Starting again...

Hi all...Welcome to my blog!

 I have been a bit lax for a while...but, after seeing Vicki's post on 

2 Bags Full, I knew it was time to get back to my blog. 

She's having a "Grow My Blog" party. 

What a great idea!!! 

Thanks Vicki for lighting the fire again!

As my title suggests, I tend to write a little about everything. I love decorating, DIY projects, and tablescaping. And you can add to that gardening and antiques...really anything vintage. 

 However we're right smack dab in the middle of building a new "old" home and 90% of my things are packed. {I do still have my glue gun out, just in case!}

But...

I do have something to share today:

simple signs that will hang in my new home.

They were oh.so.easy to make...really.

We've had lumber delivered frequently to the property on pallets.
Did you know that the workers usually throw those away?
I couldn't believe it!
We saved as many as possible and cut off the usable pieces,
just like the slat above.

Following Miss Mustard's Seed steps, {don't you just love her?},

I sanded down the rough spots, dry-brushed paint, and applied stain sparingly.

A font was chosen, printed off, and traced with tracing paper onto the prepared wood.

I used a Sharpie to fill in the letters, Miss Mustard Seed used paint, but my lettering was a bit smaller.
The Sharpie worked like a charm.

Super easy!

This sign didn't take very long so there was time to try a second one.

The steps were a little different:

sanded, completely painted, traced, stained, then sanded again.

It turned out a bit muted...but I love the weathered look.

And finally, I found this quote here on Pinterest and made this last sign.

The wood was from our project and prepped like the ones above.
However, the lettering was printed on a piece of scrapbook paper and ModgePodged to "glue" it down. Adding a bit of jute and seashells from Sanibel, it will be perfect on someone's shelf!
Don't you think?
Would you like to win it?
Here's the good news!
Anyone can enter, anyone can win, regardless where you live!
You don't even have to have a blog...or...you can have one!
See, it's simple!
If you'd like to enter, just leave a comment on this post with your email address.
I'll have the give-away on February 1, 2013 and post the winner on that post!
Happy winning!

So, what do you think? Which "style" sign would you like to try?

Thanks for visiting!

If you'd like to see past posts, you are most welcome to stay and browse awhile. 

There are a few pictures not showing on some of my posts...something happened when I temporary switched from Blogger to WordPress and back again.

{There's probably a button or box that I should have checked or not have checked but I can't get the pictures back.}

Ugh...