I love, love, love the way this sign turned out.
We were invited to the wedding of one of my son’s friends. My son was/is in the wedding, but the rest of us were unable to go as we have company for the weekend. I still wanted to send a special gift. The registry looked like it was pretty well taken care of by other guests, so I decided to come up with something on my own.
I used my Cricut and the fonts I had available to come up with my stencil. This actually took the longest to do.
Once it was cut, arranged and taped the way I wanted it…
…I made up my sign board. I had measured the stencil, so I had a general idea of the size I was going for. Scrounging through the wood scraps, I found enough pieces for the front…
and two braces for the back. I glued the braces and also connected them with wood screws. FYI: The sign size was approximately 19″ x 22″.
Once stenciled, I added two sawtooth hooks to the back braces and it was done.
I didn’t think wrapping paper was going to work for this gift. It was too heavy and I was sure the paper would be torn around the braces before it got to the wedding. Out came my stash of upholstery fabric and a custom tote was made. I, of course, had to add a little bit of shabby yummy-ness to tie the handles closed.
I made several of these signs as graduation gifts. The boards were horizontal door panels from a couple of old doors that were coming apart. I dry brushed the surfaces with flat white paint and made the stencil with my Cricut. The wire hanger is rusty baling wire.
Enjoy!
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You are so creative! That sign is so perfect for a wedding gift!
I love signs and yours is adorable. The figuring out is definitely the hardest part. It’s great you have the cricut to help you. The results were a success.
Liz
I love these!! What a creative gift.
LOVE the sign and the “wrap”…what special gifts 🙂
Very pretty – I love signs!Thanks for sharing!
Stacey
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I love your stenciled signs. I wonder if these would be too hard to make without a Cricut.
I don’t think it would be hard at all. I use the Cricut because I have it available. Any font or word stencils could be substituted. Arrange them until you are happy with the layout, then tape them together.
I just found your site while I was looking around on Pintrest. Well I think I ‘ve found my new favorite site. Thank you for sharing your talents with all of us. I do have a question about the stencil you made using your Cricut. What did you use for the stencil itself? Is it paper stock or did you use something else?
I would think the stock paper would’nt hold up to the paint right???? I just love the message and font you choose, I want to try and make this for my children. I hope It comes out 1/2 as good as your’s. Thanks again, Diane.
Thanks so much for the kind words, Diane. Yep, I used plain old ordinary card stock. It is actually quite durable. I have used the stencil that you see in this post several times and it is still usable. I let it dry thoroughly before I put it away and drying seems to harden the paper where it has softened. I know I can get several more signs from this before I have to make another. Your signs will look great!
I can’t wait to get started, I have plenty of card stock, now I just need to pick out the font for the cricut and I can get started. Thank you again for the fast reply.