Burlap and Birds

I have been thinking about this project for a long time and finally got it finished the way I want it.

I regularly think about this scripture in Mark 4:39. 

We can go into a whole Sunday School lesson about it, but I will let you do that on your own.  

I know that I can get stressed, overwhelmed, scared, frustrated.... you name it sometimes.  

When that happens I have to force myself to remember this quote. 

I knew if I added it to my decor, it  hopefully will be a much easier, and prettier reminder.

I saw this bird tree on Graphics Fairy a while ago and originally planned on making a pallet wood tree for Christmas with it.  

That hasn't happened yet.... 

Yet. 

But until then I love the birds and the versatility of the image.  

I can use one bird or seven, depending on the effect I am going for,
or the size of the canvas. 

I will definitely be using it again.

For the Burlap one, I wrapped a piece of MDF with burlap and stapled it in place, 

similar to this project.

Then I cut out the letters on contact paper with my Cricut. 

I'm using the Billionaire font.

I stuck them to the burlap and traced with a sharpie, 

then removed the letters and filled the letters in.

Then I set up the projector, picked the bird image I wanted and started tracing.

It's really easy, and quick.

Then I put it on my faux mantel with a pallet box I made a while ago but never decided where I wanted it to go.

I had the vintage bottles in my collection and I like the color contrast they bring.

For the Pallet wood, I followed the same tracing process, only this time I used the negative image contact paper for the lettering.  I may try this with regular craft paint next time, but I knew tracing the birds would be much easier using a sharpie.

After tracing I sanded the whole thing a bit and added hanging hardware.

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Until then,
Peace... be still.