Distressed Old Sign

I've been wanting to make an old sign,

to use AS Chalk Paint,

and try a stencil technique.
First, I painted an old board from GW
with AS Chalk Paint - Old White.
Then I went to work on the lettering.
I started with "est. 1969" (our anniversary year)
and printed it out very large, using
Lucinda Handwriting font.
Then I had it enlarged for 50 cents
at Staples.

Next, using a much-talked-about technigue in Blogland,

I scribbled pencil on the back side of the lettering.

Then I flipped it over,

taped it to the painted board,

and traced over the letters, bearing down hard.

I removed the paper,

traced over the letters on the board again with pencil.

Then I painted and filled in the  tracing with black paint.

Next I did a rough sand over

of the project to age the sign

a little,

and - voilà!

It might have been better to use a narrower piece of wood -

but, hey, I already had this,

so I just went with it.

I don't have window treatments in the keeping area of the kitchen

and I don't want any.

We have lots of gorgeous trees and woods for a view.

But I like the way the sign  fills in the naked area above the window

and gives a focal point.



Thanks to all you bloggers who have shown

us this technique.

It really is easy.

Blessings,

Linda

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