SIGNS/PAINTED QUOTES

SIGNS/PAINTED QUOTES 

Okay, so these are the crafts that I have been doing over the Christmas holidays. Majority of these crafts are signs, which I made for Christmas presents and for holiday decorating. All these signs consist of the same steps just different fonts and paint colors.

Things you’ll need:

• Board/piece of wood
• Paint/woodstain
• Paintbrush
• Sander
• Varnish
• Hanging hooks 

Step 1: Find a piece of wood that you would like to paint a quote onto. Sand the sign down making it look and feel smooth.

Step 2: Now paint or stain the background of your sign. Choose a color or stain that will best fit the theme of your sign.

Step 3: Once the background paint has completely dried, it’s quote time. How to paint on the quote is to first print the quote out. I use Microsoft word to design quotes at the exact font and size that I would like the quote to be on my sign. Once the font is printed out, tape the quote where you want it to be on my sign. Then use tracing paper that can be bought at any craft store, and put the tracing paper under the quote and use a pencil to trace the quote on. The tracing paper allows the quote to transfer onto the sign! Once the quote is on, use a thin paintbrush and which ever paint color and start painting on the quote. Usually do three coats of paint until the quote looks bold. 

Step 4: Once your sign is completely finished, paint or spray varnish your sign. The varnish makes sure that the paint is completely sealed onto the board.

Step 5: Lastly, use a hammer and some nails and hooks to hammer the hooks onto the back of your sign so that the sign can be hung.

Thanks guys, hope you’re able and that you enjoy making your own signs! 

DIY Striped Stained Table

Striped Stained Table

 

This week I decided to redo an old side/coffee table that I found at my boyfriends house. This project was defiantly the longest and hardest to do so far, but of course it’s the best one I’ve ever done!

These are the things you’re going to need to do the Stripped Stained Table.

• An old or new side/coffee table
• Sander
• Varnish (water based)
• Wood stain (chestnut)
• Aqua Sea acrylic paint
• Paint Brush
• White acrylic paint
• Tape
• Pencil
• Ruler

 Step 1: After you have chose a table you would like to redo you can now plug in your sander and sand every edge of the table making sure that all surfers are no longer shiny or have any type of varnish or finish left on it.

Step 2: Once the table is completely sanded you can now start painting the legs and if theres a little shelf under the table like mine you can paint that a solid color too. I chose to go with a greeny blue. This paint color is called Aqua Sea and it’s an acrylic paint that can be purchased at any craft store. Do at least two coats of paint until everything inch is completely covered.

Step 3: Once the table legs have dried you can now use your wood stain, which can be purchased at home hardware. I chose chestnut because I wanted my table to look darker. Take a paintbrush and stain the top of the table and the edges. Only do one coat.

Step 4: After the stain has dried take a paintbrush and do one coat of varnish to the top and edges of the table. The reason why you should varnish is that if you get paint on the stain it will wipe off easily and will give the table a shiny look.

Step 5: Once the varnish has dried you can now take out your ruler and measure how many stripes you like to put on the top of the table. Even out the stripes out so that each side is either stripes or no stripes, this is where I messed up.

Step 6: Once you have measured your stripes out evenly, take a pencil and a ruler and draw on the stripes. After the stripes have been drawn on you can use any type of tape and just place the tape of one side of each strip .The tape is to help you see the lines and it prevents you from putting paint onto the varnish side.

Step 7: Mix the white paint with the varnish so that it thins the white out and gives it a glosser look. Use the paintbrush to do big brush strokes so that the white doesn’t completely cover up the stain underneath.

Step 8: Once the top of the table is dry, take the tapelines off of the table. Use the varnish to go over every inch of the entire table just to seal all the paint and stain in and to give it a shiny look. Once the varnish has dried you are completely done and now can start using your table! Hope you enjoyed this project!

Extra: Step 9: This step is only if you messed up your lines or wanted to add a quote to your table. Unfortunately, I messed my lines up and decided to paint on a quote just to make the table look better. The quote I chose is “oh darling, lets be adventures’. How I painted this quote on was that I printed out the quote on Microsoft word, and then I taped the quote where I wanted it to be on my table. I then used tracing paper that can be bought at any craft store, and put the tracing paper under the quote and used a pencil to trace the quote on. Once the quote was put on I used a thin paintbrush and white paint to paint on the quote. I did three coats of paint until the quote looked bold.