Christmas DIY

Pinterest has a way of making everything look so easy, like someone accidentally whipped the project up in 2 hours tops. So, naturally I thought this project would be simple. Props to the original creator! Our take on this Pinterest find was a year in the making. We started before last Christmas with every hope of finishing it in time for Christmas. Sadly, it didn't get finished until after the holidays. But, then it fell face-first onto the garage floor and a handful of the bulbs broke. Last week, JP wanted this thing done already...lol...so we bought a new staple gun and I yanked the stand-in painter's tape off the back and went on a stapling frenzy, re-routing extra bulbs to the holes of the broken ones. Finally, voila!

How did we make it? Well, we had a board that just happened to be the right size lying around the garage and we used flat white wall paint that we already had as well. The hubs painted the board and drilled all the holes through the board and the letters for me. Good man, I say! I then used gold craft paint for the ampersand and Mod Podge to put the gold craft glitter on the remaining letters. The lights are basic white string lights that you can find anywhere this time of year. The craft paint, glitter and cardboard chip letters can all be found at Michaels. I'd say it was more time consuming than difficult. But I'm thrilled that it's finally propped up on the piano and it really brings our living room to life!