SIGNS, SIGNS, SIGNS

While on the hunt for junk this week I found a couple of signs that I liked the shape of and I thought could make them look good with my own twist. 

Before:

Since the shapes of both signs were interesting; I got to work.  For the oval sign I wanted to try joint compound and a stencil to see how it would work.  I have tried using joint compound  before and I love how easy it is to use, but this time I was using words with the stencil  and wasn't sure how that would go.  I put my stencil down on the sign and added the joint compound. When I pulled it up  it did not come out with the sharp details that I wanted and was kind of lumpy, but I kept going. 

The next step was to put some of the joint compound in my cake decorating pastry bag with one of my decorating tips.  I made the dots around the edges and the little flower with the bag and tip.  After the joint compound dried, I painted the whole thing green and the edges in black.  Next I used Rub n Buff in gold to highlight the dots.  I hand painted the words with white chalk paint and then sealed the whole thing with dark wax and hemp oil.  It is not really what I had pictured in my head, but I still like it and will try something different next time.  

For the next sign I printed out a graphic from the graphics fairy.com.  I painted the piece with white chalk paint, Modge-Podged the graphic on, and sealed it with dark wax.  I think it looks much better now! 

It was fun to do a few small projects! 

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