The Letter M

Mike and Megan

I like that both our names start with the same letter. It makes for inspiration for an easy little art project.
I found a Home Depot the other day, it was not far from the Target I go to. So I decided to stop in and look at their wood selections, because I had this project in mind. So I found this piece of wood, its was originally 4 feet long. So, I had the nice guy at the wood saw cut it into three pieces for me. He was so nice he didnt even charge me for the cuts. So now I have 3 pieces of wood for only 8 dollars. Score! (I got a soft pine, this allows me to hammer the nails in easy)

The rest of the material I already had on hand at home: hammer, nails (with heads) and some string.

I printed out a letter M on some paper, I just found one that had an outline I liked. You can probably free hand it if you are good at that. And I started putting in nails in the corners and important curves of the letter. 

Im not the straightest at hammering nails, but it doesnt matter. I just tried to make the heads all the same height.

I choose black string just to make it stand out. I started the outline of the M before I removed the paper, so that on the narrow parts I wouldn't get confused on what side the nail belonged to.

Once I had the out line done, I removed the paper. Then I when back over it, criss crossing the string. If you dont like it, its super easy to just un ravel it and try a diferent path. The hardest part is hiding the ends of the string. I left a long tail to allow me to do several knots and then cut it close so you cant see the tail.

I forgot to have my scissors on hand. So I used the hammer to keep the string in place while I went to look for some.

Here it is. A lovely M. I think Ill put it over our bed. 

I may un-do the string at some point later and stain and varnish the wood so it looks more finished. I just didn't feel like spending any more money at the time. I think it will look a lot more finished if I do that. 

Hope this inspires you to make one yourself. 

Here is a link to the original piece that inspired me. Nail feather