I found a sign on Pinterest that I absolutely adored and decided that attempting to re create it was a must. For whatever reason I had the notion in my head that I would whip out this sign quickly and that it would be a piece of cake. however as most projects tend to, this one was not as easy as once naively thought. The time could have seemed longer as I was working on this project in the middle of the night as well. Those of you that are mothers understand how difficult it is to find time for crafts during the daylight hours! In fact I am looking into how it would be possible to function daily with no sleep at all in order to accomplish my everyday mundane yet necessary tasks, be an astounding wife mother and teacher, and still have time for crafts and my long dusty book list. When I figure it out I am sure I will have made millions off the idea and all my problems will be solved... Haha! Anyway, back to the sign... As with all of my hand made projects there are imperfections that will jump out at me each tim I glance upon them and this sign is no different. Overall I am thrilled at the end result being my first attempt. Now the million dollar question is whether to donate it to the staff auction at work or keep it? I could always make another...
I started with a piece of old cedar board that was salvaged from the dark abyss of my grandpa's shop. No cuts were needed, just a good old fashioned sanding.
Paint was step two. I used a combination of spray paint and wood paint.
Cutting and applying the letters was the most daunting part was . I used my Cricut to cut the letters onto contact paper. I then arranged and applied the contact paper where I wanted it.
When everything was finally in place I painted over the contact paper template.
Once it dried I peeled it back. At this point I became slightly discouraged because I had a lot of areas to touch up. The picture is the result after the touch up job. You can see that some of the paint is still wet.
After touching up the letters by hand I felt like it needed something more. Hence the snowflake was added :). This project was made from scrap wood and materials I had in my craft supplies, so the total cost $0!!
**I will need to buy a metal fixture for the back so it can be hung on the wall, so there will be a slight cost.
Adorable. I am sure it would go over well at the staff auction. So understand the part of thinking you could just easily whip out the project. It is hard finding the right font.
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