Arts and crafts are simple to do nowadays. It only requires imagination and creative thinking. Your own two hands are able to create everyday items and even household ones. An example of doing it yourself project are personalized wooden signs.
The signs can be for any purpose you like. It may be for the family, for your friends, for a special loved one, or for yourself. Or, you may create one for any occasion and any season. It can be an ideal gift as well that have your personal signature in it.
The materials you use need not be expensive. There are items in your house that you find to be useful in your DIY project. They may either be secondhand objects or unused ones. Trinkets may also be part of your search which you like to add as decorations later.
First off, you need wood. Big or small, it is up to your preference. Its dimensions, as well, are up to you. It does not matter if the sides are chipped and rough to the touch. A few sessions with the sandpaper should smoothen them out. For chipped sides, just trim it out or let it. It can be a part of its charm and design. At least then, you will not have to worry about designing its borders any more.
Next, you cannot have a sign if there is nothing written in it. Get your writing materials and any items you are able to find in the house. Permanent markers will be great to use. However, using brushes might be better. The strokes are more pronounced in brushes. Use acrylic paints as well as these are fast drying inks.
Now that you have your writing materials, you are now ready to put on the words you like on its surface. There are endless possible phrases out there for you to choose. It may be something like an inside joke in or a motto of the family. It may be some phrases you heard or your favorite quote. If you are thinking of giving this as a gift, you may write his or her name and your message.
Once the paint dries, you can now do finishing coat on its surface with mod podge water base sealer or any decoupage glue. It will protect the writings you have done and the designs you made. To DIY it, you can use polyvinyl acetate or PVA glue and mix it with an equal part of water. This mixture does the same job as well.
Let the glue dry up before you take it up on its place on your wall. There are two ways you can hang it. One is by using the age old method of hammering nails through it. Second is by placing vinyl decal, commonly known as wall stickers, at the back edges. The latter can save your sign and wall from any holes the nails bring.
Now that it is already in place, take a few steps back and then appreciate what you did. Find a place across from that and sit down. Relax your muscles from the hard work. You earn that as well as the self fulfillment it brings you.
The signs can be for any purpose you like. It may be for the family, for your friends, for a special loved one, or for yourself. Or, you may create one for any occasion and any season. It can be an ideal gift as well that have your personal signature in it.
The materials you use need not be expensive. There are items in your house that you find to be useful in your DIY project. They may either be secondhand objects or unused ones. Trinkets may also be part of your search which you like to add as decorations later.
First off, you need wood. Big or small, it is up to your preference. Its dimensions, as well, are up to you. It does not matter if the sides are chipped and rough to the touch. A few sessions with the sandpaper should smoothen them out. For chipped sides, just trim it out or let it. It can be a part of its charm and design. At least then, you will not have to worry about designing its borders any more.
Next, you cannot have a sign if there is nothing written in it. Get your writing materials and any items you are able to find in the house. Permanent markers will be great to use. However, using brushes might be better. The strokes are more pronounced in brushes. Use acrylic paints as well as these are fast drying inks.
Now that you have your writing materials, you are now ready to put on the words you like on its surface. There are endless possible phrases out there for you to choose. It may be something like an inside joke in or a motto of the family. It may be some phrases you heard or your favorite quote. If you are thinking of giving this as a gift, you may write his or her name and your message.
Once the paint dries, you can now do finishing coat on its surface with mod podge water base sealer or any decoupage glue. It will protect the writings you have done and the designs you made. To DIY it, you can use polyvinyl acetate or PVA glue and mix it with an equal part of water. This mixture does the same job as well.
Let the glue dry up before you take it up on its place on your wall. There are two ways you can hang it. One is by using the age old method of hammering nails through it. Second is by placing vinyl decal, commonly known as wall stickers, at the back edges. The latter can save your sign and wall from any holes the nails bring.
Now that it is already in place, take a few steps back and then appreciate what you did. Find a place across from that and sit down. Relax your muscles from the hard work. You earn that as well as the self fulfillment it brings you.
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