tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24702658737239597522024-03-13T20:04:01.226-04:00One Hot Crafty-MommaChelsea @ onehotcrafty-mama.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039371936319889563noreply@blogger.comBlogger318125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470265873723959752.post-67603590663671641512018-06-13T08:30:00.000-04:002018-06-13T08:30:14.607-04:00Piano repurposing part 6: Piano Harp Trellis<div style="text-align: center;">
When we decided that we were going to repurpose this piano we wanted the projects to be useful things and to be part of our lives. The piano harp sat all winter covered at the side of the house, just kind of in the back of our minds. A couple of weeks ago we were working in our backyard. Suddenly it hit both of us what we needed to do with the piano harp.</div>
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The first thing we did was spray paint the back of the harp to prevent rusting and give it some protection.</div>
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Then we dug and we dug. We dug a trench that was about 6' wide and 2' deep we wanted to make sure that it wasn't going to go anywhere. I forgot to take pictures as we were burying the bottom of it in the ground. We put rocks in front of and behind of the base of the harp inside of the hole and then filled it in. The harp isn't going anywhere, between the rocks, the depth of the hole, and how much we packed in the dirt around it, both of us really pushed on it to make sure it wasn't going to move on us or fall over. </div>
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We added a couple of climbing roses, now to wait for them to fill in, we are excited to see it at the end of the summer.</div>
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Chelsea @ onehotcrafty-mama.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039371936319889563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470265873723959752.post-27483489837814272372018-06-11T08:30:00.000-04:002018-06-11T08:30:07.243-04:00Front Entryway<div style="text-align: center;">
Completing the front entryway has been going kind of slow, since so many other projects keep popping up of things that have been needing to get done first. Finally I did the last few things to complete it and I love how it turned out!!</div>
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To see how I made the coat hanger check out here and the bench check out here.</div>
Chelsea @ onehotcrafty-mama.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039371936319889563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470265873723959752.post-68399513518870661682018-06-08T08:30:00.000-04:002018-06-08T08:30:02.308-04:00Necklace HolderOkay so confession time.....I have an addiction to Paparazzi Jewelry. If you haven't tried it you should!! It isn't expensive and it is cute!!! So......because of my addiction, I have run out of space. I was getting tired of my necklaces getting all tangled up and I couldn't see all that I had. I decided to do something about it. This is what I came up with.<br />
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It started with me asking my husband to cut me an 18" long piece of wood. Then I stained it. </div>
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It's kind of hard to see, but after the stain dried I marked out dots evenly for the hooks to go, I marked every inch and half.</div>
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To make it easier to screw the hooks into the board I made a little hole in each spot that I marked.</div>
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After screwing in each of the hooks, I added the vinyl and a couple of hangers on the back of the board.</div>
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My son asked for a Star Wars cake, and this is what I ended up doing. He was so excited.</div>
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This project was really quick one, the spot behind our door became a huge dumping ground for coats, shoes, and backpacks all in the same spot. Besides looking cluttered all the time, there was all kinds of dirt and snow getting on stuff and the coats weren't being able to get dried out well. </div>
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We used some of the wood that we still had from the piano and attached hooks to them and then attached it to the walls. The shoes all fit perfectly underneath the bench. It feels so much better looking at it now.</div>
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It has been so much fun being able to create so many new things with this piano. Here is the next project that we did.<br />
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First of all, as a reminder we have to go back to this picture where we cut out the section that we used for the hall table. Now we are going to use the other section. We removed the sound board and was left with this:</div>
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Our next step was to attach the top of the piano to our base, this became the seat of our bench.</div>
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Here it is after we moved it inside to it's spot just inside the front door as a place to sit and put your shoes on.</div>
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Two of my boys share a room and they love the super heroes so of course I had to do something to go with that. Using my cricut I cut out vinyl to use as a stencil. I cut out their favorite hero's logo, these were about a 2'x3'<br />
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Here is the vinyl on the wall, this was a great opportunity to use up scraps of vinyl I had laying around. Next up was painting.<br />
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To start out with the walls were all white. This is the first time that we have bought a house so we have been having fun with painting and not having to worry about changing it or getting permission from the landlord (I never painted any of our old places for these reasons). My daughter loves pink so we went that direction. <br />
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First thing I did was paint the entire room light pink. She is still using the quilt that I made her <a href="http://onehotcrafty-mama.blogspot.com/2012/09/ballet-quilt.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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On the big main wall on the other side of the room, I cut out a whole bunch of little circles using my Cricut with gold vinyl.</div>
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The last thing is the corner with the desk and chair. That desk has been handed around between my aunts and then to me and then to my sisters, it has been sitting in my parents basement not getting used. They brought it over for us. </div>
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It needed a little love before I could put it in her room. I had put wall paper flowers on the desk when I used it forever ago, I had to remove those and give it a new coat of paint. Also it used to have gold accents then I painted it when I did the flowers, covering the accents. I brought the gold accents back with some gold paint and it was set to go.</div>
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Let me tell you right now, I am not one to do birthday parties. True most of the time when it comes to the kids birthdays I'm either pregnant (like 8-9months along), we are in the process of packing up the house or we just live in an area that we really don't know that many kids their age. Whatever the reason I decided I should give my oldest son a party he hadn't had one before and he was turning 7. This kid LOVES Captain America so we went that direction. I wish that I had gotten more pictures but it was just me so when you are in charge its hard getting the pictures as well. :)<br />
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I made this Captain America shield cake for him. He thought it was the coolest thing. <br />
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Building this pinata I used old cereal boxes and cut out two circles and then cut out a wide strip that went all the way around the circles and taped it together. I will create a tutorial soon on the entire process. I decorated this pinata using the same process that I described <a href="http://onehotcrafty-mama.blogspot.com/2012/05/pinatas-part-2-decorating-of.html" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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I bought superhero masks for the boys to wear and made a giant shield where the kids played pin on the star. <br />
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It was a hit with the boys. I didn't do much else after playing the game and breaking open the pinata. I just let them all play with each other and have. My son thanked me later so I'll mark it a success. :) <br />
Chelsea @ onehotcrafty-mama.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039371936319889563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470265873723959752.post-12465581575396711442018-01-26T08:00:00.000-05:002018-01-26T08:00:15.690-05:00Antique Piano Repurposing Part 3- Angel OrnamentsI have a few more projects to share with you and this piano. Here is another one I was hoping to get it up last month but the month just away from me.<br />
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I used some of the hammers from the piano to make these beautiful ornaments. I made tons of them, I also gave one to each of my piano students as their Christmas gift. Check them out :)<br />
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<br />Chelsea @ onehotcrafty-mama.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039371936319889563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470265873723959752.post-62164108327795146922018-01-24T11:15:00.001-05:002018-01-24T11:15:16.998-05:00Kitchen islandWe moved into a brand new house just short of a year ago. I was doing some painting in the kids' rooms this past summer, and this just kind of happened one night while doing them. The walls around the island were really bugging me it didn't seem to flow with the rest of the kitchen, also the kids kept trying to scale the walls while holding onto the counter and the white was showing all their footprints. I had black paint from my project in the boy's room so the island got an update as well.<br />
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Here is the island before we moved in. It really didn't seem to sit right with the white paint.</div>
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Here is After! I love it so much, the braces/brackets for the the counter top don't stand out now and I no longer see dirty footprints. Double win!</div>
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I saw something similar to this saying on a shirt online somewhere and knew that I needed to make something for me with it on it. A new book bag is exactly what I needed! This also would be a great teacher gift or for your friends that love to read. I bought the bag at Hobby Lobby and then used heat transfer vinyl to put the design on it. Chelsea @ onehotcrafty-mama.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039371936319889563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470265873723959752.post-44761715873858590102017-11-29T08:00:00.000-05:002017-11-29T08:00:26.882-05:00Princess inspired shirt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here is another little project that I did. I have been loving my embroidery machine that my husband got me for Christmas last year. My daughter loves this shirt and gets comments about it whenever she wears it. Chelsea @ onehotcrafty-mama.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039371936319889563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470265873723959752.post-62160997523327503902017-11-27T08:00:00.000-05:002017-11-27T08:00:08.785-05:00Magic Christmas Blanket<div style="text-align: center;">
I am so excited to share this with you. I made it last year but between kids being sick for two months straight and some unexpected health issues with me I wasn't ever able to post this. So I'm making sure that I do it early this year. </div>
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Growing up my Aunt made us a Christmas blanket, it has since then been nicknamed the magic Christmas blanket because you get under it and you fall asleep its so comfy and cozy. We would fight over it every year as to who gets to have the first nap under it. I have wanted one of my own for years, and finally after getting enough pictures of one of my parents sending us pictures of them being the first one getting the nap since no one lives at home anymore. I decided I was going to make my own. I asked Mom for the measurements of hers and went to the fabric store.</div>
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After cutting the blocks and strips of fabric I then sewed everything together. I had some gingerbread fabric that I have had for years laying around that I used for my backing. Here is the top of the blanket before I sewed/quilted it together. I sewed trees down each of the vertical stripes to hold everything together and sewed on a binding. <br />
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The final product!!! My kids are loving snuggling under it and its just as warm and heavy as the one that my Aunt made for us many years ago.</div>
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I made these matching aprons, for my nieces for Christmas. I also embroidered their names onto them. It's is always fun to have a cute apron to bake in and even better when it matches your sister!! To complete the gift I also added some cookie and cake mixes. Quick and easy but a lot of fun to make memories with.Chelsea @ onehotcrafty-mama.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039371936319889563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470265873723959752.post-2525070605880513052017-11-22T08:00:00.001-05:002017-11-22T12:27:31.048-05:00Antique Piano Repurposing, Part 2....Hall Table<div style="text-align: center;">
If you missed our first post about this piano that we are giving new life to you can check it out <a href="http://onehotcrafty-mama.blogspot.com/2017/11/antique-piano-repurposing.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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We left with the piano looking like this. I forgot to get a picture of it right after we removed the harp. We wanted to keep the front portion (where the keys sit on the piano) so that required us to cut that section out. That led to fun with a skill saw :) Surprisingly, it was very easy.</div>
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Here is how it looked right after my husband cut it out. Nothing like commandeering your garage and turning it into a mini workshop! The large section left on the floor? Don't worry it has more life to give and we will get to it another day. </div>
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Next there was a lot of sanding, and sanding and then more sanding followed by wiping it down to get all the dust off of it. It might be hard to tell, but there are lots of groves and small spaces that made sanding difficult, particularly the pillars on either end. But somehow the job always gets done, just a little time and elbow grease.....and it makes for a great excuse to get an orbital sander! </div>
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We used a stain-polyurethane combo from Minwax, put on in two coats. If you remember my <a href="http://onehotcrafty-mama.blogspot.com/2013/12/flexible-flyer-sled-restoration.html" target="_blank">husband's sled restoration project</a> he did the staining and polyurethane as two separate steps. After doing this he preferred the end result with having them done separately (staining, then applying a polyurethane) as they were done on the sled.<br />
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We cleaned the keys and put them back in their spots and brought it into the house. We did a lot of looking around online for glass businesses where we could order the top from. It was a little trickier that I thought it would be. A lot of local places didn't do table-top glass. Online stores could ship it but the price of shipping was more than the glass itself. Then there was the type of glass: 3/16 inch vs 1/4 inch vs 3/4 inch vs annealed vs tempered vs beveled edge vs rounded edge vs...well you get the idea. We ended up finding a local place and the price was great and we were able to drive down and pick it up a couple days after ordering it. We didn't want to drag anything out hemming and hawing on which glass would be best, so we went with a 3/16 inch-thick, annealed glass with a straight smooth edge and it was perfect! We measured where the glass was going to sit, then measured it again....and again. We don't have a glass cutter and didn't want to mess with that, but shop class paid off and the size we ordered fit right into the spot we had created. Otherwise, trying to cut it or taking it back to the glass store for a resize would have been in order. </div>
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One of the best parts is you can still see the keys!!</div>
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My go-to gift for babies are baby blankets with their name embroidered on them. They are big but not huge and made from soft flannel so they are lightweight and keep them warm. In fact, my 6 year old still snuggles under his when he is watching movies sometimes. This is one that I did for my friend I thought that it was so pretty that I needed to share it with all of you. Chelsea @ onehotcrafty-mama.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039371936319889563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470265873723959752.post-61306961144392138952017-11-20T08:00:00.001-05:002017-11-20T08:00:17.981-05:00Antique Piano Repurposing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm so excited to tell you about this project/s that we have been working on!!! First, though, I need to start with a bit of a story. A friend of ours was giving away this beautiful piano, I thought it would be great to have a second piano in my piano studio for lessons. Overall it was in pretty good shape but we knew that it needed a little bit of work and we were OK with doing a few things ourselves to fix it. We rented a truck and moved it into our house (and that short sentence does the fun of piano moving NO justice at all!) A couple of days later our piano tuner was over to tune the other piano and he checked out the new one a bit more in depth with us (well really A LOT more in depth.) He pointed out that the sound board and all of the string bridges were cracking. His explanation really made it obvious why this is typically a death sentence for a piano as you have to dismantle the piano to repair/replace those elements. He also said that the piano was over 100 years old and that tuning the piano might be a bit more difficult and there was a good possibility that the strings and/or the bridges might break in the process. The action also needed a near-complete overhaul. He told us that to fully fix it it would be upwards of $8000 (even more) and we could tune it and possibly play on it for another few years but once the bridges completely break (assuming they didn't during tuning) then it would be back to spending more to fix it. We thought about it and decided that we wanted to really enjoy this beautiful piano but we wanted give it life in another way and we had a few ideas in mind. </div>
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The first item of business was to take it apart, but in a way that it would still serve the ideas that we had. At times that made things tricky.</div>
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We removed the front panels, keyboard lid and music stand, that was the easy part as it entailed popping out just a few screws. The piano collected a lot of dust over the years and vacuuming out the inside of a piano isn't something that is really done often (though after seeing this I've decided it should be.) As were taking it apart there were many times we had to stop and vacuum out the dust....and dead spiders. </div>
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Next up we removed the action. The action is home to the hammers and all the parts that cause them to hit the strings. It's really quite an elaborate and ingenious set up. Surprisingly, removing it was fairly easy as actions are usually only held in place by three or four screws. This one had four and once they were removed it lifted out quite easily.</div>
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After removing the action the next item up was the strings. Now you have to do this carefully because there is a lot of tension on them and you don't want one to snap and hit you (read: safety glasses and gloves!!) Usually a special tuning device is used to turn the pegs the strings are on and of course we didn't have one. This simply meant trying various metric and standard sockets until we found one that fit snug enough to loosen them. We turned each peg until the string was released from all the tension and then popped the string's end off the bolt. Next came the fun part of removing them from the piano. As a side note, the entire time I was doing this part I was singing out loud and in my head "past the point of no return!!" </div>
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The keys were easy to remove as they lift right out and these were in great shape considering their age. Now removing the "harp" (the big heavy metal part) of the piano was hard since it had been screwed into the sound board for 100+ years and the screws they used were quite large. Getting them out entailed finding a tight fitting phillips-head screwdriver and then applying a very firm and steady force so that it was enough to get it moving but not strip the head out. Some of them were also in very awkward positions where getting a screw driving in place was almost impossible. My husband ended up having to drill out some of the screws because they wouldn't budge and stripped out. We also moved the piano out to the garage at this point because we were going to do some cutting (the two of us moved it....more piano-moving fun!!)</div>
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Next we popped off the top (which will be saved for something in the future). Once that was done it sat ready for more tear-down and repurposing! Stay tuned for the first project that came from this!!<br />
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So we bought our house in March and have been having tons of fun doing little projects and decorating it. I can't wait to show you things that we have done!! Here is one little project that we did. We had this little inset that you see right when you come in the front door. It took us a little bit but we finally decided what we wanted to do in that spot. This is what we came up with and I couldn't be more excited about it. I cut out the lettering on my Cricut and then hung the clock. Chelsea @ onehotcrafty-mama.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039371936319889563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470265873723959752.post-83174909985749419392015-12-18T08:00:00.000-05:002015-12-18T08:00:00.127-05:00Scarecrow/Snowman Wood Project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So a few months ago I saw <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/246120039/wooden-reversible-scarecrowsnowman" target="_blank">this</a> pinned all over the place and thought it was really cute. I decided I would make one for myself. Mine ended up being a lot bigger then hers but I love how it turned out. Here is my scarecrow side for the fall.<br />
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Here is my front porch for the winter. I love that I am able to get two seasons out of this decoration!!</div>
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I wanted to show you guys what I have done with my sled that my wonderful husband surprised me with restoring right <a href="http://onehotcrafty-mama.blogspot.com/2013/12/flexible-flyer-sled-restoration.html" target="_blank">here</a>. The Let it Snow sign I made last year using <a href="http://bubblynaturecreations.com/2013/12/diy-illuminated-canvas-sharpie-art.html" target="_blank">this tutorial</a>.Chelsea @ onehotcrafty-mama.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039371936319889563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470265873723959752.post-81511681642430849022015-12-14T08:00:00.000-05:002015-12-14T08:00:10.642-05:00Yearly Family Ornaments<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We have a tradition that every year we take a family picture in front of our Christmas tree. I decided that I needed to do something special with those pictures and have something that I can add to eat year. After brainstorming with my mom this is what I came up with. I bought the plastic clear ornaments and printed off our picture for each year, added a red bow and cut out green vinyl with the year.<br />
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Here is where I hung them up. I wanted some place a bit different then the tree to display them. Now whoever comes and visits they can see them right when they walk in the house.<br /><br />Chelsea @ onehotcrafty-mama.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039371936319889563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470265873723959752.post-66672537469109562342015-12-11T08:00:00.000-05:002015-12-11T08:00:05.304-05:00Believe Sign<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I saw a sign <a href="http://www.interiordesign-world.com/40-great-diy-decorating-suggestions-for-christmas-front-porch/" target="_blank">here</a> and I loved it so I thought I would try making it myself. I haven't had too much success making stencils and wood signs but I did this one differently and it turned out great!</div>
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After painting my board with chalk paint and letting it dry. I cut out my letters using vinyl, (after doing this and some more investigating I read that contact paper works great as well) then using the paint that I used as my base I painted the edges of the letters and let that dry to prevent the new color of paint from bleeding under the stencil. I then painted my stencil.<br />
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Here it is after I removed the stencil. I decided it was a bit too white, so I watered down some brown paint and rubbed it onto my board. I know there are many ways to make your board look older this is just what I did because it was what I had conveniently located.<br />
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I'm sorry the quality isn't the best, I took it from my phone quickly but I wanted to show you guys this year's Christmas ties. I was so excited when I found this fabric this year and my husband and my boys are loving them.<br />
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Here is the bulletin board. At the beginning of each month we glue a new square onto the board. With it being February now we have two squares but I took this picture last month. :) The kids are having fun trying to figure out what the picture is, some already know but we told them to keep it to themselves so the others can still figure it out. I can't wait to see it completely on the board.</div>
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