Handmade Free Man's Gift...

One of the gifts I gave My Love this year had to 

wait till after Christmas to show you.

(He checks my blog on occasion).  

It was my first attempt at

making a sign and it didn't get half bad.  

I found a piece of old wood on our 'pile' 

and painted it black...

  Since I don't have the envied Cricut - I found 

a coloring book style letter font on the 

Internet to print out (uses much less ink).  

Then I simply cut out the letters and used them

as stencils with some golden yellow craft paint.   

I had to lay them out for spacing first since 

I was working with a pre-cut board...

  My letters aren't quite perfect - but with a 

bit of distressing and a coat of wax- 

I'm fine with 'The Man Cave' project.

I added some eye hooks and wire to the back 

and dated it with a permanent marker.

It's ready for hanging in My Love's garage.
Would make a great gift for Father's Day or 
birthday...and you can't beat 'free'!