Wooden Love Banner

For Christmas, I made a number of Wooden Joy Banners for gifts for friends. I had some wood left over and decided to make myself a Wooden Love Banner for Valentine’s Day.

The process was very similar, except I used a red/pink/white color theme, and used 4 blocks to form the word “love.”

I decided to base coat the blocks in a flat black paint and sand the corners.

I used a variety of block heights to accommodate the different letter sizes.

Next, I sized a variety of Valentine papers and secured them to the blocks using spray adhesive.

I ran a line of glue along the bottom edge, …

… then placed a ribbon onto the glue across all the blocks.

I flipped over the blocks and secured a wide piece of ribbon across the back.

Then flipped them again and applied the letters and some embellishments. I love this font! Coincidentally, it’s called “Love Letters” — totally appropriate!

A little bow made out of raffia gets added to the corners.

I decided to slice the ribbons to make the hinges, …

… though it looks cute secured in a line as well. If you make hinges, you can still display the blocks in a line.

And this begins my Valentine’s Day decorating!

Now I just have to figure out where to put it…

I also made a single block with photo clips. Now I need to make one with “XOXO” to match.

You can also do this with stenciled letters or vinyl letters if you don’t have access to an embroidery machine. Give it a try! It’s very simple and you can adjust it to fit your own theme.