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Showing posts with label sign. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sign. Show all posts

Monday, May 11, 2015

Ahoy Matey, Drop the Anchor

Hello, happy Monday. Weather is beautiful outside here. Time to paint a sign on my deck.



Since it's lake time, I thought an anchor would be fitting.


Looks perfect on my newest red dresser. Check out here to see this Red Beauty.


I had some boards kicking around at home, so I measured and cut them up. Stained them in Dark Walnut by Minwax, and fastened the boards together. I used my stencil method with carbon paper, which you can see here. Next I just filled in the lines with Crafters Acrylic Paint. Super easy project.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a fabulous Day!



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Monday, March 10, 2014

$5 Dollar Store DIY Decor

Hope you had a great weekend. Mine was perfect. The weather turned nice, my inlaws came to visit and I finished a new piece. I couldn't have asked for a better weekend.

Yesterday I was doing my Pinterest thing and saw a bunch of Dollar Store DIY's...and I thought I'm going to challenge myself. I wanted to find an item to makeover in under $5. Sounds easy enough. Now the thing is, I was on the search for the perfect thing. Wasn't sure what that was? I was sure I would know when I saw it. 
Here's what I found. Kinda cheap looking up close. Not really my style.


I purchased this for a whopping $3.00. 

First step was to hide the black and cross picture. I went with chalk paint, kind of a Paris Grey mix.


Two coats to cover the original front. Next I traced with a pencil around a pot lid. Make sure to leave a gap at the top. I think mine is about 2 inches. Then I took to the white paint. I didn't draw on the leaves. They were small and simple, so I went for free hand. I would like to add: I am not an artist and this was my first time free handing anything! So if I can do it, any one can.


One leaf, two Leaf. How many more?


I left the middle open, but would like to put a monogram 'M' in the center. Super easy and cheap. If you had the paint at home, $3.00. Not too bad for my first challenge.


Thank you for stopping in. Hope I've inspired you to try one. Take care.