For anyone who’s been keeping up with my life, you may have seen that I got married! April 29th, Michael & I got married in our hometown of Jacksonville, FL (and then briskly moved to Chicago & Gainesville respectively haha…).
Which now means I have all the small details from the day in the new apartment begging to be photographed. Originally I had planned to get these up as they were made, but nothing ended up being built until the week of- HA. But now it’s spring and full blown wedding & shower season so better late than never?
To kick off this batch, here are the wedding table signs I made for our farmhouse style tables at the reception. I couldn’t find anything that fit our ‘Modern &Â Classic Beach Wedding’ theme except these house numbers that are all over Pinterest. Before we start, I apologize for the complete lack of step photos. Did I mention all wedding projects happened the week of?
You’ll Need
base wood
house numbers
spackle
sandpaper
clear, acrylic spray
primer + paint
wood to metal epoxy
Some material tips: Most home improvement stores will cut down your blocks if you buy a chunk of wood. Easiest way to get the correct size. When choosing an epoxy, don’t go for the 1-minute set! It won’t give you enough time to adjust your numbers. You can clean up any overflow epoxy with a q-tip and acetone.
1. Fill in the backs of the house numbers if hollow. Do multiple, thin layers to really make sure it dries completely or else it will crack/fall out. Honestly, no one will notice the back, but it does help give more surface area for the epoxy to grip.
2. Sand everything down- the spackle & the metal. You’ll need to get the whole number ready for paint!
3. Apply 2 coats of primer and 2 coats of paint color of choice to the numbers.
4. Spray the base wood with the 2 coats of acrylic spray. This keeps the wood from absorbing all the epoxy.
5. Following the epoxy directions, carefully attach a number to a base making sure the bottom of the number is flush with the bottom of the base so it can stand. If your numbers are a little wobbly after the glue sets, you can pad the feet with clear furniture bumpers.
Tada! I’m so over the moon about these guys I’m trying to find ways to use them around the apartment! Now for some close ups so you can see that they stand on their own 😉
 
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GORGEOUS!!! I am in love with how these came out and your beautiful styling. Your wedding must have been dreamy! And congrats by the way! I could also see this in its original use as a fancier house number — the white-on-wood is so beautiful!
Do you have any pictures of double digit examples?
Unfortunately not :/ We only had 5 farmhouse style tables so we didn’t need any double digits. I’d suggest having the wood block in the middle of the double digits, gluing the numbers together first and then having one of them attached to the back block, or creating a bottom support for the numbers and attaching the back wood piece wherever you want.
Where did you get the greenery?
Hi Melissa! They’re actually leftovers from my wedding bouquet and centerpieces. We used Becky from The Wilding Collective as our florist, but my guess is she got them wholesale.
How thick is the wood block – in order for it to stand up?
Hey Robin! Just went and measured- I used .75″ thick blocks!
what are the measurements for your blocks?
Hi Han! We did 2.5″ x 5.5″ blocks!
Do you have a picture of your number 1?
unfortunately, no :/ Our “#1” table was the sweetheart table so we nixed a table number for a large flower display. The 1 should be thick enough to still have a bit of over hang if you keep in the same style as the others though!
Where did you get the numbers themselves? I found some 5″ metal ones at Home Depot, but they’re pretty pricey, just wondered if there’s another source out there somewhere.
Hey Lynn! The cheapest I’ve found is on Amazon for $9.25 (linked in the post and here). It’s a little pricey per #, but cheaper than if you had to buy similar table numbers 🙂
I also found these to make this more cost effective if you have a lot of tables – wood numbers that you can still paint. https://woodcrafter.com/wood-numbers-in-the-Century-Gothic-font/
Hi! We made these following your directions and are having difficulty with all of them falling over. How did you prevent this?! The 2 stands up well but the 1,3,4,5 do not. We only have 5 tables so we are really hoping this works…. please please let me know! Thanks so much.
Hi Nicole! I hope this reply isn’t too late. How thick are the wood pieces you’re using for the bases? If they’re already .75″ thick, another way to help them stand is to add small, clear bumper stickers on the bottom of the wood and number roughly in a triangle pattern (so one on the bottom of the number, 2 on the far sides of the wood base) to add more grip and level feet