I went to Lowe's and bought a long board, then got them to cut it before I left (which is free by the way) into the length I needed. Brought them home, and started painting them.
I bought some stencils at Michael's and...
used a piece of tissue paper to trace out my idea and make sure it would look okay on the painted board...
I did some touch-ups once I got to the finished product on the board...I had sanded the edges of the board with Justin's sander (did I mention I'm really starting to love using power tools), did a blotting technique with some of the paint and glazed the edges of the board.
It was a time consuming process but I really enjoyed tapping into my creative side and coming up with something hand-made for my friend (with a little inspiration from pinterest). I actually don't have a picture of the one I gave away...but this is the picture of the one I made for myself (because I had to have a practice one...and my sister sees the things I'm working on and ALWAYS puts in an order...LOVE YOU ABS!)
So...you get the idea...you can make it whatever color you want and do a little different design with script format. It was fun and has inspired some other projects I might tackle one day soon.
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