Dear friends, I'm so excited! Manuela from the fantastic home making blog A Cultivated Nest is here to share her easy and frugal hand painted Coffee Sign Tutorial! Manuela has made a mission out of making do with the home you have now. Her blog is choc a block full of easy, frugal decorating ideas with practical charm and that warm, homey feeling. So sit back and enjoy this wonderful tutorial sure to inspire creative ideas of your own! Take it away Manuela!
Hi, I'm Manuela from A Cultivated Nest
where I blog about gardening & making the most of the home you have now.
I'm so excited that Deborah Jean asked me to share a project with you all!
I'm going to show you how I made that hand painted “Coffee”
sign. If you've ever priced hand painted signs on Etsy or eBay you know they
can be pretty pricey. Well, they are really easy to make!
You need a piece of wood that you've painted in the color of
your choice - I just used some aqua craft paint that I happened to have. Flat
and satin is the best finish to use for this type of project. You are going to
print out the words that you want on your sign. So what I do is open Word and
start playing with the different fonts and sizes. For this sign I used the Oldgate Lane Outline
font and I changed the size to 200. The word "Coffee" is printed in
landscape because otherwise you wouldn't be able to fit the whole word onto a
sheet of paper at this size. I just
liked the font and had to try several different sizes before I
found the one that would work with my piece of wood.
2.To transfer your word(s) onto your sign use either
graphite paper which is what I did here or cover the back of your words with
artists charcoal, crayon or press really hard so that an indentation is left.
I’ve used all these methods and the graphite paper (Micheal's, Hobby Lobby, art
stores etc.) has been the easiest to work with.
3. Use a dull pencil or something that’s not too pointy and
trace over your printed out letters. You should have your board, graphite paper
and printed out words in that order.
4. Now that your letters are transferred, all you have to do
is fill them in! You can use a brush or a paint pen if you think your hand
isn’t steady enough for a paint brush.
I’ve used them both
and I find I like the paint pen better - it's easier for me to trace around the
letters and then fill in. But if you like using a brush, a firm angled one is
easiest to use in this application.
After your sign is dry, you can sand it as much or as little
as you want to get a distressed vintage look. I sanded the edges and over the
words. You can also seal it if you're going to put it in your garden.
Using this basic technique allows you to customize your sign
any way you want. Plus these make great gifts or you can keep it for yourself!
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and The Country Homemaker Hop!
