You Are Loved Sign
This You Are Loved wood sign is like another that I had made a while back that my hubby hung above the doorway of the wet bar.
My son inlaw kept telling me that he was going to take it home with him. So guess what he got for his Birthday this year? You guessed it, a “You Are Loved” wood sign.
Tweet ThisLike most things that I make I take pictures so that I can make a tutorial to share with you, so that you can make one for yourself if you desire.
How To Make A You Are Loved Wood Sign
Square your wood up on the trim and pre drill holes.
Add some glue on trim and square up and screw down. Once you get the first squared and screwed down the rest fall in place easy.
Add more glue
then screw down next board.
Repeat
Adding glue for each board until you get all the boards
glued and screwed down in place
Now your ready to start painting your You Are Loved wood sign by dry brushing some white acrylic paint here and there.
But don’t cover completely.
Now dry brush your colors on your boards. One color per board.
Once everything was dry I tried something a little different. I now added my magic wood aging solution to darken and age my wood, and paint.
This next step you will need a large heart to trace around, unless you are good at drawing freehand hearts. I just cut one out of newspaper.
Using your white acrylic, paint your heart however thick you want it.
This next step you can write your wording freehand or write it on paper then use carbon paper to trace it off in place.
Using your black acrylics paint the letters of your You Are Loved Wood Sign.
That’s all there is to it. The son in-law loved it, and it’s now hanging in the kitchen.
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Materials Needed (affiliates)
- 5 pieces at 21″ x 3 1/2″ (I used cedar fence pickets).
- 2 pieces at 16″ x 1 1/2″ (I used left over door jam trim)
- Wood glue
- Acrylic paint 5 colors of your choice, plus white and black
- 1″ wood screws
- Magic aging solution
- Drill
- Square
- Carbon paper
- Large paper heart for pattern
- Pencil
- Paint brushes
Cut and sand wood
Watch for my tutorial on how to hang a large wood sign.
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Linda, you’ve done it again. I can see why the son-in-law wanted to steal your sign. Lol it is really cool. I love the colors with the bit of whitewash and the aging. It makes it look really old and rustic, but fun at the same time. Great job as always.
Thank you Nikki! Rustic crafts and wood blocks are my favorite things to make.
I love the sign! I also love DIY projects. I’ve got a whole list of things I want to make and I”ll be adding this to the list 🙂 This is a great tutorial.
Thanks Renee! You should see my diy project list, don’t think I will ever get them all done. Thanks for stopping by!
This is so cute. I love it! Pinned and tweeted. Thank you for sharing at #overthemoon.
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Thank you Marilyn!Thanks for the fun party and for stopping by! Have a great week!
I know that looks great in your wet bar, Linda! My daughter showed me something like this that she wanted to make for her kitchen yesterday. I am going to send her your tutorial!
Thanks Cathy! This is one of my favorites, I’m sure glad I didn’t lose the pictures to this tutorial when my site went down.
Fab tutorial and gorgeous end result – love it!
Thanks Sarah! I am loving how it turned out!
Linda I love how you’ve incorporated all of the rustic elements while keeping the Valentine’s day idea as well. A very pretty sign that call be used all year long.
Thank you Mary! Since the hubby confiscated this sign it has been hanging year round.
I love this! Congratulations
Thanks De Peques y Grandes!