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Christmas Neighbor Gift Idea- DIY Small Farmhouse Signs

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I know it’s just October and it’s too early to be posting about Christmas (who I am kidding, it’s never too early!!) but I was just too excited not to post about it.  Plus it’s never to early to start thinking about Christmas before the chaos begins.  Every year I do some kind of neighbor gift for my friends and neighbors.  It seems like every year I am trying really hard to not eat sugar or I am on some kind of diet, so the idea of giving out baked goods and treats for neighbor gifts doesn’t sound like a good idea.  I have always liked to give some kind of unique gift that I make that is practical or super cute :).  Well I thought that these little farmhouse signs would be great for neighbor gifts this year.  They are small (about 6×6 inches) so they will easily be able to go on a shelf or a table.  Plus I love these little signs, they are just so much fun so I think other people will like them too!

I made a video of how I made the manager one, so you can see all the details in it.  I did do a few pictures to show the process to.  I love making these signs with vinyl because the possibilities are endless (and you don’t have to have great handwriting or be an artist :D).
I used a 1×6 for the boards and I cut them into squares (which makes them roughly 5.5×5.5 inches).  For the frames I cut out 1×2 wood (I didn’t use exact measurements, I used each board to make the measurement).  The frames were cut roughly to 5.5 inches and 7 inches (two of each size).  You can get 17 5.5 inch boards from one 1x6x8ft board and you can get 3.75 frames out of 1 1x2x8ft board (I got 11 frames out of three board).
Then I painted them white.  Then I cut out some vinyl with my Silhouette CAMEO and took off the image to make a stencil.  I made 4 different designs but all of them are fairly simple so they work on the small board.
You can get the cut file for Silhouette for these 4 images here:
Christmas Farmhouse Sign
I then put the vinyl onto the board and then painted them.  Stencil vinyl works really well with it too.
I then took off the vinyl and did a few touch ups around the words and designs.
  I then stained it a pretty espresso color and then nailed it onto the board with a brad nailer, I used 1 1/4″ brad nails.
And that’s it!  Aren’t they so much fun?  I love them all, I seriously can’t decide which one I like the most.
I love that these two have a little pop of color, so great for Christmas!
I also like to stain the back of the sign too, just to give it a finished look.  Plus if it’s on a table, it just looks better with the back stained too.
Here is what the sign looks like on a table with some Christmas decor.  So fun.  I love that it goes with basically anything!
I have had fun making these!!!  I have made over 40 signs to give out to my friends, neighbors and my kids’ teachers!

Like this post, then check out my other Christmas ideas.

Fall and Christmas Reversible Sign 


 

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