Project #4 - Beautiful string

My little cousine has fallen in love with a guy from Vorarlberg and will probably move there in afew months.
Since it was her birthday the other week I was again able to try something from my pintest-list.
Here are some beautiful projects with string which inspired my work:
Elise Blaha's blog
A Beautiful Mess
Vintagerevivals
Jenloveskev.com

1. My wood board is size 20x20cm. I printed out the outline of Vorarlberg and a heart and transferd it to my wood.
2. First I thought it would be got to mark where my nails should go, but while hammering I realized this is not useful because most of the nails went where the wanted anyway.
3. After the hammering I spraypainted the whole thing with white paint and let it dry for one day.
4. Then it was stringing time! I wraped the string around the nails and back, with no real system or pattern. I started with the white string and after that went on with the red one.
5. Before finishing I wrapped both outlines on more time. I thing this way the whole thing looks better.
6. The ends of the string were knotted and then were fixed with glue to give them this extra security.

I absolutely love this on and am a little bit disappointed I had to give it away, even though my cousine liked it too.
I want to do one for my home aswell, wonder how it will look like...

Enjoy!