Rustic Wooden Hanging Four Leaf Clover
In case you blinked, it's March this week! I dragged my Blade Runner saw out of the basement and onto the workbench for this fun project. It's been years since I used it and now that I'm finished, I don't know why I waited so long!
It's so satisfying to cut shapes or straight cuts, whatever I want.
Today I'm making a 4 leaf clover for St. Patrick's Day.
Did you know that a shamrock has 3 leaves and it's a clover if it has 4?
How did I not know that after all these years?
It is one of those projects that takes on a life of its own as I'm creating.
First, as I said, I used saw to cut a 4 leaf clover from a piece of 1" pine.
The saw I have is not a big one, it sits on the table and you just cut out a shape.
Next, I painted the clover with white chalky paint then used an electric sander to distress.
I coated the clover with a quick coat of dark wax to give it an antiqued look.
Now is where this took on a mind of its own... what comes next?
What should I add?
A stencil? A transfer? I searched through my stash and found cardboard letters similar to these.
Yes, it was LUCKY that almost every letter I needed was green, all except one which I colored with a permanent marker to match the other letters when I was all finished.
I hot glued the letters onto the clover.
Next came the bow, I gathered several pieces of ribbon and wired them together in the center.
I attached a blank Scrabble letter, a piece of greenery, and two 3D gold stickers for the number 17. (as in March 17th)
Lastly, I attached a piece of rebar wire through a drilled hole in the clover to hang it.
You can also get rebar wire at Home Depot.
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I celebrate and decorate with St. Patrick's Day projects every year at Homeroad and I'm not even Irish!
St. Patrick's Day Beaded garland to decorate a tiered tray.
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