Getting Ready for Game Day! GOOOO GAMECOCKS!

I saw this on Pinterest and KNEW I had to try my hand at making it.

 

 

Supplies:

• 5-1x4's
• Paint- I like Lowe's Valspar Vanilla Steam, I've had a gallon for about 6 months I use on different projects. It is the perfect NOT WHITE, NOT YELLOWISH neutral.
• Sample paint Madeira Red, I got a sample from Lowe's at Christmas for $2.50, I used it on this project, O' Come Let Us Adore Him. Then while at Lowe's I picked up another sample of it from their Oops paint for $0.50!
• Electric saw and tape measure to cut the wood down.
• Electric Drill and screws or a hammer and nails. (A drill is so much easier :-})
• Paper for your stencil and scissors to cut it out.
• Paint brushes: Foam and artist brushes

First I cut the wood down to 36" pieces. Screwed in the cross pieces to hold it all together.  I didn't take photos of this process (sorry:}) Here's the after.

 

 

To make my stencil I used my PC, scrap paper, and scissors. Open MS Word or what ever word processing program you have, type out your text and enlarge, trace the letter and cut them out. I guesstimated at the size I needed and it worked out:)

 

 

 

Side note: There are TONS of FREE FONTS out there you can get a little side tracked looking for the PERFECT font!

 

 

 

It took me about 30 minutes to copy all the text and cut them out.

 

OK, now paint your base.

 

You can either caulk the seams or leave them alone, I left them. I want my sign to look a little aged and tumbled.

After the paint has dried (of course) lay it all out again, and use a pencil and lightly trace around your letters.

 

Can  you see it???

 

After everything is traced start painting.

 

I have no idea why I started at the bottom....

 

 

 

So, here is my little BIG difference, LOL. I added the Gamecock's logo to the State.

 

 

 

 

Happy Pinteresting!!!

 

Mel:D

Christmas Fever! O Come Let Us Adore Him

This sign was inspired by one I saw at Not My Own. You can go there to see the original.  I did this project for less than $3.00!  How is that possible? I had all the materials already on hand:)

My neighbor gave me several1x4's about a year ago and they've been sitting in my storage building.

I cut 4 4' pieces and 2 20" pieces. It took about 5 minutes to cut the wood. After lining up the 4 footers I took the 2 smaller pieces and nailed them to the back.

After this I flipped it over got the hammer out and handed it to my little boy!  He had a blast adding the divots!

After this we brought it inside and got out the paint I had on hand. If you need a great netural paint Valspar's Vanilla Steam from Lowe's is wonderful! One (yes, only one) coat later this is what I've got.

I wasn't looking for a perfect finish, I wanted a more rustic look. This only took about 5 minutes to complete.

If you have a steady hand by all means freehand the lettering. I didn't want to attempt it free hand, and didn't want to pay the money to make stencils. I don't have an overhead projector, or a printer at home that works... So I was at a loss of how to do my letters for about an hour.

This is what I came up with: 

I got out the laptop, open MS Word, grabbed some scratch paper, and a pen.

Very gently trace over the letters. This works GREAT!!!!!!

This took about 30 minutes mostly because I had a hard time choosing the fonts I wanted to use.

One more thing I set the font size to 600 and 700.

Once this was completed I set the words out on the painted board to see exactly where it needed to go.

If i would have taken the easy route I would have used my Exacto knife and cut the letters out, buttttt I did it a little backwards. I cut the letters out on the board making my life a little bit harder.

Once this was completed I open my sample paint purchase and began filling in the lettering.

I tried the foam brush but didn't like it, use the craft brushes they work so much better!

Again, I wasn't going for perfect. I wanted a kinda it's been sitting neglected for a while.

This is the result:

I would love to see your projects!