SUPPLIES

• Scrap wood or Barnwood
• 3 Embroi­dery Hoops
• Cute Print­ed Paper Napkins
• Wood Let­ters
• Rib­bon
• Hot Glue

Every once in a while you get one of those genius ideas where the light bulb just goes off. ..yeah that was me with THIS project! It all stemmed from a need to throw some last minute decor togeth­er for the 4th. We lit­er­al­ly went from no plans to …uhhh were gonna have a house full of peo­ple tomor­row and I need to get my crap (for the lack of a bet­ter word) togeth­er. Now mind you, it i‑i-i-is just fam­i­ly com­ing over for a casu­al fam­i­ly grill out but if you know me, you know I dec­o­rate for near­ly EH-VER-EEE-THING…just ask my mama. So here it goes…

Start by mak­ing a lit­tle hang­er on the back of your wood. I used two small screws and a small piece of jute. I just had these things handy, noth­ing super crazy here. Just use what you have.

Set your wood aside, grab an embroi­dery hoop and unfold a nap­kin. Cen­ter the nap­kin over the small por­tion of the hoop. Secure larg­er por­tion of the hoop over the small­er one. This step should pull your nap­kin nice and snug with­out ripping.

For a clean­er look, cut or tear the excess part of the nap­kin on the back­side of your hoop. Use cau­tion if choos­ing to tear away the excess, I got a lit­tle too force­ful and ripped my nap­kin too much. 

Repeat this step for each hoop.

Next, sim­ply hot glue your let­ters to the cen­ter (or off-cen­ter if you’re feel­in’ spunky) of the stretched napkin.

Place your hoops where you want them on your wood, then add your hot glue to secure them in place

Embell­ish with a cute lit­tle bow.… and you’re done!

I am absolute­ly in love with the end result of this project. The best part…versatility! You could eas­i­ly replace the nap­kins and designs to dec­o­rate for the sea­sons or dif­fer­ent occasions!

-PIN FOR LATER-