Once or twice a year I get the urge to be crafty and when that urge comes I have to embrace it because I know it will be months and months before it returns. Fortunately it usually happens around Thanksgiving, I start getting the itch to make something with my own hands. It takes days to settle on a project, but once chosen, the wheels are in motion and for better or worse it will get completed. This year I scoured Pinterest (a site I both love and loathe) and narrowed down my search until I finally decided on this.

I was a little intimidated because there were a lot of materials and steps, but the author of the blog insisted it was easy, fast, and cheap. (For future reference, never believe that phrase in connection with anything DIY.)

Tim and I went to Home Depot to gather the supplies. We picked out the specific boards, stains, and paints. We bought sandpaper and shop rags. We got the letters at Michaels and the frames at Walmart. At home, Tim cut everything to size, sanded the boards, and stained them for me. I did the letters and we both worked on the frames. When everything was dry, I assembled everything together.

It was slow going, but I really enjoyed the process. It was fun to see each of them come together and I loved adding the small details. We were really happy with how they turned out and were excited to gift them! (somehow I didn’t get a photo of the one I made my parents. *sigh*)