DIY Rustic Decor

I love rustic decor!  Just a touch of that worn used look is right up my alley!  In fact I went scavenging with a sweet friend the other day through a  property that was sadly being demolished (don't worry we had permission) and I came home with an amazing barn door!  Seriously!!!!  I'm not quite sure what I am going to do with it, but it is going to be so fun trying to figure that out!  So the other day when I was at the craft store I found this really cute, small pre-made rustic pallet board, I knew I needed to take it home to make something with it.  Like many projects, the board was put "somewhere I'd remember"...and four months later, I found it again!  Oops.  Please tell me I'm not the only one who has done that.  Moving along...I had a really fun idea come to me the other day and I am really excited to share what I did with this blank little pallet board.  Come see my cute DIY Rustic Decor!

Do you love it!?  I sure do.

And this was so simple to make too!  I promise!  Especially since the board was already created, I just had to make a stencil and paint it and I was done!

DIY Rustic Decor

To create this, I used: (affiliate links)

• Pallet board
• Silhouette CAMEO or similar vinyl cutting machine
• Vinyl
• Transfer tape
• Paint (Americana Multi-Surface Paint in Metallic Gold)
• Foam Brush

First I selected what I wanted the board to say.  I decided that this little board would live in my office and so I wanted something inspirational.  But my board isn't too big so I needed something concise too.

As I thought about it I had a thought.  I am far from perfect, but every day I get up and try my best.  I try to be the best person, mom, wife, daughter, sister and friend I can be.  I try my best to live my religion and remember God in all I do.  I am far from perfect, but each day I try to help someone in need or brighten someone's day.  Each day I try to shine a little light in a dark corner of this work, I try to bring someone a little joy and I try to let my light shine.

I decided that I wanted to stencil "shine" on this board to remind me that even though I am rough and imperfect just like this pallet board is, I can still shine every day.  I might not do everything right all the time, but I can try to help bring a little glimmer of light or hope into someone else's life.

So I choose a font, which I will be honest, was the hardest part of this whole project!  Sized it and cut it out of vinyl.  Then I removed the actual word from the vinyl so that I had a stencil to use!

I love using vinyl as a stencil!

I carefully placed my stencil onto my board using transfer tape and tried to rub the edges as best as I could to secure the vinyl down.  I knew that I would have a little leaking paint with this project because my boards were rough, but that was ok.  I didn't want a perfect looking final board, I wanted an imperfect board and rustic decor.

Then I used my foam brush and painted my word onto my board.

As soon as the word was painted, I lifted up my vinyl and let the board dry.

I love this DIY rustic decor and it looks amazing in my office space!

And I love getting my vinyl and vinyl supplies from Expressions Vinyl!  Have you heard of them!?  They are my go-to source for all things vinyl!  They have the best selection of vinyl that I have ever seen, and you don't have to buy a whole roll of it!  You can buy it by the sheet!  Woot woot!

I am really happy to announce that Expressions Vinyl is sponsoring me at SNAP Blogging Conference 2015!  Woot woot!  I always learn so much from attending conferences and I am so incredibly grateful that they are helping me get there this year!

And if you follow me on Instagram, you will stay up to date with my adventures at SNAP next week!  Follow me here.

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