JOYful Door Decor

Hey y'all!  How is it already December?!  CRAZY!  I am sure everyone is feeling the holiday rush right now!  I know we are.  Lee and I have spent every minute of our few days off trying to get our home holiday ready.  And I am very happy to say that we are nearly finished.  Just in time to enjoy it for 21 days and then take everything down....Ha!  Oh well! 

I wanted to share this adorable door hanger that I made with the help of my mom a few nights ago.  I started by purchasing some plain wooden letters from Hobby Lobby.  I painted them with Candy Apple Red acrylic craft paint. 

It took about 3 coats of paint to get the letters completely covered.

 Once I the final coat of red paint dried, I used a Q-tip and some white craft pain to randomly paint polka dots on both the "J" and the "Y."  I decided to make paint the "O" in candy-cane stripes.  I used paper masking tape to mark off varying widths of stripes, which I then painted white.  I pulled the tape off immediately and used a thin paint brush to clean up any rough edges on the stripes. 

To turn my cheerful letters into a door hanger, I simply hot glued some Christmas ribbon between each of the letters.  I then used some gold ornament hanger threads tied together to make a loop hanger, which I hotglued to the back of the J.  A Command Hook holds the door hanger in place.

I am just so pleased with the way this turned out.  Polka Dots and Stripes are two of my favorite things, and this door hanger perfectly combines those two patterns!  It took no time at all and really adds a lot of Christmas cheer to my kitchen! 

Have you been making any Christmas crafts lately?

Thanks for stopping by!
- Gina