Friday, June 17, 2011

DIY Pallet Wall Art...

Happy Friday Everyone!!

I hope all of you have had a great week!! I know I have!!

I spent my day yesterday working on a fun project that was actually inspired by this tutorial at The Lettered Cottage and this piece that I found on pinterest. It was easy to do & I love the way it turned out!! It's going to be part of my summer mantel that I am currently working on, so you are getting a little sneak peek if you will....

Because he is soo handy, I recruited my dad to build my frame. I wanted the wall art to be 15"x15".  He used 1x2's that I had left-over from my board & batten laundry room makeover to construct the frame.....

Kevin & Layla used something called "fill-it strips" to create the slats on the frame, but my dad just cut the strips out himself from some left-over beadboard he had laying around....

Here is a view of the back so you can see what I'm talking about...

I gave the slats & the frame a light coat of brown paint so that when I distressed it later, the brown would peek through a bit....


I then gave it two coats of a cream colored paint, hit the edges with some sand paper to give it that distressed look & then went over it lightly with an antiquing medium...

This is what it looked like when I was done.

Here are a few close-ups so you can see the distressing...



I came up with the sayings that I wanted, cut them out with my cricut machine using a chocolate brown cardstock, & then mod podged them to the slats...

I have no pictures of this process...sorry!!

Anyway, when I was finished I did what I do after every blog project...

Take it outside for a photoshoot!!




Then I brought it back in, to get some pictures of it on my soon-to-be summer mantel...


I will actually be hanging it, but for these pics I just decided to lean it against the wall...

 Well, what do you think?!

 Do you LOVE it?!

I DO!!

The best part about this project...

I had everything that I needed to make it with the exception of the brown cardstock for the letters...
I think I spent $1.00 on the paper!

Where can you find wall-art for a buck?!

Especially a piece as big as this that makes such a big impact to the room!


Hope that you enjoyed this little tutorial & I hope I've inspired you to make one of your own!!

Have a great weekend!!


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86 comments:

  1. Absolutely beautiful! Love the simplicity of it. I suppose if you don't have a cricut machine that stencils would work too? Lovely addition to your home.

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  2. I love it too! I love your outdoor photo shoots too! :) Thanks for inspiring me so often!

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  3. It is beautiful Tonya!! I love the sayings that you chose too. I can't wait to see your mantel and I am so glad that you are having a great week. :)
    xoxo

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  6. This is incredible!! I LOVE it!!!

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  7. LOVE it!! I would love to have one of these in my living room! :)

    P.S. I mentioned you on my blog today. :)

    Crystal

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  11. WOW Girl that turned out great! When are you going to take about a month off and redo my house! lol love it all


    nancy

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  12. Love this! It turned out beautifully! Pinning!

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  13. Pinning... and following! I absolutely love this, can't wait to make one.

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  15. it is beautiful! My husband and I are moving to a much smaller place we just saw for the first time today, i know exactly where i am gonna put this piece as soon as it is done! =)

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  16. Lovely quotes and I like the way you distressed the boards. Well done. Kylie

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  17. SO adorable! I have a version of this pinned on one of my Pinterest boards and I hope to make my own version one day! Great idea! Visiting from TT&J :)

    Check out what I made this week at:
    http://chrissyandnathan.blogspot.com/2011/06/whats-for-dinner.html

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  18. That is very cute, plus a great daily reminder!

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  19. Love it Tonya! You did a great job!

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  20. I love it!!! Thank you for sharing this great idea.
    Blessings,
    Amy

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  21. oh my gosh, I LOVE it! thanks so much for showing us how you (and dad) did this!

    gail

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  22. talk about bang for your buck! that's impressive. i really like this - thanks for sharing.

    coming over from tt&j

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  23. What a great piece! I can see something on a smaller scale with paint sticks or something like that...thanks for the inspiration!

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  24. This is so beautiful! I absolutely love it!

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  25. I love this! Its beautiful and I love the phrases you chose.

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  26. I just wanted to let you know that I am featuring this on Sassy Sanctuary today. Love it!

    P.S. super cute blog you have here! I'm a new follower!

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  27. Hey Lady! This is absolutely Fabulous and Brilliant! Thank you for sharing! Wanted to let you know that I am sharing this tutorial with my lovelies today! Feel free to check it out!

    Thank you again~ Have a {Marvelous} Monday!

    Stephanie

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  28. It's beautiful! You did a great job. I love the words you chose.

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  29. I love this idea! I think I'll make a version of this - I 'pinned' ya for later on my Pinterest :) mrsmomomma

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  31. I love this! So stinking adorable!!!

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  35. Such a wonderful message and beautiful piece! Love the font you used!

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  36. SIMPLY FABULOUS! Love, love this! Thank you so much for a wonderful idea! I think I'll share this with my readers!

    I'm your newest follower from the party at TT&J

    www.woohoogal.blogspot.com

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  37. Hey Tonya!! We love this project of yours, so we're featuring it at Our House Of Joyful Noise (www.ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com)this Tuesday! Come grab a feature button if you'd like! Thanks for linking up at our party! : )

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  38. Tonya - I love this! It's a great reminder of the things that every family needs to be reminded of every day!

    Thanks so much for linking back to my site too...it's so appreciated :)

    I featured this today on my blog...come grab a "featured" button! http://christinasadventures2010.blogspot.com/2011/06/sunday-features-26.html

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  39. This is amazing! I have so many pallets. I had no idea that was what you used until I clicked on your link! What a fantastic idea. Thank you so much for sharing. I have a fun pallet planter project at my blog too if you want to stop by.

    http://redoux.blogspot.com/2011/06/le-wood-pallet-planter-dress-up-your.html

    Thank you so much for sharing, I needed that to see that today!

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  40. what cricut cartridge did you use? love it!

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  41. I want to make one of these for my classroom with the class rules. So cool!

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  42. Love this! It's so cute. I pinned it on Pinterest (and gave credit of course).

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  43. It's beauuuuutifulll! I absolutely love it, and the wording, too.

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  44. Love this idea-very upbeat and the cricut letters are fab!! I'm your newest follower!!

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  45. I love this! Seems so easy to do (and the price is right!), it's beautiful, and I love the words you used! Beautiful and meaningful!

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  46. Love it....would like to know which cricut cartridge you used. Thanks.

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  48. Love it!! I really like your words. How wise to mod podge on the cardstock rather than mess with expensive vinyl!

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  49. It's stunning! Loving it too! Wish I had a handy guy around to build me one. ;) Love this post! That piece will be enjoyed for years...the kids will fight over who gets it in the future. Hopefully you will take that as a compliment. :)

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  50. I saw your alphabet wall featured. I just love it. I have a website about Nursery Wall Art

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  51. I love it! Are you taking orders for them? Absolutely wonderful!

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  53. Wow! I DO love it!! Love your sayings too!!

    Kelli H.

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  54. I love this. I need to try this out too! Thank you so much for sharing!

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  55. I have a friend who fell in love with your art!! I love it too& am off to recreate it for here. Thanks for the inspiration :$

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  56. I love this! I want this! Beautiful words. Simple yet elegant display. Thanks so much for sharing! You are very talented.

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  57. Absolutely beautiful! I love it!!Thank you for sharing this.

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  58. I see so many cool things every day floating around the interwebs and blogosphere, but this made my heart just flutter. It's so very very lovely and inspiring and crafty and fabulous! Thanks so much for showing it to us!

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  61. Huge fan of this project, esp. the font choice you used. I love love it! Can you let me know what the name of the font is? Thanks!!

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  62. I really love this! What kind of circuit machine would you recommend I buy? If I don't have one, what other way could I put the letters on the wood? Stencils and paint might get too messy.
    Thanks for your great idea!!

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  63. Can you tell me which modge podge you used? I keep getting streaks when I paint over the letters... Thanks! you can email me at danaydesigns@gmail.com
    I am going to make one of these for my friend who has 7 children and use all of their names! Thanks!

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  64. love, love love--wgat cricut cartridge did you use? I really like the font

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  65. Oh my I'm so in love!!! So pretty! I love this Idea!!!

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  66. Is this something that you would consider selling??
    Shirlee

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  67. Beautiful! I would love to purchase one of these, but didn't see it in your etsy shop. Would you be willing to make one? Please contact me to let me know: diryan@gmail.com For my purposes I would want an exact replica... some sayings... same colors. Thanks!

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  68. This is AMAZING! I, too, would be interested in an exact replica. Please contact me at Dixiegirl012@aol.com and let me know. Thanks!

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  69. I love this! What antiqueing medium did you use?

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  70. Would love to buy one already made for my daughter's nursery please... Please! Same as shown... No changes... If you are in the market to reproduce one, please contact me at sdd12758@aol.com
    Many thanks... Suzanne

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  71. I would like to purchase one as well with 2 minor changes please email me at ashleylynnsexton@gmail.com

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  72. OMG! I LOVE THIS! It looks like you have a couple ppl already wanting you to make them one- can I add myself to that list? I love the design and sayings you have as well! Let me know what you think! kaprice_101@yahoo.com
    Thanks and I hope to hear from you soon! Kaprice

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  73. I love this!! I want to make my own, but I will have to use someone's Cricut. Can you tell me what font or cartridge you used (since I don't have a clue about it)so I can find someone to do it for me? Thanks!! cyndi.beach@hotmail.com

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  74. What cricut cartridge is this font on? pepper_berry@yahoo.com

    Love the piece!

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    1. I used the George & Basic Shapes cricut cartridge.

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  75. Was wondering if I could buy one from you, exactly as shown. How much it would be? jmbarata21@hotmail.com

    Thank you!!

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  76. I would love one of these just like that. Would you be willing to make one and sell it? Penceptmd@Yahoo.com

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    1. Thank you for your inquiry but I am not in position to mass produce & sell these at the current time.

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  77. LOVE your pallet art! Love it!

    ~Bliss~ from the *Tribe*

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  78. I was wondering if you would sell me just the letters from your machine. I don't have one but love this and want to make it. Please let me know. Thanks. brookedoguth@hotmail.com

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  79. Sorry I just posted that comment but my email is brookefoguth@hotmail.com. Please let me know if that is something you could so and how much it would be. Thank you so much

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  80. What cartridge did you use and what size font is it? I love it!

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    1. I used the George & Basic Shapes cricut cartridge.

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  81. Would you post the brand/name of paint colors used?
    Thanks so much!

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  82. Your hand writing is so good may you got skill of designing let explore your skills.

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