I was reading one of the blogs I follow, My Sweet Savannah  and got a little inspiration.  She has the best DIY’s and creative ideas on turn junk into true treasures.  The other day though I saw this picture and it caught my eye…

She was doing a craft night with a bunch of friends, so fun!, and this is what they made. I knew at the time that we were having a boy room in whimsy and thought how fun to make some to sell, so Savannah did a wonderful job explaining it, I’ll just show you how I did mine and how they turned out…

So I started with taping my wood off..

I followed Savannahs directions:)  Then used a exacto knife to cut the tape away…

Then I painted it..

and my kids favorite part, taking the tape off:)

This wood I had was some old flooring that we found in one of our sheds, and it had great color to it already..

after a little distressing, they were good to go.

I also made some out of pine boards.  Savannah used a 1×12, but I kinda like the planked look so I went with 3 – 1x4s put together…

After roughing them up with the sander they looked like this….

I was debating leaving them lighter, but ended up staining them dark like the top picture, they went much better in our boys room that way…

Although I absolutely loved them, I’m always surprised what sells and what doesn’t sell at Whimsy.  Actually not one of these signs sold.  Therefore I have a few left over:)  I thought I’d do a fun giveaway for one of the smaller ones, they are about 9 inches by 15 inches.  In order to qualify you just need to leave a comment.  I’ll send it anywhere in the US.  I’ll keep it open until midnight on Friday, July 12th, and post the winner on Saturday:)

 And, if you really want one and live close by, I’ve got a few extras, some small and some big, so leave me a comment if your interested.