DIY cottage sign

OKAY, so it's not completely done. I bugged my friend from work for a couple weeks to bring me some rusty hinges..

When he finally brang them I left them at work!  They have been sitting on my desk all weekend.

Oh well, I decided to post it anyway.

The method I am using is from this great blog.

http://aimee-weaver.blogspot.com/ is one of my new favorite blogs! 

The method she uses is with carbon copy paper. I found mine in the clearance section at Hancock fabrics for 79 cents.

I first practiced on an extra board I had...not bad right?

So here is the piece of wood I'm using for my sign. I'm so lucky because I have a friend from work who has a bunch of old barn wood (and the hinges) 

I just painted it white.

I then printed out the words on regular paper (using microsoft word)

the carbon copy paper is under this printed paper. I then traced over the words so it would copy onto the board. (you know...just like old times when you would write a check and it copied)

See....I lift up the paper and the carbon paper and it copied!   Now it is time to paint...That was scary for me, i really don't paint, haven't had much practice.

So here I am practicing...not very good but oh well, here goes...

Hey...not too bad! I love it!  I was very impressed with out it turned out!

After painting the words I sanded over it so even if you have little mistakes it's okay.

 

I think it is a perfect addition to my living room.

I don't know where I'm going to hang it quite yet so there will be a follow up post with the hinges on it as well.

I will be linking up here: