DIY Christmas signs...

Sign making at Mia Bella Gardens was so much fun...

DIY Christmas signs to be precise.

I love the rustic look of pallet wood don't you?

Chopping up my pallet into usable pieces,

I thought I would make a JOY sign for the front porch.

And a BELIEVE sign for the sitting room.

I used red paint for the background of the 'JOY' sign, and white for the 'BELIEVE' sign.

The paint was just randomly dragged across the wood as I wanted the worn look of the pallet to show through.

Now, I am the worst calligrapher ever, so I cheated somewhat with my techniques.

 I simply created lettering using Word and computer fonts.

Enlarged them so they were the right size to fit my pallet strip.

Printed them.

Then cut each letter out.

The BELIEVE word was modpodged directly onto the pallet.

(EASY PEASY!)

And it really did look good!

The JOY letters were used as a stencil.

I used a pencil to draw an outline around the letters on the wood,  then painted it with white paint.

Then using a black paint marker, outlined the outer edge.

Give it all a coat of Mod Podge.

(These are not going to be in the weather elements, but if they were, I would give them  a couple of coats of clear sealer instead of Mod Podge.)

And there you have a little bit of Chrstmas DIY...

 Fabulous 'JOY' and 'BELIEVE' signs.

The DIY Christmas sign creation project did not end there!

A 'REINDEER PARKING ONLY' sign was a definite, much-needed addition to the front porch, 

For that, I used a precut MDF star.  

Painted it red with acrylic paint.

Printed my lettering
 (again using computer and home printer)...

Touched up the black lettering with a paint marker pen...

Cut around the letters so it was tidy.

Modpodged the letter sheets onto the star board.

I then painted it in the same red used for the background 
around each black letter, 

(so the printed background blended better).

I final coat of Mod Podge over it all to seal it.

Then strung some natural string on it so it could be hung on the front door.

Fun DIY Christmas signs to welcome Christmas into your home.

And as I mentioned at the beginning of this story, such FUN to make!

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