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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More Beach Signs

**Warning**
This may be the title a lot in the future! While I loooove making all kinds of signs, the beach ones are the ones that make my heart pitter patter!! :)

I'm still working on things for the etsy shop, but I'm also working for a craft fair in October so I'll probably postpone the etsy shop opening until then! I'll put what doesn't sell, and add more!

I see lots of these blocks in my future......

And lots of Beach House signs of course!

(Hey look! There's my hair shadow! Ooops!)





Except for the last two, which I painted back over because too much seeped under the stencils, I did all these with my regular method- spray paint the letter color, lay the stencils I cut with my Silhouette, spray the background color, remove stencil, sand, and seal!

French Signs

Frenchy grey and white series of signs....working on them for the etsy shop!

Inspired by graphics from The Graphics Fairy, the text and scrolly thing here are both from there. I edited and streched the scrolly thing a little bit to make it fit here, there was another intricate design originally around the text graphic, but it was too complicated for me to trace in my Silhouette Studio program!

I used my usual method here, paint the font color, apply stencils I've cut from my Silhouette and apply the background color on top, remove the stencil, and sand to distress.

Text here inspired by the previous sign.....

Which in turn inspired these Paris signs......

And this splintery piece of wood was crying out to be a beach sign, while I was still in a greyish mood!

And I couldn't help setting up a little vignette in the dining room to see if the Paris stuff would actually work in my house! I love this little area, but it is BAD for picture taking....no natural light and the blue wall doesn't help that out!


Still it was cute, used some white, vintagey and frenchy things I could find around the house. Candles came from The Shabby Creek Cottage!

I usually party at these places.........

Beach Signs to sell!

Getting started on things for the etsy shop opening soon!

Here's the latest!

I made these with scraps of wood, and my usual method. Spray paint, lay the stencils I've cut from my Silhouette machine, spray paint with the top color, remove the stencils, then distress!

I'm loving the beach sign, love the simplicity of it and the distressing on it.

I drew the "houses" myself in the Silhouette Studio program. I'm working on finding/drawing graphics I can use on things I sell, and I'm not sure if I love it, but hey, I made an attempt! I'm thinking of distressing the beach house more.

Gotta get together a few more before opening the shop, but hoping to soon!

I usually party at these places.........