Grandkids Display

I decided to get a head start on some of my Christmas plans this year. The holidays get busy. Plus we are moving to Iowa right after the 1st of the year. For my mother in-law I decided to make a wooden plaque to display pictures of her grandkids! I found some inspiration on Pinterest and then tweaked the project to fit my liking and budget!

This was my inspiration!

The materials were pretty simple for the project and I had a lot of them on hand.

I knew I wanted a white wash look for the plaque, I wanted to bring out the grains of the wood, and not just paint over it with white. Actual white wash stain ended up being a little more expensive than I wanted and didn't come in a container smaller than a quart. Instead I mixed white paint with water (half and half). Painted a layer onto the board little by little, and rubbed it in with a cloth. I got the same subtle look, but for a fraction of the cost, since a bottle of white paint 66 cents. (By the way, my inspiration picture is not white wash, she actually painted the board and then 'artistically' drew in her grains. I didn't think I could do that)

Everything else was pretty straight forward. I cut out the vinyl lettering with my Cricut, screwed in the eyelet screws, tied the twine across tightly, then glued on some decorative flowers!