DIY Wooden Letter Board

If you search the hashtag #letterboard, on Instagram, you will be flooded with images of clever sayings and funny quotes. You will see felt letter boards, and wooden letter boards.  

I love the felt letter boards, and I also love the wooden letter boards! I had to give the diy version of this a shot, and it turned out better than expected!

I got all my supplies at Michael's.

You will need a piece of wood as your backing. You can use whatever you want.

I made two sizes, so I got two different boards.

You will need letters. I bought 3 bags of the small letters, because you need that many if you re going to spell many words.

This one set of the large letters worked for the larger board. It came with plenty of letters.

You will need balsa wood. 

You'll need 2 sizes.

1/8in. x 1/8in.

1/16in. x1/4in.

Cut your balsa wood to size with scissors. according to the size of your back board. Lay it out to make sure it looks nice. 

Use your letters as spacers.

Glue the square to the bottom of the flat piece in the middle.Then glue the, "shelf," to the board, using the letters as spacers. Some of the letters are bigger than others. Make sure to use the tallest ones as spacers.

The first time I did this, I used way too much glue, and had to scrape it away with a razor. The next time I did it, I only used a little bit of glue, and didn't meed to do any scraping. You learn as you go.

I am in love with how it turned out!

I made a large one, because it was so fast, inexpensive, and easy.

It looks great with my Halloween Decor, and it was fun to add in the little wooden characters (also from Michael's).

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a Happy and Creative Day!

Risa

Letterfolk Letter Board

I recently received a Letterfolk Letterboard, in preparation for my letter board segment on Studio 5. In my last post, I talked all about how to make your own letter board. I learned a lot! I just have to say, the DIY letter boards don't hold a candle to the Letterfolk letter boards. I'm not just saying that because I received a letter folk board. I LOVE a good knock off, but making my own was so much work that if I wasn't doing it for my segment, I never would have finished my diy boards. Making your own is very tedious, and takes a ton of time, and the finished product doesn't always even work.

The Letterfolk letter boards, are heavy, high quality, and beautifully constructed. 

I chose the Letterfolk White Writer. It's a midsize letter board, and the white felt is something I had not seen anywhere else. It's beautiful!

I wanted to personalize it  even more, so I spray painted a set of letters gold! They took the paint well. The only thing I may do next time, is spray a coat of primer first, because some of the gold paint comes off when you push the letters into the board. It's not permanent, but is a bit annoying to deal with, when you are moving letters around.

I have had so much fun with this board. I have been moving it all around my house. I can't wait to try out even more fun sayings and things for upcoming holidays! I think I will get another set or two of letters, to spray paint different colors. I'm already thinking Christmas!

Tune in to Studio 5 today at 11, for all things letter board!

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a Happy and Creative Day!

Risa