1/11/12

Sign making with DecoArt

shabby creek cottage

Welcome to Transformation Thursday! It’s the one day of the week we all get together to celebrate getting stuff done. No matter if you’ve been coming around for months (or years), or this is your very first transformation rodeo – everyone is welcome to link up your projects at the bottom of this post.

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This week is DecoArt week over on One Month To Win It (ya know, my other blog?), so I decided to do a new sign for my kitchen. This space on my wall has been the same since we redid the kitchen 2 years ago. Although I loved it then, I just have this crazy need to constantly mix things up in my house…. and that wall was just callin’ my name!
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After Mr. SCC built me a big ole sign, I used DecoArt Ebony (my fave stain), watered it down and rubbed it into the wood. Next I used the carbon paper method to trace the letters on and paint them in with Designer Series. (Hold tight, I’m gonna do a tutorial next week on tips & tricks for painting letters!)
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I don’t have step by step photos, but I’ve made about a dozen signs here, so I kinda thought y’all might be tired of reading yet ANOTHER post on them :) This one does show that I don’t stay 100% in the lines – and one other great tip: Using the DecoArt Designer Series paint for the letters makes them SO easy to distress. After they are dry, just rub the whole sign down with a damp cloth and it will slightly smear the paint from the letters, causing them to look distressed AND making your sign look more aged {I LOVE this paint!}
Sweet Tea Served here
Thanks to my friend Angie for helping me decide what to paint on it – she hit the nail on the head with “Sweet Tea Served Here.” Truer words have never been uttered about my home!
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And ‘cause I’m all about being lazy “keepin’ it real” I didn’t even move the cereal boxes. Now… who wants a glass of sweet iced tea?
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Sooooooo……. whatcha got? I wanna see – and so does everybody else! Please put your PERMALINK into the linky – and link back here so everyone can find all the great ideas. Please, please, PLEASE – pretty please DO NOT LINK TO A SHOP!!! Be sure to visit your neighbors and have fun – it is a party after all. *Please note: If you link up you are giving me permission to use your photos on my blog without contacting you (don’t worry, it’s only to show off your beautiful stuff!)*
Welllllllll…………. Let’er rip, tater chip!

40 comments:

  1. Thanks for hosting. Happy New Year. Your sign sure fits in with your floor and your table.

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  2. Thanks for hosting Transformation Thursday. Lots of great posts to look at. Love your sign.

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  3. wow I love this sign. So pretty, and I'm glad it reflects your home, thats the best part!

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  4. Your sign is so cute. Thanks for hosting.

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  5. Love your sign! It would work at my house, too! lol Thanks for hosting!...hugs...Debbie

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  6. Love your sign. This is my first time linking up so thank you for hosting. :)

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  7. I kind of suck at letter-painting (any painting, really) so I am so interested to hear your tips!

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  8. Hi Gina & Happy New Year!
    I haven't been to a party in a while, but I finally got a project finished - I just linked up.
    Thanks for hosting.
    Love your Sweet Tea sign.
    Rhonda

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  9. Happy Thursday! So happy To see you and thank you for hosting such a wonderful party! I love your sign, it looks wonderful- I love your colors, just beautiful. I linked up my Cranberry Nut Muffins, hope you like them! Nettie

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  10. Thanks for hosting Gina!
    I love your sign - the distressing is great! We love Sweet Tea too - I'll be adding this to my project list!

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  11. Very nice Gina..That is where we keep our cereal too!! LOL

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  12. I love your sign Gina. Great idea to just rub down the letters for a aged look.
    Thanks so much for hosting.

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  13. Hi Gina, I love your new sign! Thank you for hosting.
    xo,
    Sherry

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  14. Though I paint my decorative signs for a living I am lousy at lettering so I look forward to your tips and tricks on it. And thank you for the info on the new products! You sign is great, love it.

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  15. I will have some sweet tea!! Great sign and thank you so much for hosting!

    xo
    Catherine

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  16. Love me some sweet tea (with 2 lemon wedges please)! Cute sign! Thanks for hosting!

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  17. thanks for the link up party! I'm joining in!

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  18. Your sign is adorable, and who doesn't love some sweet tea?!?

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  19. Signs, signs, everywhere signs! Love it!
    Thank you for hosting!
    Kerry at HouseTalkN

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  20. Gina, I love your sign. I really need to make one for my booth. I'm going to hop over and see about those carbon? letters. Thanks for hosting today!

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  21. I love your sweet tea sign - and I love that you didn't move your cereal boxes. :)

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  22. Thanks for hosting! Love the sign -- I wish I had some wall space to use one. my house is all doors -- very annoying!

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  23. This is an adorable sign, I now looking for a place in my kitchen to put one, just adorable!

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  24. Thanks for hosting :) Also, did you build your own table in your kitchen? If so can you shoot me the link? ;) Thanks!

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  25. Thank you for the party Gina! That new sign is the perfect fit for your wall. I have a hard time keeping things the same around here too!
    Have a great weekend! t.xoxoxoo

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  26. Thanks so much for hosting this lovely link party!

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  27. Thanks for hosting! I added a recipe for a fabulous homemade 9 grain bread that I make in 5 loaf batches in under 2 hours - without a bread machine! Hope you like it!

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  28. I'll take some of that sweet tea

    your sign is great for anybody who loves sweet tea

    thanks for hosting so we can show off our stuff

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  29. I'll take some of that sweet tea

    your sign is great for anybody who loves sweet tea

    thanks for hosting so we can show off our stuff

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  30. I'm betting you make awfully good sweet tea! Love your sign. :)

    Your sweet comment on my Home Goals post just made my day. No, make that my week. Possibly my month. Honestly, I can't tell you how much your kind words meant to me. Thank you!!

    Love,
    Richella

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  32. Girl, there never were truer words spoken in my home either. Can't get along without my sweet tea. Now thanks to my new Keurig, I get to go broke in the process...their Southern Sweet Tea is goooood. And at $.75 a kcup a couple of times a day...yeah. LOVE that sign. You picked the perfect saying. Looks so good in your kitchen!!
    {HUGS},
    kristi

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  33. Love the sign! It complements the table well. I just linked up, thanks for hosting a fun party!

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  34. Thank you for hosting. I need to make a "Sweet Tea Served Here" sign. Come visit over at Suppers, Youngans & Thangs, I have a sweet tea tutorial. I am adding you to my following list.

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  35. Hi~

    Sweet Tea is the Best!! Thank you for hosting, off to visit many of the great links!

    Christina

    Drop By & Visit {The Tattered Tag}

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  36. Thanks for hosting the party! I've linked up! I'm a new blogger so I'm really glad I found your blog! Blessings!

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