If you’ve been following my blog for awhile you know all about my Fence Board Signs. I love making them for different seasons and holidays. They are so fun and the options are endless. Since I have a big holiday show coming up I wanted to make some Christmas themed fence board signs, but I wanted to try something new this year.

In the past I stuck with just a simple phrase on the board but this go around I turned it into my Candy Cane Fence Board Sign.

I started out with a simple fence board from Home Depot. You can pick one up for less that $2. Most of them are pretty rough, which if that is the look you are going for is just fine. However, I plain mine down a bit to loose some of the roughness. Sanding will work too.

Since I was making the board into a candy cane the two colors I was working with was white and red. I decided to paint the whole board white, it helped “prime” the board and also take care of the white stripes.

Then it was time to prep the board for the red stripes. I grabbed my Frog Tape *love this stuff* and started taping things off. I slanted all of the tape to make it look like a true candy cane’s swirl of colors.

I spaced out the stripes and went down the whole length of the board. Be sure to press the tape down well along the way to prevent paint bleeding as much as possible. Remember if your board is rough, there still may be some bleeding but if you want a rough look it will be fine!

Finally it was time to add the red stripes. I just used some red craft paint that I had on hand and a foam brush to dab the paint on. It took a few light coats to get the color that I wanted.

Then it was time to add in the lettering. I cut out some vinyl using my Silhouette. Well actually it was contact paper (cheaper and easier for my to justify using as stencils which will just be thrown away). I weeded out the actual letters and kept the rest. Using transfer tape I put the vinyl on the board and burnished it down.

I wanted the lettering to stand out amongst the stripes so I went with black. Again just using some craft paint and a foam brush. I tried to be very careful filling in the letters with paint, trying to dab and not drag the brush.

When the black paint was dry I removed the vinyl to reveal beautiful lettering. I love the font!

All it needed was a couple hangers on the back and it was done!

Ah love it!

I can’t quite figure out if I love the candy cane stripes or the beautiful “Merry Christmas” the most. Ok, maybe just all of it is perfection!

I sure hope that my customers love it as much as I do.

Wouldn’t it be perfect on a mantel or adorning your Christmas porch? Where would you put this Candy Cane Fence Board Sign in your home?

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As most of you probably know, I have a little booth at a place called Sweet Repeats. I sell a lot of my furniture and larger items that I work on, but I also make or put in a bunch of little things too. A little here and a little there.  It takes a lot to keep my booth running and full.

I have been trying to crank out lots of smaller projects to fill all the empty spaces in my booth. Like these old cabinet door chalkboards that I made. They are so perfect for the kitchen!

I also whipped up a couple more chalkboards….I was running low on chalkboards so I grabbed some frames I had lying around and got to work. I’m also trying to do major stash busting before the move!

I’m starting to think towards summer and I’m starting to put some summer inspiration in my booth. Including these fence board signs, they were such a big hit last year that they are making a reappearance this year!

And since I’m in a summery mood I decided to put together a little old book bundle. I tied a sweet little starfish to the muslin for a nautical twist.

So there is a little wrap of a few of the things I’ve been up to….off to my booth they go!!!

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