Welcome Sign DIY

I was at Target the other day and I always stop by the $1 bins just in case there is something I really need ;)  I found this super cute framed chalkboard for just $3 and immediately envisioned it hanging on my front door.

This was the only one left (at my Target in Wichita), otherwise I would have bought every single one and made a ton of these for friends. 

It needed a little something extra though before I hung it on my door, so I decided to make some felt flowers to go with it. Now, I'm no felt flower expert, but I looked through some tutorials on Pinterest and kinda made my own version of felt flowers.

For the first type of flower I made, I just hand drew a flower with four petals on a piece of paper and cut it out to use it as a template for cutting the felt.

Then I traced and cut out 5 sets. I stacked them alternating the petal positions each time and then sewed a button in the middle to keep them all together. 

Simplest felt flower ever!

For the next flower I drew a circle on the felt and several small half circles (varying in 3 different sizes) for the petals. Once again I hand drew a template on a piece of paper and then used that for marking on the felt. There really isn't an exact science to all of this, so you can really just play around with different sizes and see what you like. 

I cut out 10 larger half circles, 5 small half circles, and 3 small half circles that were shaped a little differently than the others. After cutting out all the petals, get out the trusty glue gun. Arrange the petals (starting with the largest size) around the edge of the big circle and glue them in place with the glue gun. For the next row of petals arrange them around the edge of the row of petals that were just glued on and so on and so forth until you fill the entire circle with petals. 

I hot glued on a button in the center. 

Then with a chalkboard pencil I wrote "Welcome" on the chalkboard. Chalkboard pencils are great and so much easier to write with than actual sticks of chalk. 

For my last step I just hot glued the flowers onto the sign and hung it on my door. It was a super simple project and probably only took me 30-45 mins. 

I'm hoping my "springy" sign with help bring warmer weather soon. I'm ready to stop wearing coats and boots and being stuck inside most days.