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How to make a Rustic Wood Painted State Sign

April 25, 2016 by Holly Gagnon Leave a Comment

 

 

I’m a sucker for rustic wood signs.  I love them even more when they’re personalized, one of a kind like this Rustic Wood Painted State Sign   Rustic Signs are actually easy to make and you can’t make them wrong.  Here’s how to  make a Rustic Wood Painted State Sign  for those special people  in your life or heck, maybe even for yourself!

How to make a DIY Rustic Wood Painted State Sign made from a painted and stained wood board that is personalized with States lived in.

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How to make a Rustic Wood Painted State Sign

First of all, if you want to see the technique on how to make a Rustic, Chippy Wood Sign  like this, you can find my step by step tutorial here.

I made this Rustic Wood Painted State Sign for my Sister.  Her  husbands job has required them to  live in 3 different states over the last 10 years and in each state, they were  Blessed with the birth of a Son.  So their three little boys , was he inspiration for the states being blue  and of course, the blessed sentiment.  Here’s how to easily personalize a wood board with painted states.

States Stenciled on to a wood board before painting

I  used my Silhouette to cut out Florida, Kentucky and Kansas cut files then traced them with a pencil on to the board. You could also print state shapes off the internet and cut them  out too.

Painted states on a wood board

I then used Americana Chalky Finish Paint to paint inside the outlined states.   After the paint is dry, you can sand around the edges to give a more distressed look too.


Wood Veneer Hearts to customize places lived in a States. So cute!

To personalize Rustic Wood sign  for my Sister’s family,  I adhered wood veneer hearts in the location where they’ve lived.  Aren’t those wood veneer hearts the best and add the most unique detail!  <3!

DIY Rustic Blessed Sign made from a painted and stained wood board that is personalized with States lived in and wood veneer hearts

 

I used my Silhouette again to cut out the Blessed sentiment letters.    I welded the letters together in my Silhouette Software using a font called Grand Hotel, then traced it on the board and hand painted it with brown paint.

How to make a DIY Rustic Wood Painted State Sign made from a painted and stained wood board that is personalized with States lived in.

Painted State Sign with veneer hearts personalized where you live!

 

How to make a DIY Rustic Wood Painted State Sign made from a painted and stained wood board that is personalized with States lived in.

So happy with the way this  Rustic Wood Painted State Sign turned out!   Now that I think about it, I’ve made my Sister quite a few wood signs and projects over the years.  Baby Subway Art.  Clothespin Wreath.  Boys Sign. Wood Sleigh.  She’s probably  tired of all this handmade stuff I send her.  IDK,  guess I should ask her but I like doing it so I’m just gonna keep doing.     Hope you have fun making your own Rustic Wood Painted State Signs!

 

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