Ruff Draft: Gobble Gobble Banner

So… I can’t believe it’s November already! Time to start thinking/planning for Thanksgiving. My mom is already frantically calling me to help her plan her Thanksgiving dinner menu…. (as if she is going to buy groceries now – ha!)

From this year’s Thanksgiving Gobble Gobble Printable Collection, we designed a very simple banner, and I wanted to show you how to create your own!

Supplies needed:

1. Gobble Gobble Printable Collection

2. Photopaper or cardstock

3. Scissors/trimmer

4. Permanent adhesive (tape, glue, glue dots)

5. Ribbon – approx .75 – 1.25″ in width

6. Fabric – we used burlap

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First item of business: print your banner and trim. (We use 8.5″ x 11″ photo paper – it looks so professional!)

Next you need to cut a piece of fabric for each letter. I allowed approx. 3/4 – 1″ extra to be exposed on both sides and at the bottom of the letter.

(top of letter/printable banner will line up with top of fabric rectangle)

I left the edges raw on the burlap… and let them fray a little. It is almost impossible to cut burlap and have it be perfect… we’ll just call this, character.

Glue each printable banner to the fabric. I used hot glue, but any permanent adhesive will do.

Once each letter is glued to fabric, then we took a very long piece of ribbon and glued along top edge (I used glue dots for this)

That’s it – trim any frayed edged you don’t like, and hang!

One last simple thing you can do with the extra fabric :

Make a simple backing for the printable placemats!

Cut pieces of fabric that are approx. 3/4 – 1″ bigger all the way around the printable placemats.

We didn’t even secure them, so they could be reused… but double-side tape could do the trick if needed.

Lay printed placemats on top. – just makes your placemat pop a little!

Here are a few sneak peaks from our Gobble Gobble Printable Collection.

Just wait until you see the inside of this rental home where we shot this collection…. We went up to Asheville, NC in the mountains. These amazing luxury rental properties are to die for!