Crazy Thankful

Most people know I am slightly obsessed with the show Fixer Upper, and everything Joanna Gaines and Magnolia Homes.  When checking out her online store, I saw a sign I loved and quickly bought it!  Then I started to think about my purchase, and how small the sign was, and decided that I could make it myself, and make one larger, so I canceled my purchase.

 

link to the store in general, I didn't see specific item on the site anyone

 

Then I starting thinking about how to make it and how to get my hands on some pallets, only to remember I work at a landscape construction yard, so getting a pallet was no problem! haha  Then I checked in with some of my fellow crafty-fixer-upper-loving-friends Nicole and Kaity and we planned a lady day to make our signs.

I got masonry pallets so the wood was really thick and I picked out ones with a nice gray weather to them.  Colin worked HARD taking those things apart, I am surprised he didn't dump me over it, there might have been some bloody knuckles and a lot of swearing, but eventually he got the job done and I showered him with a gazillion Thank Yous!

I thought about getting boards from Home Depot and staining them so the sign was more of a brown color, but I am glad I stuck to the pallet wood.

The ladies picked out their boards and arranged the size and shape of their signs and Colin got to work building them for us with his power tools (and some of his Dad's power tools) in our old man garage.  He just used random scraps wood to brace them together on the backside.

(Old man garages come with scrap wood when you buy the house)

 

 

I had pre-printed on cardstock our text in various sizes and fonts, which we picked from and cut out to make a stencil, then traced around the letters with a pencil.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The plan was to paint together, but the forecast called for snow (snow, hard to remember snow after the heat wave we just had!) so we divvied up the paint and brushes and all painted at home.  We just used regular craft paint in black.

 

 

 

Everyone's sign came out a little different and they call came out awesome.

Here is Nicole's:

 

 

Here is Kaity's:

 

And here is mine:

 

 

 

 

The boards are a bit warped, which I am assuming is due to making them outside when they still had some snow on them, then them drying in the warm house, so at some point Colin might take it apart and reassemble, but it doesn't bother me, so no rush. (Ladies, we can do the same with yours if yours warped too!)

I am so glad we made them ourselves, since we had a fun day and I am really happy with the outcome. : )