We bought a long piece of wood from the hardware store and her fiance cut it into pieces and sanded them. Then we used craft paint and painted them all with a coat of brown. After they dried we did 2 coats of white craft paint. She had purchased old printing press stamps to use. Unfortunately only half of them worked because they are made out of wood and were warped so I ended up hand-painting quite a few. Another bridesmaid added the stenciled leaves. This is what they looked like before...
And this is what they looked like after I took my power sander to them...
This same friend also had her fiance cut out a sign out of barnboard and I painted their initials to point guests in the right direction...
Lastly, she had seen this idea on Pinterest and wanted to duplicate it. Like the #'s, I painted a coat of black, then 2 coats of white and did the stencils in black. Then I power sanded the edges and the surface. I purchased the vinyl lettering online and added those after, then sealed the whole thing with 2 coats of varnish...
