Give Me An M!

I love collecting the letter M. 

So when I saw the buffalo checked 

letters at Target for $1, I grabbed one.

I added it, along with two others to

the small plates I found thrifting

a while ago. The small plate rack is 

also a $1 thrift find. 

 This twine M is one I made years ago. 

It's simply an M cut out of cardboard with
twine wrapped and glued all around. 

You've seen it HERE. 

This galvanized letter is from Walmart's

after Christmas sale for 25¢. 

These inexpensive letters can be used for 

napkin rings/place setting charms, attached

 to a gift, ornaments on the tree, 

or collect several and spell out; JOY, 

MERRY CHRISTMAS, GATHER, HOME,

THANKSGIVING for a banner or sign. 

Be open to the letters you find. Have fun!

Cheers!

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DIY Easy Sharpie Tile Coasters

It's so easy to personalize coasters using 

a few pieces of leftover tile. 

I made these years ago when we still had
 our place in North Carolina.

We had a black bear theme in the guest 

bedroom and bathroom. 

See those rooms HERE and HERE.

Living room HERE.

I made a template of the bear using a 

piece of cardboard and traced it onto a tile

with a pencil. Then I just filled it in with

a black Sharpie. You have endless 

possibilities; monograms, words, names, 

and holiday images like, ghosts, 

Christmas ornaments, snowflakes,

Glue on a piece of cork for the back to

  protect furniture and prevent sweating. 

You can spray coat to protect the front 

or just fill it in if it gets worn. So easy!

Cheers!

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Make A Scrap Wood Cross

I wanted a rustic, shabby, simple,  wood

cross for my Easter season decor. 

I've seen these around the  blogs and 

thought "I could make one of these!"

This project couldn't be easier.

 I just grabbed leftover pieces of wood from

 my garage. I found mall pieces of molding 

and a piece of picket fence. 

I did nothing to the wood. No cutting, and 

no painting. Just used a nail

and attached the pieces together. 

 I attaches a salvaged pull ring to the back

 in case I ever wanted to hang them. 

 I found 6 pieces of wood so I was able 

to make 3 crosses in 5 minutes. 

 This one is on the patio. 

You could decorate it more. There are lots of 

good, simple ideas on Pinterest. This is just

to get you started. Make one part 

of a front door wreath. Take one to your 

Easter Day hostess. See what a nail and 2

pieces of wood can do! 

Cheers!

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DIY Christmas Sign

& to all a good night

My new sign this year.

It begins, as all my sign projects do, with

a trip into the garage for a piece of scrap

 wood. We cut off the uneven pieces a bit 

 but didn't straighten it out any more 

than that. It still has a rustic edge.

 Painted it white. 

 Sanded the edges. 

 I found a font I liked and just kept enlarging

a photo of it until I had it large enough for 

my board. Later I did find the font's name. 

It's Boho Script. Note: I always space my

 saying on the board without having to worry

 about the length. I just cut the board when 

I'm done to the proper length. 

 I lay the 3 pieces of copies on the board. 

Then I used carbon paper between the

 paper and board to outline the words.

That's the easiest way to transfer any

lettering. It's the method I use 

on all my signs.

 I lift the paper and carbon a few times

to make sure I got all the lines. Note the

  "g" loop is not complete. Easy fix.. 

Then I use a Sharpie to paint in the letters.

 I will hang this over the bed or give

it as a gift and make another one. 

 All finished and on my Christmas bed.

 Attach hangers to back for hanging as i

did in this post HERE.

 I think this is such a fun scripty font.

If you can't find it you could enlarge the pic

above and use that .

I really get lost in font land...so many 

I've already downloaded for free. 

Let me know if you've made a new sign

for this Christmas. It's addicting, 

especially when they are so easy and

free to make. 

Cheers!

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Bed & Breakfast Sign

I made a new sign, but it's not for inside

 the house. It's for our travel van. 

We feel like our Roadtrek van is our own

little bed and breakfast that we can take

 everywhere.

So naturally it needed a sign we could hang

when we were parked at a campsite.

 This sign needed to be lightweight so that

it could hang from the awning. I used a piece

of scrap beadboard. The back had a nice
wood tone that I was going for. 

I wanted it to be neutral,

shabby, vintage looking. To add stability and

give it a "sign" look I added molding pieces

all around to frame it.

 Luckily I had just enough

scrap of one style without an inch to spare.

Imperfections are part of the charm.
Plus I don't like to fuss. That's no fun.

Here's the finished sign. 

 I use the same method I do for all my signs,
  HERE. The font on this one is
The Blue Cabin, size 225, outline.
Print it out. Use carbon paper to trace it.
 Paint the letters using a Sharpie.
Same 'ol tricks. 

After the lettering was dry 

I lightly rubbed on  mineral oil to 

bring out the wood tones.

Laid out the salvaged trim pieces.

Filled in the corner gaps with putty.

Touch up with white paint.

I also painted the edges.

When not hanging from our traveling

Bed & Breakfast I can "store" it in

my guest room.

Cheers!

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How To Make A Sign - July

It's so easy to make a sign anytime I want.

I love changing the signs in my kitchen 

almost every month. For the summer

 and especially July I wanted to make 

one that was patriotic but also fun.

I make all  my signs out of whatever I have

in the house and garage, so they cost me 

nothing but a little time.

 Once I decide what my sign will say 

 I try to find a font that works best.

Using Word on the computer I chose

the font. This one is Mountain Christmas. 

I then find the size that will work best. 

In this case it was 225 and I also use 

the outline setting because it uses less 

ink and prints faster.

I line it up on my scrap wood. Larry cuts it to 

size. This is a piece of baseboard molding 

from this re-do project.

 The easiest way to transfer letters is using

carbon paper and tracing. You can see why 

the outline setting makes so much sense. 

I used a black Sharpie to paint in the letters.

lI used leftover paint from the kitchen

 island re-do to paint the bottom curve.

I use 2 screw eyes to attach them to the 

existing cup hooks under the cabinet where

all my kitchen signs hang.

 It needed something. 

Stars! Of course!

I punched out stars on white paper and used 

a dab of glue to attach to the bottom. 

Before and after adding stars.

 I also painted the side and top red using a big

 Sharpie, allowing a little red to show on the 

front edge for an accent.

Hers's my sign, American Pie.

 Bye...Bye!

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