My Sweet Things

Wedding planning involves a whole lot of details. It’s the small details that can up that cuteness factor. I am all about upping the cuteness factor! I used my favorite site, Pinterest to save wedding details that I happened upon while helping to plan my son’s wedding.  I am a huge fan of Pinterest! If you have not heard of it yet, let me tell you that it’s a fantastic virtual pinboard. Pinboards can be used for planning events, home inspiration, recipe collections and so much more. If you would like to check out some of my wedding inspiration, click here!

During one of my wedding inspiration searches, I came across a sweet blog named It’s the Little Things. Karla created a terrific wedding direction sign. I also found a wedding site called Aisle with Style who also shared a post on wedding direction signs. These two sites inspired me to create one! My son’s wedding took place at Hampton Park Gazebo and I thought a direction sign would come in handy to lead family and friends from the parking lot to the Gazebo.

I bought six, 10 inch pre-cut wood pieces and white craft paint from Jo-Ann’s Craft Store. You can see some of the pieces I purchased above. (The long stick with the pointy end was not used in this project.) The wood pieces cost less than two dollars a piece as I shopped during one of Jo-Ann’s half off sales.

A quick painting tip! Place your brushes in a plastic bag when working with painting projects that will have a delay paint time between them. I started painted one evening and finished the next day. The brush was still soft, moist and good to go!

I also picked up two, 3 foot long sticks of wood from Jo-Ann’s. The bottoms were flat and I needed to have them pointed at the end to drive into the ground.

A chisel, hammer, and a cute husband to the rescue!

All done!

I painted two coats of the white craft paint on the long sticks.

I used my Circut Expression Machine with the Calligraphy Collection Cartridge to cut out the letters.  I glued them with Scotch Quick Drying Tacky Glue. The precision tip on the applicator is helpful when gluing the smaller printed pieces. I used Mod Podge as a clear coat, and I applied it over the entire surface of the boards to seal them.

I used Liquid Nails to adhere the boards to the long stick. They held up really well but during the car transit, one of the boards was jostled in the back of the car and it popped off. Luckily I had packed the liquid nails with me to fix it.

Tada! Here it is! I made two signs since the walk from the parking was not a straight shot to the Gazebo. One sign was place by the parking lot, and the other was placed at the left turn taken leading to the wedding ceremony.

I am super happy with the results! Thanks again to Karla from It’s the Little Things and Aisle with Style for the inspiration and I hope my sweet sign inspires you too!

I will be linking to some great parties this week. Stop by, join the party, and be inspired!

Serenity Now, WhipperBerry

It’s all good. ~ Donna

Saturday was a sweet day. My husband was at a disc golf tournament all day and I had the house all to myself. I have quite a few projects on my craft list, but I came across a cute printable that the terrific Kiki (AKA kiki creates) shared. Thanks to Kiki, I added a new project to the top of my list.

I pulled out two picture frames that I picked up at the thrift store a few months ago. I had spray painted them gloss white, and then I had issues with the paint cracking so I set them to the side to work with later.

You can see the cracking here. I usually do not have this problem with spray paint. It could have been the humidity or my lack of dry time between coats. Anyhoo, I had tried sanding down the area and repainting, but it did not work. I was left with crackles. I thought I would use burlap to cover the area, but it did not work as well as I would have liked. I had a hard time getting the burlap cut to fit all around the opening, and I thought perhaps a color pop would be nice, so I pulled out a few more goodies to try.

The prints had touches of yellow and orange in them, so I found some ribbon and snipped and glued and….

Love. This sweet sits in my office.

This sweet sits on my bookcase in my living room. Thanks to Kiki for sharing her talents. Be Happy. Be Awesome. Oh, and I must share that my husband won 2nd place in his tournament!

It’s all good. ~ Donna