Thursday 17 March 2011

Wednesday's Wonder: Wood You Like To Craft - Entrance Sign

So this month I joined the awesome new blog Wood You Like To Craft! It is run by 4 fantastic bloggers with the aim of giving a monthly woodwork project for people to follow along and make... and then to share in a link-up party!
wood you like to craft?

This month the project was hosted by Under My Umberella, a blog I have loved for some time! I was totally excited to join in... I have never worked with wood before and thought this would be a great way to push myself to give it a go and learn how. The first project was to come up with your own variation of this beautiful sign.


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So with a drumroll........
Here is my First Ever attempt at cutting out wood and using mod podge!!!


Haha, I had a blast... and a few frustrations and headaches! My Cutting out was totally dodgy, and I had to re-do my mod podged napkin so many times. In the end I think it came out ok though. I also made my own sign holder since I had no where to hang my sign. Now I can stand it up next to my front door. I used a 'D' (for my last name) on mine as I live in a block of flats and have no house number. So anyways.... if you wanted to copy my rough around the edges project, here is the tutorial...

1. I printed out the sign template from Under My Umberella.



2. I wanted to make mine more rectangular so I just traced around the template at each end of the wood, and in the middle. I hope this picture shows what I mean.



3. I did a ver dodgy attempt at cutting out but I guess it turned out ok. After a good sand down it was alright... haha you should have seen it before I sanded it! Totally Wonky!


4. I cut out a smaller version of the shape from this beautiful pink napkin with white butterflies and flowers.


5. I painted the sign white!


6. I mod-podged the napkin on. You can't get mod podge glue in Germany so I used what I thought would work the best. I guess it worked ok. TIP: For other first timers like me.... After much trial and error I found that the best method of gluing was to place the napkin on the wood with a dry surface (no glue underneath) and to work from the middle out with my finger covered in glue, smoothing out the bumps gently as I went along. Also, I learnt you should only use the top layer of the napkin.



7. I added a ribbon, and a letter D which I cut out of vinyl by hand
(like in my tutorial here).


8. Finally I made my sign holder. I used a piece of wood which had been cut out for fences I think. It cost 75 cents. I stuck a block behind and in front with hot glue to help it stand, and added a white wooden peg to hang on.

TA DA! haha. :-)

I like it. Not bad for my first project. Have a great day!

wood you like to craft?






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11 comments:

  1. I love this! I think it turned out very nice! :) I would love to get into wood work more, ill have to check those blogs out

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  2. You did fabulous! I recently posted about my first try with a jigsaw too and now I'm itching to get out there and try something else with it! I'll have to go check out this wood blog, sounds like fun!

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  3. It turned out fantastic! I'd never have known it was your first time with a jigsaw. My projects always take ridiculous amounts of sanding, because my freehand woodworker skills are only so-so plus our jigsaw is old and vibrates like mad.

    I'm hosting a Throwback Thursdays Party, and would love it if you swung by and linked up something you made/bought/did from before blogging. I can't wait to see what you bring.

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  4. I love it!!! Such a cute stand you made for it also. Can't wait to see how you change up next month's project. Yay!

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  5. Yeah!!! I'm so glad you played along! Your sign turned out SUPER cute! Totally love it and your cut looks great. I'm a newbie with the wood tools also and the sander is my best friend. I love your stand too and I love that you used a napkin for your pattern. What a great idea!

    Your blog is super cute. I'm following along.

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  6. First time cutting wood and using mod podge!? You are a pro, I love it!:) The stand is really cute too! Thanks for playing along!

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  7. Never would have guessed you're a first timer! You did fantastic, and seriously LOVE the sign holder! So creative.

    Thanks for sharing, hope you had fun-
    Wendy

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  8. Love working with any craft. You did great for your first time with a jigsaw. I am a new follower and will enjoy coming back and checking out your new ideas.

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  9. When I run out of Mod Podge, I use watered down white glue. It works like a charm!

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  10. This is so precious!! Great job! :)

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