I've been wanting some kind of sign to hang by or on the front door to keep the UPS man from ringing the door bell.
D works at night and sleeps during the day & when the UPS man rings the doorbell Coco goes crazy and wakes him up. I don't want to have the same situation with Denver when we get home with him.
While playing around on Pinterest the other day I saw the most adorable sign to hang by the front door (made by Amy).
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I read her tutorial (which now I can't find to link to) & decided to make one like it.
I started with a pre-cut, thin wooden sign in the unfinished wood section at Hobby Lobby for 99 cents.
I got D to drill a small hole on each side of the sign so that I could run ribbon through it and hang it when I got finished.
I spray painted it heirloom white and decided that I didn't like it so then I spray painted it Italian Olive (two coats).
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I brought it in and it looked liked this.
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Then I took a small piece of 400 grit sandpaper and sanded down the entire front and spent a little extra time on the edges so that the white would come through.
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Then I got out some antiquing medium. I had some issues paying $2.99 for that bottle but I used SO little, that it should practically last me forever which makes it easier to swallow.
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I put a small amount on a paper towel and rubbed it in circular motions all over the sign and spent a little extra time on the edges to make it a little darker there.
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I put a little more on the paper towel and "blotted" it onto the sign in a couple of places and then set it to the side to let it dry.
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While it was drying, I made the words in brown vinyl on my Silhouette. I cut the words out seperately because I was undecided on the layout that I wanted, so I wanted to be able to play around with it a little.
The fonts I used were "Mr and Mrs Popsicle", "Cheri" and "Clingy".
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This is what it looked like when finished.
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Then I just took some brown ribbon that I already had and folded it over and ran it through the back to the front on the left side. I knotted it and then took the access and brought it through the back to the front on the right side. I lined it up so that the ribbon would be even and tied my knot on the right side. I cut off all the extra ribbon and then used a lighter to heat seal the ends.
I decided that the bottom left corner was too bare, so I played around with my Silhouette software until I found a moon and stars that I liked, to add to it. I cut it out with the same brown vinyl and added it to the corner.
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And this is my final product! Isn't it adorable?
I'm really please with how it turned out and I can't wait to hang it up.
1 comment:
That IS adorable! You are so talented!
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