![Personalized-Chalkboard-Wood-Slice-Banner.png Personalized Chalkboard Wood Slice Banner. A great way to have a natural and organic element but flexible since you can change the writing on the slices to fit any season (christmas, easter, halloween, thanksgiving)](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_-o0nFWjI8Y/ViPekgnETXI/AAAAAAABeNM/I1Ack0aY4YU/Personalized-Chalkboard-Wood-Slice-Banner.png?imgmax=800)
It is no secret that I have a deep long-standing love affair with wood slices. I have a plethora of projects (like pumpkins and reindeer) where I’ve used wood slices and the fact I am seeing them more and more these days makes my heart happy.
So today, I once again present you with a wood slice project: A reusable chalkboard garland made of wood slices:
![wood-slice-banner-on-fireplace.png Wood slice banner on fireplace](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6hfJUjkA_Eg/ViPenvbh2HI/AAAAAAABeNc/JgnnBSJqSu8/wood-slice-banner-on-fireplace.png?imgmax=800)
This project is in conjunction with a bunch of other fabulous bloggers and Hometalk, as part of the Home For Fall blog hop. (There are a bunch of links at the bottom of this post, so make sure you scroll all the way to the end!)
![home for fall blog hop.jpg Home for fall blog hop](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EjF8uRL8WJc/ViPeqqHkNnI/AAAAAAABeNs/qrqhTxkZhLM/home%252520for%252520fall%252520blog%252520hop.jpg?imgmax=800)
It all started with this tree branch that blew down in our neighborhood. If you recall I have a tiny backyard and so access to large branches or logs is extremely limited so this was a total score for me!
![good-tree-branch-for-wood-slices.png Good tree branch for wood slices](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uHvXbX3GikU/ViPef51D6XI/AAAAAAABeM0/sj3eV0KuV0o/good-tree-branch-for-wood-slices.png?imgmax=800)
I loved this banner that Corey at Sawdust 2 Stitches created, but I didn’t want it to be only usable for only one holiday. I wanted more flexibility.. so I decided to go the chalkboard route. (Like this and this and this and this and this.. apparently I like chalkboards as much as I like wood slices!)
I used my miter saw to cut it into 3/4 inch slices (the branch was in really rough shape and if the slices were thinner they would fall apart)
![cutting-tree-branch-slides.png Cutting tree branch slides](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rzHCQrUyszk/ViPeWU_11JI/AAAAAAABeMM/NiUrPuJT-qk/cutting-tree-branch-slides.png?imgmax=800)
Next I drilled a hole at the top of each one.
![drilling-through-wood-slice.png Drilling through wood slice](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GgxzRpeX6uA/ViPeYrjPQYI/AAAAAAABeMU/gYRzPd85Fzg/drilling-through-wood-slice.png?imgmax=800)
The wood was really hard so this took a lot longer than I thought it would.
![drilling-wood-slices-for-garland.png Drilling wood slices for garland](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dc1fARBxFKY/ViPeapJWTpI/AAAAAAABeMc/HzaYBvuEgik/drilling-wood-slices-for-garland.png?imgmax=800)
Next I painted circles onto each slice with Rust-oleum’s chalkboard paint. I just eyeballed the circles although I could have cut a stencil out of contact paper if I wanted them to be perfect. Since the wood slices weren’t perfect, I wasn’t sweating it about the circles:
![Chalk-board-painted-wood-slices.png Chalk board painted wood slices](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OPtKxGDUnTM/ViPeI2Rk2UI/AAAAAAABeL0/il44Pev39zc/Chalk-board-painted-wood-slices.png?imgmax=800)
To hang them as a garland I tied a short segment of twine on each one. (At this point I thought how cute they would be as ornaments as well!!)
![tie-twine-onto-wood-slices.png Tie twine onto wood slices](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7YwwBbxTAsQ/ViPemA7YhNI/AAAAAAABeNU/yxlgh0GIoE0/tie-twine-onto-wood-slices.png?imgmax=800)
Then I used chalk (or a chalkboard marker) to personalize them.
![chalkboard-wood-slices.png Chalkboard wood slices](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dD2w6ozIBIs/ViPeUp--LbI/AAAAAAABeME/dsKupnn4azU/chalkboard-wood-slices.png?imgmax=800)
For right now I decided on the phrase G-I-V-E T-H-A-N-K-S:
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sJmU3ulEcLg/ViRoWY_3UKI/AAAAAAABeOg/CaEKgCHqqpA/s1600/chalkboard-wood-slice-banner.png)
![hanging-chalkboard-wood-slice-garland.png Hanging chalkboard wood slice garland](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LPGwzSYCi3o/ViPehr_Xs9I/AAAAAAABeM8/JXeEqDp-WYs/hanging-chalkboard-wood-slice-garland.png?imgmax=800)
![fireplace-garland-out-of-branch-slices.png Fireplace garland out of branch slices](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rmZPRn8p2As/ViPecjz0OII/AAAAAAABeMk/v86kfIJ35x4/fireplace-garland-out-of-branch-slices.png?imgmax=800)
But I love the idea that I can use it for any season. Like Christmas:
![joyeux-noel-chalkboard-wood-banner.png Joyeux noel chalkboard wood banner](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TzW4GCo-3RM/ViPejNb9UNI/AAAAAAABeNE/5wK57zXWCSI/joyeux-noel-chalkboard-wood-banner.png?imgmax=800)
![Wood-slice-christmas-garland.png Wood slice christmas garland](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--guqPF8J78E/ViPepIbX1NI/AAAAAAABeNk/EcAvea4gtms/Wood-slice-christmas-garland.png?imgmax=800)
But for now I’ve got my new rustic wood slice banner decked out for Thanksgiving! And (of course) i love it!
![give-thanks-chalkboard-wood-slice-banner.png Give thanks chalkboard wood slice banner](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-toMCnb1ROZs/ViPeePAYecI/AAAAAAABeMs/hkw_3lOg4EM/give-thanks-chalkboard-wood-slice-banner.png?imgmax=800)
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