Repurposed Fence board

Pickin' at my Uncle's house!

I had mentioned that I wanted some old wood to create some signs and things for our upcoming wedding and my uncle just happend to have a couple of old fence boards that he gave to me!

YES!   FREE!!!

So to Uncle's house I went!

I put honeybear to work cutting them into the pieces that I needed.

(Not that I couldn't do it myself, but why when you have a honeybear to do it for you!)

So now to stencil my signs

Use standard stencils of your choice

and acrylic paint

I used white first

zapped it with a heat tool to dry fast

then the tiffany blue

because I wanted that distressed two tone look

Loved how these turned out!

We will nail them to a stake and put at the road

LOVE!

So now for the 2nd fence board

I wanted a box

 (not sure at this point what I was going to do with it)

so honeybear a went to cuttin' and nailin'

And gave me this

"It's rustic" he said

"Perfect" I said

Now I figured out what to do with my box

Use it on the welcome table for cards

So out came the stencils... again

So next I grabbed an old leather belt that honeybear didn't wear anymore

and cut it up

for straps

for my box

LOVE LOVE The contrast of old wood and leather

But I can't take credit for this box and leather strap idea

I saw it first at Beyond the Picket Fence

 blog a while back and every since then

I have wanted to do this

(sorry I couldn't get the direct link to the actual blogpost to work for some reason)

Just used little black tack nail and hammered it down

I put a strap on both ends

So adorable.

I can't wait to see all of this come together in September

I hope this inspires you to make your own cool signs or boxes

ALSO: If you love Mason Jars hop on over to my other blog HERE and check out this EASY tinting tutorial. You'll want to be doing these next I promise!

Happy Pickin'

Christy and Trent

THE PICKIN' PAIR

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