I am joining a group of bloggers for a blog hop called $10 on the 10th! This is a fun challenge where we share projects we have made for $10 or under. My project this month cost me $0!!!  This month’s theme was upcycling or recycling something we already had on hand.  Read below to see what I came up with.  Then, be sure to check out what all the other creative and crafty bloggers came up with too, at the bottom of this post.

I’ve seen these cute longitude/latitude signs online and I’ve been wanting to order one. My husband and I were cleaning out our garage the other day and I found this piece of scrap wood and thought it’d be a good size to try to make one instead. I don’t have a Cricut or Silouette machine to make the letters so I thought I would show you how to make a sign like this without one.  I wasn’t sure if I could do it, but think it came out pretty cute! Keep reading for the full tutorial on making a farmhouse sign from scrap wood.

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Materials Used in making a Farmhouse Sign Plywood  (I used a scrap piece from my garage) Paint Pens Paint Paintbrush

Step 1 – Painting the Wood

Here is the scrap wood I found.  It is approximately 9 1/2″ H x 18″ L.  First, I used some left over white paint from the garage to paint my piece of wood.

Step 2, Stencil the Letters

If you have a Cricut or Silouette use those to make your letters.  I don’t so I used this technique instead. First, I printed each word in a font I liked on regular paper from my computer.  Next, I flipped the paper over and scribbled all over the words, and then flipped them back over and traced them again so the pencil would transfer to the wood. 

Step 3, Paint the Letters

Once the letters were all traced out, I used a paint pen in the color navy to fill them in. If you make some mistakes, you can take a small paint brush and paint over them in white paint.

Step 4, Repeat…

I repeated this process with the compass rose and the latitude and longitude coordinates to our house.  I ended up adding a small anchor and heart too…

And here it the final result.  Some of the letters aren’t perfect, but I am okay with that.  I am not sure if it will stay in our Tiki Bar area or if will eventually get hung up somewhere in our lanai.  For now, I am loving it here.  (I might even add a frame to it, too.  We’ll see.)

Here are all the other amazing projects that all my creative blogger friends came up with….

At Home with Jemma

Let’s Add Sprinkles

Blues Sky at Home

Pandora’s Box

Decorate and More with Tip

Paint and Patina

The Apple Street Cottage

French Ethereal

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