I saw this picture on The Painted Hive and feel in love with the sign above the bed. I searched the Internet, and found a site that makes it, and it was $300! Ouch. So off to Home Depot I went to get the supplies to make my own, taking full advantage of their free wood cutting service. I laid out all my pieces and realized I had an extra piece of wood left over. Hmmm…maybe I should do a tester board before I jump into this big project. Plus I needed an excuse to try out my new Circut Expression
Now I am not one to shy away from something I completely have no idea how to do. Which would be this sign. I just went by the seat of my pants, and went for it. I first printed out the saying in a 2″ real size on my new machine {which I am totally loving!} on white scrapbook paper. Painted my board with the “oops” $1 paint I picked up on my Home Depot trip. Then I laid the letters on my board to position them.
Looking pretty good right? I used re-positonal spray adhesive on the back of the letters and placed them back on my board and rolled on a layer of Arizona White paint. I am thinking, “wow this is great, this paint really lays down the letters better than the adhesive!” I must admit at this point, I walked away from my project maybe a little too long. My daughter came by to visit and brought some Nordstrom Cafe Chicken Berry salad for dinner {so yummy}, that made me pretty full so I thought I should relax and watch an episode of Bethany Gets Married I had recorded… and eventually when I came back to peel off the letters, this is what happened to my brainy idea.
DUH!!! Once the paint hit the stencils it saturated the paper. I guess that is why they use a plastic stencil material when you stencil…live and learn. I eventually got all the paper off the letters by spraying water on them and then used a heavy rough fabric {sand paper was too harsh} to rub off the paper. 
It kinda gave the sign a shabby chic look don’t ya think? Not what I was aiming for, but now I know what NOT to do for the real sign. {plus I noticed my spacing of “for my” at the bottom is off} I am hoping to do a tutorial on how to make the big sign, but at this rate, I might have to have someone else give me a tutorial on how to do it. If you have any crafty insight on how to make the stenciling any easier, pleas feel free to let me know! I am thinking of using vinyl lettering the next go around…stay tuned.
Of course I am linking up with my usual party
