Thrifty transformation

About 3 weeks ago I found a very nice, sturdy sign at my favortie thrift store.  It was $6 and I knew what I wanted to do with it so... it came home with me. 

I am a bad blogger.  I forgot to take a before pictures and only rembered on my second coat of primer.  You can still see the original wording through the paint though. 

It actually was a cute sign {when I say sign, I mean the kind that you place on your mantel or above your kitchen cabinents.  This puppy is LONG.  As in 5 feet long!}

But, it was NOT my taste.  It was a little too 90's folk country style for me.  It was Hunter Green with barn red writting and stars.  It said "Cherish Yesterday, Dream Tomorrow, Live Today".

Once I had good coverage with the primer and it was completly dried, I taped off the beveled edge and used my Free Valspar Paint Sample to paint the center of the sign.

I printed out "Bless This Nest" in a font I liked using Word and used it as a guide to free hand paint.

I learned something making doing this project...I can NOT free hand paint.  Nope.  It was not good.  Okay, it wasn't bad, but it wasn't great.  I think I need to get a small detail brush and try again OR I should just stick to stenciling from now on.


When my wording was dried I used my medium grit sanding block to destress the words a bit, it helped disguise the childlike lettering job I did too.

I'm loving this 70 degree weather we are having here is St. Louis so now I'm off to play with my little Punky {that's one of the many names I call my 2 year old daughter...I swear she reminds me of Punky Brewster!  Do you remember her?  I loved that show.}