This weekend we had about 35 guests working out in our garage gym. Although most were men and probably didn't even notice my new welcome sign I worked a little each day on this new artwork to add a warm, quirky "hello" as everyone entered.
It's not perfect!
It took a little longer than planned!
It was basically free!
I used my new circular saw!
I was inspired and hope you are too...
Johnny in a Dress
So....first I used my circular saw to trim the wood down a little on the side. Extra thanks to my hubby for the moral support and the huge tire to use as my work station!
Then I stained with Rustoleum we had left over from my Christmas gifts.
I sketched the lettering on large paper and cut out my "stencil".
Another way that made it free was using the yellow paint from our front door makeover. If I were to do it over I would probably free-hand the lettering on the sign and hand paint it without the stencil. I ended up needing to touch up all the edges after removing the paper and still have a few yellow smudges.
After finally getting the yellow done I coated with polyurethane. Again my hubs came to the rescue and recommended using glossy poly (he even applied it for me) and I love how it makes the letters stand out even more.
The last step also took a couple days as the board I used was super thin so we had to glue a wood shim to the back and then attach hangers with small nails.
Overall I love it! The imperfect-ness kinda goes with the rest of my projects.
Hope you are inspired to embrace your imperfect side and make something welcoming and quirky too!
Love, Andrea
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