Wood Letter Bunting and Garland

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

• Wood Letters, P, E, A, C, E
• Wood Bunting panels, 5
• Varathane Wood Stain, golden mahogany, 1 pint
• Mineral Spirits
• Rag
• Artists brush, 1/2" flat
• Power Tac adhesive
• Ribbon, 5/8"
• Ruler
• Pencil
• Tape

DIRECTIONS:

1. Paint stain on to face of letters. Immediately wipe off stain with a rag. Let dry overnight.


2. Lay each letter onto a bunting panel. Measure from side to side and top to bottom, to center lettering. Double check that all vertical and horizontal edges of lettering run parallel to the edges of the bunting panels. Mark light pencil registration lines around a few corners or sides of the letters.


3. Flip letters over onto a clean surface. Place a small bead of Power Tac along the center of one letter. Replace the letter onto the bunting panel using the registration marks as a guide. Press to secure. Let dry overnight.


4. Wrap a small piece of tape on the end of ribbon to create a point. Use the point to weave the ribbon through the holes at the top of the bunting panels.


5. Lay the bunting on a flat surface. The panels may be shifted on the ribbon to adjust the distance between letters. Loop and knot the ends of ribbon to create hangers.

Garland

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

• Turned wood ornaments, 6
• hildie + jo™ wood beads, 400 count
• Acrylic paint, 2 oz., White
• Artists brush, 1/2" flat
• Palette
• Embroidery needles, 2
• Embroidery floss, 1
• Scissors
• Pencil

DIRECTIONS:

1. Determine areas to be painted white on turned wood ornaments. Alternate sections between painted and natural wood. Mark light pencil lines around the curves of the ornaments to use as guidelines for painting.


2. Paint the ornaments with the white paint. Let dry. Cut the ribbon hangers off the ornaments and discard.


3. Determine the distance desired between the ornaments. Select an assortment of beads that when laid side by side will fill out the length.


4. Thread embroidery floss onto needle, double thickness. Use a length two times the length of the final garland plus extra for loop hangers at the ends.


5. Place the first bead onto the floss. Wrap the cut ends of floss around the bead and around the floss on the opposite side of the bead. Thread a second needle onto the cut ends of the floss. Take the needle back through the bead from the same side as the first pass through. Make a loop of the floss to the length of the desired hanger. Pass the needle back through the bead. Knot the loop close to the bead. Cut off the ends of the floss close to the bead. This will keep the cut ends of floss inside the bead.


6. String the beads alternating with turned ornaments.


7. Finish the end of the garland with a loop hanger same as the start.