DIY Fall Banner

This weekend I got my craft on and made this easy fall banner.

The best part about this craft was that everything I used, I already had on hand!  The Hubs loves that frugal side of me...lol!

You'll Need:

burlap, bunting pattern found below,

rotary cutter, stencil brush, white paint,

jute string and your glue gun

{Click here for a great free printable bunting pattern}

I used my rotary cutter to cut out the bunting.

Ok, I have a confession to make...I own a Cricut machine and have had it for at least 4 or 5 years.  I can count the number of times I've used it probably using less than two hands.  I could have pulled it out of my closet to cut out some letter stencils but I didn't feel like it LOL. 

I traced letters off of the computer and cut them out with my hubbies exact-o-knife. 

Don't ask why, I just felt like it :)

I bought these Martha Stewart stencil brushes about a month ago when I tried to stencil the step stool we have in our bathroom, it didn't turn out so great so I spray painted over the whole thing. 

So stencil your letters onto the burlap

and try not to get the paint all over your phone meanwhile ;)

After it dried I hot glued some "Jute" string

 onto the back to hold it all together

Here it is all finished on my mini mantle by our

 front door that I try to decorate with each season or holiday.

Love the printable I found:

"We are like pumpkins.

God picks you from the patch,

brings you in and washes all the dirt off.

Then he cuts off the top

and scoops out all the yucky stuff.

He removes the seeds of doubt, hate, greed, etc

and then he carves you a new smiling face

and puts his light inside of you

to shine for all the world to see-Unknown

Here are a few of my other favorite printables

{oh wow...I think I have a thing for chevron!}

 

Tomorrow I'll show you the rest of our

Fall/Halloween decor :)