Looking for a fun farmhouse sign to jazz up your existing decor? This fun personalized farmhouse sign is the perfect addition. Whether you make it for yourself or as a gift for someone else, your hard work and attention to detail will not go unnoticed!

Shopping List

• Wood Sign
• Wooden Embroidery Hoop
• Sharpie Paint Pen – Water-Based (Blue ring at base, NOT pink)
• Floral 

I was able to pick up all of the needed supplies at my local Michaels. With their already awesome sale prices and my additional 30% off coupon in the App, I was able to pull off this fun project for less than $ 30.00. 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 I really love Michaels new Personalize It shop! Such a fun area to wander around and get inspired! Check out some of their fun projects here. 

Step 1

Before you begin you want to take a moment to space plan your space. Depending on your particular sign and size hoop you will want to space accordingly to give you plenty of space for your name. Once I decided where the bottom of my hoop would fall I marked it with a pencil. Using this as my max height I then lined out my space using this awesome tutorial by Amy Latta Creations, read it here. After lightly drawing my ascender, cap height, x-height, baseline and descender lines I found the center of my total area.  Then it was time to decide on what to write. With the amount of usable space I had, I opted for “The Bidwells” as opposed to “The Bidwell Family”. This is a change you could make if your sign was bigger or your last name was shorter. Using your pencil lightly do your lettering. Also lightly letter the “est 2013” within your hoop.

Step 2

Once your layout is complete and your lettering is penciled in, begin by tracing the downward strokes with your Sharpie Paint Pen. In faux calligraphy, the downward strokes are always the thicker lines. Take this time to get used to your pen (the thin lines are less forgiving).

After you are happy with your downstrokes, begin connecting your letters with a single stroke, take your time! This is where the real magic happens!

Step 3 

It’s time to prepare your hoop. Because my house is filled with darker woods I chose to spray paint the natural wood with Rust-Oleum Satin Coastal Gray. This step is optional. 

Once it was dry I began to play with the placement of my greenery. Using my hot glue gun I secured the hoop to my sign as well as the greenery to the hoop. After letting the glue set for a couple of hours it was ready to hang. So excited with how it came out!

Any questions let me know. If you choose to create this personalized farmhouse sign tag me in the photo – I’d love to see! (@handrafted).

xo

Carolyn

Love this design but not up for creating your own? This post was inspired by the lovely Brooke of Faith & Timber – click here for their Etsy shop!