Valentines Wood Decor

Cariad,  Amore, Amour,  Amor, Dragoste, Gra and Love.

All these words say the same thing - Love

Left  to right

Cariad - Welsh, Amore - Italian, amour -French, Amor - Spanish, Dragoste - Romanian, Gra - Irish

Today was my day to make Valentines crafts and with left over wood from a broken crate, I had just the spot for a Valentines Decor.

Now not each piece of wood was in the best condition, but they would do just fine for my project.

I laid the wood down, placed some spacers in between each piece, then nailed 2 cross pieces down to each long piece. I wasn't worried about the look of the back of it, as no-one will see it.

I finished off the leftover paint, I used to make my Rustic Valentines Wood Sign. I gave it one coat and let dry.

Then I chalked the words on, in a haphazard style.

Then using some of my leftover copper wire, I shaped 3 different sized hearts.

I glued the hearts at the top.

Then set it on the top rung of my Vintage ladder

I just Cariad it :)

Read more >>

Rustic Valentines Wood Sign

With Valentines Day nearly upon us, I realized I hadn't done any wood crafts for this special day.

ARGH!

I rummaged through my  numerous bags of wood (which, may I add,  I in a tiny apartment, I have them in every  spare spot I can find). I found just the right sized piece of rough wood and what's more, This whole project only took me  30 minutes to make.

Easy Peasy, Lemon Squeezy!

I started with my piece of wood, some red acrylic paint and a brush

Squirt some paint into a pot, add a little water, give it a stir.

(The look I wanted is a wash of color)

Once dried, I chalked the word 'Love', then painted over using white acrylic.

I predrilled some holes before I painted the word Love on. I used some copper wire to use to hang it.

I poked the wire through and using a pliers, I bent it into a heart shape.  Then, before you feed the end through the other side, I wound the copper wire around a round wood dowel, then finish off  like the other side.

And there you have a quick homemade Valentines Wood Sign.

I switched out, a chalkboard painted picture frame. 

So my new Valentines sign can take pride of place

Sitting on my Pallet shelf.

Don't you just LOVE it :)

Read more >>