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Ampersand Art

Make this simple Ampersand Art project in about an hour, with free printable! Perfect for an anniversary or Valentine's Day present.

I thought it would be fun to make a piece of art for Dan for Valentine’s Day, but one that could stay up all year round.  I have been seeing cute art made with the “&” sign (which is called an ampersand), and thought “You & me” would be cute. 

 I used an 11″x 12″ piece of scrap wood from a dresser we are building for Miss Magoo (I’m so excited to share that project, probably next month!). I spray painted the scrap with beige Krylon spray paint. While the paint dried, I made up a graphic with PicMonkey and printed it out- I’m including it in case you’d like to make this project, or if you’d just like to print it out.

https://www.coffeewithus3.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Ampersand.pdf

Once the board was dry, I used a pencil to trace the letters on the paper onto the board. I thought about cutting the lettering out and painting through it like a stencil, but figured with the wood grain I would have a lot of paint bleed along the grain under the paper. 

You Ampersand Art

Indentation- Sorry it’s a terrible picture!

By tracing the letters, I actually indented the wood (I was using pine- obviously you wouldn’t be able to indent a hardwood). Then I used a Sharpie (I probably use Sharpies on far too many craft projects) to trace the indentation. Finally, I painted in the letters, though afterwards I wondered how it would have looked to just Sharpie the whole thing.

Unfinished Ampersand Art

I added a date at the bottom. But just a word to the wise: double check your date before you paint it. Dan saw the sign and asked, “What are the numbers at the bottom?”

I was all put out. “Are you kidding me? You don’t know what the numbers are?”

He looked puzzled. “Our anniversary?”

So I took another look. Oh my goodness- I can’t believe I put 2014!!! Good thing this project was easy and only took about an hour, since I’ll obviously be remaking it!

Make this simple Ampersand Art project in about an hour, with free printable! Perfect for an anniversary or Valentine's Day present. 

Are you doing anything for your spouse/ significant other for Valentine’s Day this year?  What are you hoping to get for Valentine’s?

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