I’ve wanted to make a sign for an awesome friend for a while now. You see my friend Hailey is one of those girls you just love right away. She’s funny, outgoing, supportive, super crafty, and will let you have a cup of dish soap when you realize you have a sink full of dishes to wash but loading 3 kids up to take to the store for the third time is too exhausting to even think about. Ahem, not that that’s ever happened. ;)
When I was taking the photography course she came across some cute mini trifle dishes that she thought would be great to stage photos with, I of course loved them. I knew I wanted to give her something in return but I wasn’t sure what would be. Then a few weeks ago when I talked about my love for turquoise accessories she made me some pretty turquoise earrings. So while in her kitchen one day I realized I could give her a handmade coffee sign. Her kitchen has a fun coffee theme and she’s always talking about adding more to it. I knew then that I wanted to make her a distressed coffee sign as a thank you gift.
Material used:
unfinished wood plaque
Folk Art acrylic paint in burnt umber
light brown vinyl from My Vinyl Direct
transfer paper
I only used one coat of paint for the sign. I planned on sanding it down a bit so the one coat helped give it the distressed look I was going for.
My three favorite appliances: MacBook pro, Silhouette Cameo, and Kitchen Aid stand mixer. Sigh someday I won’t have to craft in the kitchen.
Once my designed was cut I used transfer paper to apply it onto the plaque. And that’s it! I love the way it came out and luckily she does too. :)
We have a bit of a coffee thing going on in our kitchen, too. Your distressed sign would feel right at home with our stuff…..Think I’m going to have to do something similar. Thanks for sharing!
I love distressed signs! Yours turned out great. And I LOVE My Vinyl Direct, they have some great products!
Love the old-charm look of the sign! Cleverly thought, love it!!
What a beautiful distressed sign, I love it, it looks perfect. IT would go perfectly as a sign for a small cafe. Great job.
Very cool, I am a sucker for signs.
I just love you… I simply do :)
The sign turned out great! I love the look of it. Visiting from Market Yourself Monday link up – Have a Wonderful week!
That’s awesome! I want a Silhouette sooooo bad and love that you made it with one :) Will keep and pin this idea for when I do have a Silhouette!
What a great sign … I love the simplicity of it. And what a great friend – both you and her!
Very cute!!! Love the vintage feel!!
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This is lovely!!! I would love for you to visit me at My Dream Canvas.Have a great week.
How pretty! Love the rusty vintage look. Found you on Hanmade Tuesday. Wonderful!
LOVE this idea!
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I l.o.v.e. your distressed coffee sign. It is right up my alley, and it would also look great in my craft room, which is decked out in a coffee theme! I also really like creating coffee-inspired altered art. If you or your friend is interested to see some of my coffee projects, I hope you’ll come on over for a visit to my blog at altered-artworks.blogspot.com. I’ll put the coffee on! Also, pinned your project!
This is really cute. Great work!
This is way beyond my ability, but boy do I love this!! As a big time coffee drinker, I’d love to have this in my kitchen and I love the color! Great job!
Very cute!!!
great gift idea!