[ show me a sign ]

TODAY I decided to create a sign ~ a sort of mile marker sign from our old stomping grounds. Nothing fancy but easy...

I started with a thin piece of wood 24"x4". I gave it a coat of flat white paint. After typing out what I wanted it to say, I printed it out IN REVERSE on my inkjet printer and taped the pieces together.

To transfer the text to the wood, I used a Prismacolor Colorless Blender pen {picked up from the art supply store} and a spoon...

I just taped the paper to the wood printed side down and coloured over each letter with the colourless marker ~ it transferred the inkjet ink onto the wood...

After each letter while still wet, I rubbed over it with a spoon to make sure it transferred...

Once all letters were transferred, I painted over them with a paint pen {or you could use a small paintbrush}...

I wanted the letters a little bit faded and the sign to look slightly weathered but still quite white overall. After some sanding, a tiny bit of ageing with brown around the edges and some touching up with white paint over top which I rubbed on with a damp rag, here it is...

I'm not sure where it will go for now, but I think I'll add it to our future gallery wall {I know, I'm still talking about it but I swear I'm planning it out for when we move into our new apartment in a few months!}

Have you worked on any little projects lately?

lisa