I saw an example of this on my Pinterest feed, and thought that I could do it with my nephews name, so I gave it a shot. Turned out very well, very happy with it. Basically all I needed was some mdf, cut to size, some nails and coloured string. I then picked a font that I wanted in MS Word, printed out the word in big font, transferred the design onto the wood, and hammered the nails in around the letters. Dead simple to do, and it's a pretty great effect. The only thing I would change if I were to do it again, is to hammer the nails outside the lines of the letters, instead of on the line of the letters. That way for the parts where there is a little 'kick' in the font, it'll be a little more prominent and easy to notice. Here are some photo's of it as I went. First letter done: Name finished: Name and outline done: Insides of each letter completed: Halfway there with the 'stringing': Completed design: From a bit more of a