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Wedding Chalkboard Signs

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I posted the first half of the instructions on how to make our wedding chalkboard signs a few months ago. Here’s the second half.

The first half can be found here.

My husband actually made the frames for the signs while I did the lettering. He didn’t take any in-progress pictures, but here are the instructions.

Materials:

  • Wooden trim
  • Spray paint
  • Wood glue
  • Sandpaper
  • Saw
  • Pencil

    • Instructions:

  • Lay the trim on one edge of your sign. Make sure that the trim is overlapping the edge of the sign at least one inch. Mark the trim where it should be cut.
  • Cut the trim at 45 degrees on both sides.
  • Repeat marking and cutting around the parameter of the sign.
  • Spray paint the pieces of trim.
  • Using the sandpaper, lightly sand the exposed edges to weather the frame.
  • Glue the pieces of frame together two pieces at a time. Allow the glue to dry overnight before adding another piece.
  • When all four pieces are glued together, glue the frame to the sign. Allow to dry overnight, and your sign is complete!

    • Here are some of the signs we made for our wedding.

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    Crossroads Wall Art

    For my boyfriend’s (now fiance’s) birthday in 2012, our friend Cassie had the idea to try to recreate a piece of wall art he had been admiring at Crate and Barrel that was no longer available for purchase.  She knew that I liked crafting, so she invited me over to help.  The original piece was made of welded steel.  Our idea was to recreate it using dowel rods.  The lighting in the picture isn’t great, but I loved the end product!

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    Here is the inspiration piece:

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    Materials:

    • About 20 1/4 inch dowel rods
    • Hot glue gun and glue
    • Saw, Dremel, etc. (Anything that can cut the dowel rods)
    • Spray paint

    Instructions:

    • Leaving about eight of the dowel rods their original length, cut the others into pieces of varying sizes
    • Arrange half of the full-length rods horizontally parallel to one another.  These full-length rods will provide stability to your art.

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    • Arrange some of the shorter pieces parallel to the full-length pieces.

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    • Arrange the rest of the full-length pieces perpendicular to the horizontal pieces.  Make sure that the full-length pieces extend from the top to the bottom of your art.  These vertical pieces will provide stability to your art.

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    • Place the remaining pieces vertically parallel to the other vertical pieces.  Each individual rod should be supported perpendicularly in at least two places near that rod’s end.  Adjust placement as required.

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    • Hot glue each location where two rods cross one another.
    • Spray paint in the color of your choice.  We chose a dark gold-like color.

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    Difficulty:  Easy

    Time Required:  Two Movies

    Overall Experience:  Excellent