How I Make My Signs

Last week I posted a few projects like this

and this

And so many of you guys wanted to know just how to do it

 so I thought I would show ya

 I tried to find something at a garage sale that needed some beauty but couldn't

 Instead, I thought I'd show ya how to make a sign, same technique

 I first found a board at Home Depot for $0.51

I then painted it with Martha Stewart's paint in Fossil

I decided that I wanted it to look like an aged sign but

I wanted it to match my kitchen so I went

 over Fossil with Duck's Egg and Milk Pail

Then a lil' sanding 

I found a sign I wanted to re-create online

Printed it out and taped it together (11"x24")

 I turned it over and colored it in with a pencil

 this is what was confusing for a few of you guys

 I use colored pencils because they tend to be lighter

carbon paper works too, that is found at art stores here in my town

 I tape it to the board and trace the letters

 Reminds me of the movie "Chasing Amy"

 "I'm an inker not a tracer" ... lol

I paint in the letters with brown craft paint

 Then I sand and glaze with Ralph Lauren's Tobacco

 Perfecto!!!

Hope that helps ya'all : )

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