Friday's Favs...."You Are My Sunshine" sign

Months ago I found what appears to be two small pallets out by the curb

 at one of the neighbor's on trash day.

I just had to rescue them, knowing that one day inspiration would strike and I would make something from them.

Last week that day finally came!

Here's how I did it:

First of all, when I first brought the pallets home, I gave them a good scrub with a scrub brush and bleach water.

 Not knowing what they were used for in their former life, I wanted to make sure they were clean!

When the day came for me to make the signs,

I printed out the words one line at a time in the font and size that would work on the strips of wood.

I rubbed the back of the paper with white chalk and used tacks to position the strip of paper to the pallet.

 (If the wood wasn't already old and distressed I would use painter's tape to protect the finish.)

Using a ball point pin I firmly traced around the words, leaving a faint chalk line for me to follow.

Using a small, fairly stiff paint brush I filled in the words with craft paint.

I did all of the words I wanted in white first, chalking in, then painting one line at a time.

Then I painted the other colors, one color at a time.

When the paint was dry I rubbed on some paste wax to protect the lettering, gave it a good buff when the wax was dry, and that's all there was to it!

I'm lovin' how it turned out!

The spare room/guest room is also the grandkid's room when they come over,

so this will go over the antique iron bed in there.

I hope to get some great shots of the grandkids put onto canvas to surround it.

Well, it's almost Friday, friends.

Have a BLESSED Good Friday 

and

a BLESSED Easter!

Christ is risen!

He is risen indeed!

              

                                            

Also linking to Jennifer Rizzo's Fabulously Creative Friday