Hand-painted Wooden Name Sign [Tutorial]

My cousin-in-law did an awesome project on her blog (Mine for the making) and I wanted to try to duplicate it! I didn’t make it exactly how she made it but I attempted  it!!!!

What I did first was had my husband cut the wood to what I wanted it to be. I then painted it white. I did 2 coats on the wood:



I then took the brown paint and put it on one of the rags and smeared it all over the boards. I used the sandpaper to make it look more faded.


I then used the cricut and cut out all the letters and placed them on the boards. I used three coats of Mod Podge to make sure the letters were securely on the boards.




My husband needed to cut the wood a little bit more for me and then he hung it above our front door!
Finished product:
 
I think it came out pretty cute!!

Materials/Cost:
- wood = $4
(My husband cut it to the length that I wanted it to be. It all depends on what you are looking for.)
-white paint (free I had it)
-brown paint (free I had it)
-paint brush (free I had it)
-sandpaper (free I had it)
-Rag (i used the box of rags  which I had
-Mod Podge (free I had it)
- Black vinyl...$10 (at Michael's )
-Cricut...borrowed from friends = free

Total cost $14

Thank you again my dear cousin-in-law your ideas are fabulous!!

xo