DIY Joy Sign
This little DIY joy sign has been popping up in two of my recent posts lately & I’ve been getting a lot of questions about it. Well, the wait is over! I have seen these Joy signs all over the blogoshpere & don’t know who the original creator of this design is, but I would like to shake their hand because it’s genius. A Joy sign where the “O” is a wreath. I mean, come on. Holy cuteness. Okay.. Now I’m going to show you how easy this really was to make.
I posted about this red Christmas table yesterday & this is becoming the happiest little corner in our home now. To make this sign all you need is:
boards cut to the same length {we used scrap wood we had lying around}
White paint & red paint
two paint brushes {one small & one large}
Chalk
Wreath {I got ours from Marshalls last year}
Please excuse my nighttime cell phone photos, but when inspiration strikes at 1:00am you can’t ignore it…
We used boards across the back of these six boards to keep them together. & after they were secured we painted them with a thin of white paint.
This is the fun part. I used chalk to free hand draw the letters on to the board. I first measured out where the center was and where the wreath was going to hang. I really just eyeballed where the letter would go & how big they are. I wanted the letters to look a little primitive and hand painted so I didn’t want to use a stencil of any kind. After I drew them in chalk, I hand painted them with the smaller paint brush with Behr antique red. When the paint was all dry I distressed the piece with a sanding block lightly & hung the wreath with a command strip. Joy sign complete!
It’s fun to think how many different ways you could make this sign by changing up the boards, paint colors, wreaths, & more. You could also change your sign up every year by changing out the wreath. I love how eclectic ours turned out to be & I have a feeling this Joy sign will be in our Holiday decor for many years to come. What do you guys think of my little {big} Joy sign? Let me know in the comments below & be sure to find me on Instagram & Facebook to chat!
See more of my past Christmas posts:
