Recycled Wood Sign Key Holder

I used old fence to make this wood sign and then added hooks along the bottom for my keys. I had another plan to decorate a key holder until I came across how to use your home printer to transfer letters to wood on Pinterest. I had to give it a try and was pleasantly surprised how easy it was.

First thing I did was build the sign. I used three pieces of wood fence and two pieces of scrap wood for the back. I nailed them together and lightly sanded the wood.

I first saw this tutorial for transferring letters to wood on Pinterest from Upcycled Treasures. I printed the saying I wanted to use with my ink jet printer in reverse. Place the letters face down on the wood. Instead of using a brush to wet the paper I used a damp sponge. I think it allows a little more control to how wet you get the paper. If you get it too wet, the ink will run.

Working small sections at a time, I used the cap of my sharpie to rub the back side of the letters, transferring the ink to the wood.

After I finished transferring, I filled in the letters with sharpie markers.

My fence wood was a little old and blah, so I used a natural colored stain to bring out the wood grain.

I drilled small holes for the hooks. This wood was very old and dry and I didn't want to take a chance of it splitting. 

The last thing I did was add some hardware to the back so I could securely hang it on the wall.

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