I have been wanting to make a project like this for a long time. I worked with wood, vinyl, paint, and a drill to make a special birthday gift for my mom and I am so pleased with how it turned out!
The first thing I needed to do was get organized. That meant gathering the birthdates of newly added family members and making sure I had correct dates for anniversaries. My parents have 4 children (all married), 13 grandchildren (6 married), and 10 great-grandchildren. I was surprised to see that we celebrate the most birthdays in June!
Here is how I made our Family Celebrations board:
- Paint board with aqua paint (I used acrylic from the craft store) to match the kitchen I envisioned this hanging in
- Cut the words from adhesive vinyl with my electronic cutter
- Carefully place the words on the painted board
- Paint over the entire board with brown paint
- Before the brown paint was completely dry I peeled the vinyl off
- Paint discs for hanging
- When dry ~ drill holes in discs and pre-drill holes in the board for eye hooks
- Write names and dates on discs with a black fine-tip permanent marker
- Assemble by screwing eye hooks below the month names and using jump rings between discs
My birthday, in June 😉 seems a long way off right now. We received our 2nd round of another 5-6 inches of snow yesterday on top of the 6-7 inches earlier in the week. This is not normal in Western Washington! The kids went to school only 2 days this week and they started 2 hours late on those days. We are expecting more snow this week so maybe we will have more days home together.
This is what I saw out my window yesterday...
And the view this morning. SO pretty!...
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