a fun project. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Dishing It & Digging It & congratulations on being featured this week!
This is a fantastic idea! I love seeing movie and book phrases turned into signage. It’s adorable, just like yours! The frame surrounding the sign is something I’ve never done before, but it’s an excellent concept. To round the edges, I normally sand them down a little. The frame, on the other hand, completes the appearance! This idea really appeals to me!