Creating Letters Out of Wood

I had made some letters for our first daughter, Therese, 

and now I will share the process through 

the letters I made for Monique's. 

First, to start I found a font I liked Monique's name in using Word 

which looked like this:

Monique

After finding a style, I then free hand drew out the letters in a larger print 

The M turned out to be problematic when cutting out of the wood,

I turned to drawing a more simple cursive M. 

After drawing out the letters, I cut them out to trace onto the wood. 

I used left over particle board, just to be thrifty, in the end 

I should have used a more durable wood. 

The particle board becomes very flimsy and I had a couple of 

instances where the letters snapped and I had to 

glue them back together using wood glue. 

I used a jigsaw to cut out the letters. 

With the first letters I made, I wrapped them with cloth. 

I tried to do the same this time around, but 

was unable to, I believe the cursive added an element that 

I was unable to overcome. 

So I decided to paint the letters and mount them on the wall. 

Before painting I recommend sanding down the rough edges, 

also this is where particle board was harder to work with

since they are very porous I had to put many coats of paint to 

make it look really nice. 

Next up, bringing nature into your home decorating.