One of my friends was going to throw out an old home decor sign and asked if I wanted it. I originally said no. The sign was funny but nothing I would use. Then I got to thinking about it and told her I had changed my mind and I would love to have it. The whole time I was thinking about how I was going to repurpose it. I decided to make a winter sign instead of a holiday sign, so I could use it throughout the season. I was going to sand the sign down and repaint it but then I decided to just flip the sign over and use the back, as the base coat was the exact color I needed.
I used the Let it Snow cutting file in the Craft Room Library and ungrouped it and arranged it to fit the sign dimensions and added a few more snow flakes. I used vinyl to cut everything out to create a stencil. I cut the snowflakes first and placed the vinyl with the snowflake cut outs on the sign and painted the snowflakes in. Once the snowflakes were dry I cut the Let It Snow part of the file and laid it on top of the dried snowflakes and painted each word in the color I chose. I removed the vinyl and added rhinestones to the middle and tips of the snowflakes and a ribbon to the wire hanger.
When I was finished I had a beautiful sign that was originally going into the trash.
~Heidi
Supplies:
Sign
Paint
Foam Paint Brush
Ribbon
I love this idea! Thanks for sharing, now instead of not taking those old unwanted signs, I’ll take them and repurpose them. Great idea!
nice work Heidi love the design
Darling project, Heidi, and a great reminder that almost anything can be modified and/or upcycled with a little ingenuity and our Pazzles. Although not quite as good as free, I keep a stash of items purchased at 90% off for just such purposes. I get a huge kick out of giving gifts that get raved over when I know that they cost next to nothing in materials. Thanks for sharing!
This turned out cute. Good job and you saved it from the landfill.