I see distressed wooden signs everywhere these days. Hobby Lobby has a ton of them. I see them in magazines and all over home decor blogs. I decided to try to make one using leftover everything from past projects. I wanted it for springtime. (Sorry for the poor lighting).
So, I started with a 1x6 piece of pine board I had leftover from a previous project.
First, I spray painted it black. Mine had a flat finish.
Next, I painted it white using a paint brush only because that's the kind of white paint I had on hand. Spray paint would've worked here too, though (and it's faster).
While I let that dry, I got on Microsoft Word and found the size and font I wanted to use for the word "Spring" and printed it out. I think I printed them out 2 on a page, but cut them to be individual after they printed out.
Next, I turned those letters over to the backside of the paper and used a pencil to shade over where the letters were. I forgot to take a picture of this, but basically, just colored the back side of each letter paper with a pencil. You'll understand why. Then I measured and placed my letters on the painted wood and used paint tape to secure them in place. Then I traced them pushing down kinda hard. Where I shaded on the back left a perfect stencil for me on the white wood. It's very faint, but (hopefully) you can see it here.
For the rest, I used a tiny angled paint brush. I painted my outline, then filled it in - all with black paint.
After that, I used sand paper to distress the edges of the wood and in some random places over the flat surface to let some of that black paint peek through.
Another look.
Last, I sprayed a satin finish sealer over it. And there's my spring sign. This was so easy and took maybe an hour (not counting drying times). I imagine I'll be making more of these in the future. I mean... it can't stay spring forever, right?
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