Holiday Signage

Over the past few weeks my mom and I have been making numerous festive signs. They look great over fire mantels; hung on the wall, placed on your counter top against your backsplash or they make excellent Christmas presents.

These signs are really easy to do but can be a little time consuming.

Items you’ll need to make these Holiday Signs:

Piece of wood

Paintbrushes

Acrylic Paint

Carbon Paper

Print Shop OR Microsoft Word

Palm Sander

Picture Hanging Set

Pencil

**All these items can be purchased at a lumberyard and a dollar store.

Step 1: Sand down your piece of wood to a nice smooth surface. Now take your paintbrush and paint the entire sign your background color. Let the wood sit to dry for about 30 minutes.

Step 2: Use Microsoft Word or Print Shop to print your quote. Print shop allows you to put your board’s measurements in allowing you to print a perfect printout of your quote. 

Step 3: Now place your printed out quote onto your board and tape the top edges onto the wood. Place the carbon paper underneath the quote pattern. Take a pencil and trace over the quote. The carbon paper will allow the quote to transfer onto the piece of wood.

Step 4: With the outline quote now on your board its time to fill it in! Use a paintbrush and paint in your Christmas quote. Depending on the your fill color do 2-3 coats of paint until the quote looks bold. Use a clear varnish once your sign is completely finished and paint the entire sign with the varnish. The varnish seals the paint in and makes the sign look shiny.

Step 5: Use your picture hanging set to nail a hook and some nails into the back of your board allowing your quote to hang on the wall. Once the hook is attached to the board your sign is finished!

Happy Holidays Guys! 

Easy Signage and Wall Decor

Hey Guys!

These are the crafts that I have been doing over the Christmas holidays. Majority of these crafts are signs, which I made for Christmas presents and for holiday decorating. All of these signs consist of the same steps just different fonts and paint colors.

Items you’ll need:

Board/Piece of wood

Paint/Woodstain

Paintbrush

Sander

Varnish
Hammer

Hanging hooks

Step 1: Find a piece of wood that you would like to paint a quote onto. Now sand the board down until the surface and edges are smooth.

Step 2: Paint or stain the background of your sign. Choose a color or stain that will best fit the theme of your quote.

Step 3: Once the background paint has completely dried, it’s quote time. First you need to print out a quote, I use Microsoft word to design quotes at the exact font and size that I wish. Once the font is printed out, tape the paper with the quote printed onto, and place it where you would like it to be painted on your sign. Now use transfer paper that can be bought at any craft store, and put the transfer paper under the quote.  Use a pencil to trace the quote, the transfer paper allows the quote to transfer onto the sign! Once the quote is on, use a thin paintbrush and start painting on the quote. Usually do 2-3 coats of paint until the quote looks bold. 

Step 4: Once your quote is painted and dried, paint or spray varnish your sign. The varnish seals the paint onto the board and gives the sign a shiny look. 

Step 5: Lastly, use a hammer and nail some hanging hooks onto the back of your sign.

Thanks guys, hope enjoy making your own signs! 

Crow Silhouette Painting

This week I wanted to make something spooky and festive for Halloween, but I also wanted to be able to use this piece all year long. So, I was looking on Pinterest and I seen a crow silhouette painting that I just had to have, so I decided to make it!

Items you will need to make the crow silhouette painting:

Thin piece of wood

Tracing paper

Transfer paper

 Pencil

Sander

Black/dark aqua blue/brown acrylic paints

Thin and thick paintbrushes

Varnish

**All of these tools can be purchased at any craft or hardware store.

Step 1: Once you have found a thin piece of wood use the sander to sand it down to make sure it’s completely smooth. Next use a thick paintbrush and paint the entire piece of wood dark aqua blue.

Step 2: Once the paint is dry, dip your thick paintbrush into the brown acrylic paint. Dab the brown paint on the edges and corners of the piece of wood to give it a dark vintage look. Over coat the brown dabs with black paint and keep blending the colors together for an even spookier look.

Step 3: Now choose a set of crows that you’ve seen on the Internet or draw a set of you’re own. I found a set of crows online and then enlarged the photo as big as I wanted it to be. Then I used tracing paper and traced the crows from the computer screen onto the tracing paper. Once this step is completed, you can now use your transfer paper and place it onto the piece of wood with the crow pattern on top. Use a pencil and trace the crows onto the piece of wood. The transfer paper transfers  the crow pattern onto the piece of wood.

Step 4: Once the crow outline is on the piece of wood use a small paintbrush and paint the crows in with the black paint. Once the crows are painted and totally dry use your large paintbrush to paint a coat of varnish onto the painting. This allows the painting to look shiny and sealed! Once the varnish is dried you are all done your crow silhouette painting.

Any questions let me know guys!

Enjoy J