A Diamond in the Stuff » » vinyl stencil http://adiamondinthestuff.com Thu, 13 Aug 2015 17:36:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.4 DIY Window Frame Art http://adiamondinthestuff.com/2015/05/diy-window-frame-art.html http://adiamondinthestuff.com/2015/05/diy-window-frame-art.html#respond Fri, 01 May 2015 12:00:11 +0000 http://adiamondinthestuff.com/?p=3800  

DIY Window Frame Art | A Diamond in the Stuff

A couple weeks ago I created a Window Frame Wood Art piece that I just loved! Making it opened up a lot of ideas and possibilities when it came to old window with missing or broken glass. I have made so many different things with old windows and I’m always looking for new and fresh things to do with them! I feel in love with the idea of using the old windows as “frames” and creating one of a kind DIY Window Frame Art.

DIY Window Frame Art | A Diamond in the Stuff

For this beautiful window art I created a vinyl stencil using my Silhouette to design and cut. I stenciled the wording onto a thin piece of stained plywood and attached the wood to the window. Pretty simple. Now working with a stencil that big wasn’t so simple, but man was it worth it.

DIY Window Frame Art | A Diamond in the Stuff

I don’t have an actual tutorial for you today but you can find my technique HERE. With this window though, I decided not to paint it and leave it with all it’s chippy goodness. I did clear coat it though to seal in the chippiness. The wording was down with two colors of chalk paint and my vinyl stencil.

DIY Window Frame Art | A Diamond in the Stuff

I made this one for the last show I did with A Diamond in the Stuff Boutique and of course it sold. I had a hard time even putting in my booth to sell and I had a hard time watching it walk away. But I knew it was going to a new home with someone who loved it! Doesn’t get much better than that!!!

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Earlier this week I shared a cool salvage project. Before you leave, make sure you check it out!

Yard Stick Serving Tray | A Diamond in the Stuff

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DIY Kitchen {FOOD} Signs http://adiamondinthestuff.com/2014/01/diy-kitchen-food-signs.html http://adiamondinthestuff.com/2014/01/diy-kitchen-food-signs.html#comments Wed, 29 Jan 2014 11:00:35 +0000 http://adiamondinthestuff.com/?p=2695  

DIY Kitchen Food Signs

We have been in our new home going on 5 months now and I am still putting the finishing touches on things. I keep kicking myself for it not being “finished” but on the other hand I know that it takes time to completely settle into a new home. During the past few months I’ve also been busy crafting for others, shows, and my new booth. So every now and then I am squeezing in some crafting for myself. I finally completed our bookcase and got our last boxes unpacked; the next thing on the list was finishing my kitchen decor.

Here’s how I made my DIY Kitchen Food Signs…..

DIY Kitchen Food Signs

There are some large spaces above our kitchen cabinets that were just begging for some decor. I attempted to put some random stuff up there….but it ended up cheapening the look of the kitchen and cabinetry. It just didn’t feel right. I decided that I wanted more of a streamlined unified look. So I decided to create my own kitchen decor.

We had a scrap 1×6 board out in the garage that I knew would be perfect. I just measured it out and decided what I wanted my 4 sign lengths to be. Since my cabinets were two different sizes I ended up making the signs two different lengths.

DIY Kitchen Food Signs

I went back and forth between wanting to paint the boards or stain them. In the end I decided to grab some dark stain that I had and use it on the boards. I used some Minwax stain in Espresso Satin.

DIY Kitchen Food Signs

After a couple coats of the wood stain (and dry time) I cut out some vinyl with my silhouette. Instead of weeding out the “negative” part of the vinyl and keeping the “positive”, I kept the negative to use as a stencil. I placed the vinyl on the wood signs using some transfer tape. I wanted to try and prevent as much paint bleeding as possible, so I used some Mod Podge first on the vinyl stencil.

DIY Kitchen Food Signs

Then I used some craft paint on the stencil once the Mod Podge was dry. I used some Buttermilk paint because I wanted it to look aged and not crisp white. When that was dry it was time to remove the vinyl. Now I’m gonna be honest with you….sometimes projects go exactly as planned and sometimes they don’t. When they go wrong they either go horribly wrong and the whole thing is a wash OR they end up actually being better because of it. In this instance the mistake made things better.

For some reason when I went to remove the vinyl the paint started coming up with it. Especially in the corners. I had to push the paint back down to even get the vinyl started. At first I was terrified that the whole thing was ruined. However as I continued to peel the vinyl off most of the lettering was sticking to the sign with only little bits getting pulled off. So what I had in the end were some distressed looking lettering. Which is what I really wanted anyway.

DIY Kitchen Food Signs

I sprayed the signs with some matte clear spray to finish them off. Once they were dry I pulled out the trusty ole step stool and popped these babies on top of the cabinets. I placed the two smaller signs over the two skinnier cabinets and the larger signs over the larger cabinets.

DIY Kitchen Food Signs

In the closeups you can see some of the letter variations and “flaws”. *love*

DIY Kitchen Food Signs

The faux greenery was purchased at Michael’s using coupons. I wanted to keep things simple on top of  cabinets, so I added the greenery to all of the cabinets in hopes of keeping things looking unified. I like the color and texture that they add up there.

DIY Kitchen Food Signs

For the words I ended up going with Milk, Eggs, Sugar, and Flour. I liked the idea of using very basic and simple words for the signs. Almost with the idea that they very well could of been salvaged signs used in an old market. Words that invoked homey thoughts of gathering and baking together in the kitchen.

DIY Kitchen Food Signs

It may just be me but I feel like they are an awesome mix of vintage and sophistication. Maybe that’s not the best word….but I just feel like they all look so polished and nice up there.

DIY Kitchen Food Signs

I really can’t lie. I kinda love them.

DIY Kitchen Food Sign

Ok now for a question…..would you add another sign above the pantry? Or leave well enough alone?

Thanks for checking out my DIY Kitchen Food Signs, I’d love to hear what you think!!!

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