DIY PART 4/GIVEBACK

I cannot believe that the last weekend for this project is already here...and gone since I am done with my instructables project for good :) For my giveback I decided to make a christmas sign. Now it doesn't seem like much but I was really in the spirit of christmas, and I love arts and crafts. I have made a few before, but never christmas themed, so here are the steps in making a DIY Christmas Sign. The amount of time it look me to do this was over the course of 3 days, and a total of 5 hours.

1.) Google sayings for the sign/examples
2.) Write down all the supplies you will need so you don't have to go to the store more than once
3.) Budget yourself. You never want to spend too much money on a DIY project
4.) Go to the store and get supplies. Supplies for this project are, square piece of wood, sponge brushes, regular paint brushes/paint pens, paint, snowflake stickers, paper towels, cup of water, and newspaper.
5.) Start by painting the piece of wood your base color. Mine in this case is red.
6.) Do a double coat so there are no streaks, or blank spaces.
7.) Paint the borders of the piece of wood. In this case my border color is gold.
8.) Let it dry for 20-30 mins
9.) Write with a pencil over the paint what you chose your saying to be
10.) Take your paint brush/paint pens and paint over the letters. (TAKE YOUR TIME)
11.) Let the paint dry again (same amount of time)
12.) Place stickers and YOU'RE DONE!

This Pinterest/Instructables project was quite challenging, yet very enjoyable. My first three projects consisted of baking with two of the same ingredients, but different recipes. I thought this turned out way better than I thought because I am not a very patient person, and to bake it takes patience. I managed to pull it off, and the recipes all tasted very good, according to my boyfriend and his friends who ate them all every week. (Reason why I didn't have anything to bring to class, sorry guys). I learned that having all the right ingredients, and timing is everything in baking. When you miss an ingredient the texture, taste, or volume of the recipe could be off, and if you over bake or under bake, that's never good either. I feel as if I achieved a lot with this project. One thing being that I completed all the hours needed for this project, and another being that I know how to bake. I've always liked to bake things, but I feel as if I got a lot better at it over the past few weekends. My baking products were normally given to my boyfriend and his friends for a sunday night football dessert.

For my christmas sign give back, I am planning on hanging that in my apartment for a holiday decoration, and from that project I learned to also have patience, and be very steady when painting. I am not the best artist, so this did come out a little messier than I thought it would, but I'm still proud of my artwork and might make another one. I think I will do more creative projects that I find on the internet because they're fun, and always include the steps for success. I feel as if the internet has some of the most amazing recipes, and DIY projects. I'm glad we did this project because for one I love Pinterest, and two it was a great learning experience.
Here are pictures of my christmas sign!