Beachy signs

Working on LOTS of stuff for an upcoming sale!

Here's some new beach designs!

Also working on painting some furniture for my upcoming sale. This sweet little bench is one piece I've recently completed!

I'm going to try blogging from my iPhone with the app, so it's not going to be the prettiest or with the best pics, but better than nothing!

I'll try to blog from my computer soon about the sale so I can do a link but if you are really interested, try copy and pasting this link! Not sure if it'll work but worth a shot! ;)

https://m.facebook.com/#!/page/about.php?id=545976182086959&__user=1446840443

Day 15 - Small beach signs

It’s the last day of the beach segment of my 31 days of making wood signs!

Today, I’m going to show you the small beach signs/blocks/ornaments that I’ve made!

I had a really rough scrap piece of wood that I bought on the scrap cart at Home Depot! I thought some really small hanging signs would look good made out of this wood!

Here’s a look at all the different ones I made….



And a better look at just the beachy ones!



(Totally looks like these are on sand, huh?! It’s my driveway! Ha!)




The hubby bought a circular saw for Christmas, but I made these before then, so I had my dad help me out! I painted the boards the letter color, he cut them, I drilled the holes.

Later I added my stencils I cut, spray painted over the letters and removed them to reveal the words beneath, then strung them up with jute twine.

I used a lot of these on my Christmas tree last year, and sent several to my best friend!

I also made these beachy blocks that are perfect for setting on a shelf.





And awhile back I posted on making these beachy letter blocks, if you want to check them out!





Well, that wraps up beach weekend!! Lots more great sign ideas to come though!

Check out the rest of my 31 days of making signs series here:

Intro

How to make signs:

Day 1- Where to find wood
Day 2- Gathering your supplies
Day 3- Making signs using your own stencils
Day 4- Making signs using pre-made stencils
Day 5- Making signs with stickers
Day 6- Making signs free-handed
Day 7- Making signs with stamps
Day 8- Making signs with transfers
Day 9- Print a sign
Day 10- Making signs with cutouts
Day 11- Recap- 8+ ways to make signs

Beach Weekend:

Day 12- Beach Subway Art
Day 13- All You Need is Love and the Beach
Day 14 - More Beach Signs


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Day 14- More Beach Signs for Beach Weekend!

Continuing with our beach theme, here are a few more beach signs that I have made……

Beach house in teal and aqua! Love this on this rough pine board. The teal behind the yellow easily peeks through without any distressing.

I thought these “Sail Away” signs would be adorable in a little boys nautical nursery. In fact, I planned on using one if my second was a boy! Since I have two girls though, no nautical nursery here!





I first made a Flip Flop Junkie sign here, and it was such a popular gift that I decided to make another, smaller one.

I've done several posts in the past on beach signs. Go to this link to see my posts sorted by beach signs. You can see all the posts I've done in the past that are tagged "beach signs."
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Hope you are enjoying Beach Weekend! One more day to go! (Yes, I realize Monday isn’t the “weekend” but it’s right by it, isn’t it?! I think it counts!)



Check out all of my other 31 days of signs posts here:

Intro
Day 1- Where to find wood
Day 2- Gathering your supplies
Day 3- Making signs using your own stencils
Day 4- Making signs using pre-made stencils
Day 5- Making signs with stickers
Day 6- Making signs free-handed
Day 7- Making signs with stamps
Day 8- Making signs with transfers
Day 9- Print a sign
Day 10- Making signs with cutouts
Day 11- Recap- 8+ ways to make signs
Day 12- Beach Subway Art
Day 13- All You Need is Love and the Beach


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Day 13- All you need is love and the beach! (Beach weekend continued…)

Beach weekend is continuing!

Yesterday I showed you my beach subway art, today I’m going to show you how I was inspired by a pillow to make some beach art.

Inspiration is ALL around us! I see things everywhere I go that I think would make great signs!

I came across this pillow on completely-coastal.com (fellow beach lovers, this blog is a MUST to follow!!). Not a sign, but it should be, right?!



You can buy this pillow here for about $19. Not a bad price. Except I knew that I could make it!

Here’s how mine turned out!




I made a stencil with my silhouette, pretty much following the same directions as here, except since it was for fabric, I used freezer paper, and ironed the stencil down on to the fabric (drop cloth!) before I painted on acrylic paint mixed with fabric medium.

I’ve seriously been needing some pillows for my couch! It’s an enormous sectional, that I love the comfort of, but don’t love the style necessarily, so it needs some accessorizing!



You can see I still need more!! Working on that!

I definitely thought that this should be a sign too, and would go perfectly in my brightly colored, beachy guest bathroom.

I made one using my silhouette to make a stencil (Go here to day 3 to see how), and then used the negative to make another one!

I can’t find one of them to take a good picture of both but here is a pic I snapped right after with my cell.



And this one is hanging in my guest bath-






I absolutely love the signs and the pillow!!! Great inspiration. And seriously, if I have the people I love around me, and I’m at the beach…life is perfection!

Keep your eyes peeled where ever you go and find your inspiration to make your own signs!

Check out all of my other 31 days of signs posts here:

Intro
Day 1- Where to find wood
Day 2- Gathering your supplies
Day 3- Making signs using your own stencils
Day 4- Making signs using pre-made stencils
Day 5- Making signs with stickers
Day 6- Making signs free-handed
Day 7- Making signs with stamps
Day 8- Making signs with transfers
Day 9- Print a sign
Day 10- Making signs with cutouts
Day 11- Recap- 8+ ways to make signs
Day 12- Beach Subway Art


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Day 12- Beach Subway Art- Beach Weekend begins!

If I had to restrict myself to only ever making one type of sign, hands down it would be beach signs!

I’ve drooled over beach signs for years and years, even collecting more than my fair share of them. And now I can make any one my heart so desires! Fortunately, my best friend is JUST as beach obsessed as I am (and so is her mom!) so I do have others to make beach signs for!

Beach signs were also my best sellers at my most recent craft fair!

I’m going to spend the weekend talking about and showing you some of my beach signs and featuring some from around blog land.

Today, I want to show you my beach subway art!

This piece of beach subway art that I made for my best friend, was actually the very first sign I ever made!

I already showed you this one on Day 3 when I went over making signs with your own stencils. I made this for my best friend, a reminder of all the beaches we have been to together in North Carolina. I also did a full post on just this sign last year when I actually made it!

Awhile later, I made this one for my living room, with beaches my husband and I have been to together. It does have a few of the same as with my best friend, since we’ve been to some together with her and her husband! You can definitely tell I’ve known my best friend longer than my husband since her sign has more beaches! Haha!

I’m looking forward to hitting some more beaches so that I can make some more beach subway art!

Want to make your own beach subway art? Check out yesterdays post on all the different ways to make signs and pick which one works best for you!

Check out all my posts in my 31 day series on making wood signs....


Intro
Day 1- Where to find wood
Day 2- Gathering your supplies
Day 3- Making signs using your own stencils
Day 4- Making signs using pre-made stencils
Day 5- Making signs with stickers
Day 6- Making signs free-handed
Day 7- Making signs with stamps
Day 8- Making signs with transfers
Day 9- Print a sign
Day 10- Making signs with cutouts


I sometimes link up to these lovely ladies' parties: