Day 20- You are my Sunshine Signs

I’m sure you’ve seen lots of these signs around with “You are my Sunshine” on them! They are pretty popular!

Funny thing is, my husband says the song behind it is actually based on something really sad? But I’m not really familiar with where it came from, I just remember my grandpa bouncing me on his knee and singing it to me, so it brings fond memories!

Here are a couple versions I’ve done….











This above one I’m not completely happy with….wish it had turned out cleaner like the one before. I need to re-do it!

There are so many ways to do this sign, and I can’t wait to do more!

To see the rest of my 31 days of signs posts, check out these links,


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
Day 15- Small Beach Signs

Various Signs:

Day 16- Girlie Signs
Day 17- Dr. Suess Inspired Signs
Day 18 - Letter Blocks
Day 19- Bushel and a Peck Signs




I sometimes link up to these lovely ladies' parties:

Day 19 - A Bushel and a Peck Signs

 

 

Continuting our 31 days of signs, here's a few more signs for inspiration!

 

Last year I made a "Bushel and a Peck" sign for a customer (and former roomate/amazing friend!), and I was inspired to make a few more!

 

I can't even remember what colors I used on her sign because I made it so quickly and shipped it out without a picture! Oops!

 

 

 

 

This gray and purple one, I made using my first ever DIY chalk paint. I used baking soada, a little water and purple paint, and I love the way it distressed and shows the wood grain! The gray is spray paint over top of the chalk paint, and it was so much easier to work with than usual!

I created my own stencils with this method to make these signs.


To see the rest of my 31 days of signs posts, check out these links,


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
Day 15- Small Beach Signs

Various Signs:

Day 16- Girlie Signs
Day 17- Dr. Suess Inspired Signs
Day 18 - Letter Blocks




I sometimes link up to these lovely ladies' parties:

Day 18- Letter Blocks

Continuing this weeks random theme of sign inspiration, here is another idea!

I made these little letter blocks right before one of the shows I did. I ran out of time to make as many as I wanted, and haven’t made any more, but I’ve still been selling a lot of them! It’s been something fun for kids to look through to find their own initials while their parents are shopping the rest of my signs!

I made these using stickers (see how to here).



Sorry the picture is so bright!! I keep them in this divider that was originally a shelf that I spray painted to look shabby white and use it at sales along with these blocks in it.

A customer asked if I could make larger blocks in her last name, in the same green and red, but with some cream blocks too and brown letters. This is what I came up with for her…

Love it! Put them on top of my fence, because I’ve realized outside is where I get my best pictures of what my signs actually look like! It was a bright day though, so they really aren’t THAT shiny!!


Up close look…

I didn’t make these larger ones with stickers but created my own stencils with this method.

Soooo many possibilities!!!

To see the rest of my 31 days of signs posts, check out these links,


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
Day 15- Small Beach Signs

Various Signs:

Day 16- Girlie Signs
Day 17- Dr. Suess Inspired Signs




I sometimes link up to these lovely ladies' parties:

Day 17- Dr. Seuss Inspired Signs

Continuing this week to show you signs I've made.....


Here are a couple Dr. Seuss signs I made. One was for a friend and another I made using the same stencil (I made using this method.) to make another one.

It’s sort of weird to say I made this for a friend, because I actually made it for the child of a one of the first kids I ever babysat for! But, yes, she is now my friend! I was pretty young so she’s only about 12 or so years younger than me!

Anyways, she loved this saying and wanted it for her son’s nursery. I found a great Dr. Seuss font on fontspace.com. This is where I get most of my fonts, especially since you can limit your searches to only commercial-use free fonts- ones that are okay to use on things you sell. I try to limit myself to those whether I’m making something to sell or not because I know I’ll forget which ones aren’t ok after I’d installed them!



I adore how the distressing came out on this one! Just enough, not too much, not too little!  Some across the letters and around the edges! I wish I had a better, closer view to show you, but I can’t even crop it to show you because this was taken before I got my DSLR!

And this one looks like it’s the exact opposite, but it’s actually just a white background with the vinyl letters stuck on. I took them right off of the first sign and put them on this board so that I can make another. Although I think it actually looks good just like this!

 

To see the rest of my 31 days of signs posts, check out these links,


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
Day 15- Small Beach Signs

Various Signs:

Day 16- Girlie Signs




I sometimes link up to these lovely ladies' parties:

Day 16- Girlie Signs

Continuing our 31 days of making signs, this week I’m going to share several different kinds of signs I’ve made, that there really isn’t a category for!

See this weekend’s beach signs here, and how I make signs here!

Hope you enjoy this week!

To start us off, here’s some adorable girlie signs I made. I had several of these purchased for little girls’ rooms! I made them in the colors of my girls’ room, even though their room doesn’t really have a shabby vibe! I made them using this method.






To see the rest of my 31 days of signs posts, check out these links,


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
Day 15- Small Beach Signs


I sometimes link up to these lovely ladies' parties: