The other day I had this idea pop in to my head to make a "welcome" sign with our last name on it - I've got the PERFECT place to hang it {details coming on that in another post}. I could see it in my head, but the challenge was finding all the pieces to make it real.
Here's how the project unfolded:
1) I dug around on this fabulous site and found free letter photography for our last name.
2) I printed out my letters and grabbed some scrap boards (purposely chose ones that were all exactly the same size) from our firewood pile out back {thanks Jacki & Jason for your fence scraps!}.
3) Next, I picked up some smoke gray Krylon spray paint at the local Hardware Hank {where everyone is so ridiculously helpful - I just LOVE them} and began spray painting the individual pieces.
4) While I was at the hardware store I also picked up a pack of mending braces to secure the 5 boards together so they could be hung in one piece. Once I had a decent coat of paint on each piece, I secured the 5 boards together using the braces and then sprayed on one more coat of paint.
5) Next, I trimmed down my letter photos and used mod podge to adhere them to the boards. I applied a couple of coats {while watching Parenthood - have I mentioned that's my FAVORITEST show ever?} just to give it a nice finished look.
6) The last thing I did was I used some black furniture nails in the corners of each letter photo as accents.
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