Sweet Simple Spring Sign

I'm still not convinced that Winter is going to lay dormant and Spring will come to life. But I went ahead and jumped on the "spring" sign bandwagon.

BEFORE:

I started with a 1/4 x 4 (really 3.5) x 2 plain board.

Sorry- painted it before I grabbed my camera. WHEN will I ever learn??

I mixed a little Ace Hardware Besalt into a smidgen of Ace Hardware's Polliwog (green) and stirred. =) Ho humm...so I added a little of the blue concoction I made the other day and a dab of Benjamin Moore's Cloud White. FOCUS! Stirred it all up.

And ended up with this...which you probably can't see very well:

*I did not sand or prime...I just went for it!*

I dry brushed Eddie Bauer's Bittersweet across the front. In no particular fashion.

I let it dry then I rubbed walnut Distress Ink into the corners and along the edges.

I created a Spring vinyl design and cut it with my Silhouette. *Memory card full* No pictures for a few steps. Sorry. I applied application tape to the vinyl design.

In the meantime, I painted the inside of a toilet paper roll Copper Glow and the outside with a mix of Burgundy craft paint and BM's Cloud White. Once it dried I made a cute spring flower. I first saw these little nuggets of goodness on the DIY Show Off's link party.

Allison at: A Glimpse Inside

 has a great tutorial on how to make these little beauties:

http://www.aglimpseinsideblog.com/2011/03/flower-garland-tutorial.html

I painted a clear button burgundy and strung twine through the holes. And hot glued it to the flower.

Oh. so. cute!

I put the vinyl on my sign making sure to measure, measure, measure. I gave it a good dry brushed coat of Cloud White. And peeled the vinyl lettering off before the paint was completely dry. Once dry, I hit the edges and corners again with the Distress Ink. And in some spots across the front but not very many and not with much pressure.

AWESOME!! Sign is dry & has been distressed! I wrapped one end in hemp about 1" wide securing it with hot glue in a few places. I made an X in the front and shoved a brown thumb tack through it. ;)

I hot glued my pinkish and orange buttoned flower made from a toilet paper roll to the other end. A neat lil Spring sandwich. Sorry, couldn't resist.

And here is how it turned out.

NOW:

I used hemp string attached by...again...thumb tacks on the back for hanging. It's VERY light.

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Carri