DIY Ombre {love} Pallet Sign On Our Valentines Day Mantel
I have put together this cute Valentine’s love pallet sign in a bright ombre!
Hello everyone! I am so thrilled to be here today sharing a fresh, bright and cheery Valentine’s Mantel with you that happens to feature one of my all-time favourite sign projects: a DIY Ombre Love Pallet Sign that I snatched out of our bedroom to use on our Valentine’s Day Mantel.
I made this pallet sign several months ago and I bet that many of you have not seen it yet… I really wanted to share it again because it is honestly one of my favourite wooden sign projects. I literally found the chunk of pallet on the side of the road…you can tell it has been through a lot given the chunk missing out of one corner of it. My husband turned the board into a little sign and I tried out the technique of leaving the wood to show through for the lettering. I love the ombre style of it and the white graduating into yellow feels so warm and cheery.
Check out the full tutorial for the sign here.
I generally keep my DIY Valentine’s décor fairly low-key but this year I was ready to add some cheerful color back onto the mantel. I’m thinking it could be something to do with the number of cloudy and foggy gray days we have had around here lately.
Primulas are my favourite flower this time of year because they seem to offer such hope that Spring is just around the corner. They set the stage for the rest of the design… yellow and pink with a touch of blue and red.
The bunting is made from doilies that I painted with pretty watercolors and then simply glued together along a piece of twine.
The saying on the chalkboard is one that I say to my boys’ every night… “I love you more then all the sand on the seashore”…. Every night we try to come up with new ways to express how much we love each other. My six year old usually comes up with something like “I love you more then all the cars in the parking lot…”.
You may have seen the tutorial for the ‘rustic glam’ heart string art the other day…
The branches remind me that it is still winter but they have been turned into a Valentine’s Tree with the addition of some little heart decorations I crafted up from some felt stickers I picked up at the dollar store. So fast and easy!
I am loving this mantel décor – which is perfect because I am sharing this as part of the Get Your DIY On Challenge: Décor We Love. Here is what my cohosts have been up to….
This Sunday we want to see you back here to link up some décor projects you love- and as you can see they do not need to be Valentine’s themed! They can be any sort of décor project that you absolutely LOVE.
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Beautiful Krista! The yellow is so vibrant
So so pretty! Love the yellow! Thanks for sharing at “Hit Me With Your Best Shot Link Party!”
Thank you so much Katie! Thanks for hosting and coming by in person!
Krista, I love the whole vignette you created and that pallet sign is awesome! So many fun projects in one photo, pinned 🙂
Thank you Katie! I have been enjoying the fresh color on the mantel – looking forward to spring!!
Love your sign! And the yellow looks great in your Valentine decor! And the bunting is really sweet – looks fairly easy too!
Hi Dani! It was super easy and quick… and I love having a little more color in our living room again (it was feeling all calm and neutral for a while but that really isn’t me:).
I love everything ombre but I especially love this sign. Awesome colors on your mantel, I love it all
Thank you so much Sonnet! I love ombre too…. I need to figure out some other places to use it:)
So cute and cheerful! I love that watercolor doily garland so much!
Thanks Alexis! They are actually a great kid’s craft too – we made some in my K-class as well to hang around our room. Have a great weekend!
Love the pink and yellow combination- so cheery! That sign is so adorable!
Thank you Shauna! I am enjoying a little cheery color in here right now- looking forward to spring!!
What a beautiful cheery mantel! I love all the bright colours which really are necessary this time of year aren’t they! Love it!
I totally agree Jo-Anna. When everything is grey outside (we get a lot of fog in winter being near the coast), the color inside certainly lifts the spirits a little!
Beautiful sign, I love your whole set up! Very fun and cheery colors.
Thank you so much Sarah! And thanks for your visit!!
Yellow is such a perfect choice for your mantel – so cheery, when winter seems to drag on forever
I totally agree- yellow is great in the winter. I didn’t realize how much I was missing a little colorful energy until I added the yellow back into our living room!
Hi Krista! Love this mantel. You always use the most cheerful colors so perfectly. And the new header and blog design is perfect! So exciting to get a new look!
HI Corey! I do love color:) Can’t help it! Thanks for your kind comments about the blog redesign- I still have a few things to tweak but overall I love the changes:)
Oooh so pretty! I love how bright and colorful it is! And your site is looking amazing, friend! I’m loving the new design! Hope you’re having a wonderful weekend!
~Abby =)
Thank you Abby!! I guess the site looks a little familiar to you:) Your redesign was partly what got me seriously inspired to redo mine (and the fact that I couldn’t stand looking at my quatrefoil background and red ribbon for one more day… ugh).
I love this color combination Krista! It is full of hope for Spring.
Thanks Mary! I love that about it too – I love summer but I think that spring is my absolute favourite season with all the plants coming back to life:)
I love how bright and fun the mantel is!!
Thanks Kelsey! I feel cheery every time I look over at it:) Thanks so much for coming by!!
This is so pretty! I’m kinda obsessed with ombre, so this is right up my alley.
Thank you! I love the ombre on it as well… so thrilled you came by to visit!
You seriously create the prettiest mantelscapes, Krista!! The sign pairs so well with your rustic heart string art too. The whole display makes me think of strawberry lemonade 🙂 Very bright and cheery!
Thank you Amy! It is like strawberry lemonade – I did a strawberry lemonade feeling porch last summer but I hadn’t made the connection til now!
Your mantel is so fun and cheery, Krista! I love that you and your boys have such a sweet bedtime routine 🙂 XO
Thanks Christy! I have thought of writing a quote like that on a pallet sign for their room… but never quite got around to it:)
This is so awesome Krista! It’s so festive and cheery. I love the saying you have written as well, so special!!
Thanks Mandy!! I thought it was better to use something personal on there that makes me smile rather then a general love quote:) Thanks for your visit friend!
so pretty and springlike!
Thanks Anne! We have lived in a fog bank for the better part of the month so I am excited for spring. Though we had some beautiful sunshine yesterday afternoon and it was glorious. I always appreciate those clear cold sunny winter afternoons (because they are pretty few and far between on the coast:)
What a great Display! Love all of the cheery things/ colors,
Deb
Thanks Deb!
I think your mantel is very pretty. I like your pallet sign. It gives me some ideas 🙂
Hi Melissa! Thank you so much for your sweet comments! Glad you found a little inspiration:) Thanks for your visit!
Love the sign – especially the wood peaking through! And your mantel is so fresh and colorful. Definitely a happy mantel.
Thanks Carrie! I LOVED my last mantel – with a blue and white scheme (very neutral for me:) and was hesitant to take it down but now that all this cheerful color is up I love it just as much! Thanks for coming by!!