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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Garden Signs

I have been extremely busy with family events, a few days out of town, home renovations, working on orders and attending the local Farmers' Market!

Last year I made a sign with a watering can on it, so I thought I'd make a cut out watering can this time.

I found the shape on line as clip art and blew it up to a size I could cut out and make a sign out of.


I used my jigsaw to cut the shape out of plywood and then stained it and used the vaseline technique which stops the top coat of paint from adhering wherever you put the vaseline.



I top-coated with white paint and then hand painted "Garden" as well as an arrow in black.  At the bottom I used Mod Podge to decoupage on a pretty rose from The Graphics Fairy.

This watering can is 15 3/4" wide x 11 3/4" high and available at my For Sale page

This is the sign I made last year and sold a few weeks ago at the Farmers' Market:


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14 comments:

  1. UnknownJuly 10, 2012 at 8:19 PM

    Both the cut out and the sign are great, Julie. Hoping you are enjoying your summer.

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  2. Rosemary@villabarnesJuly 10, 2012 at 9:03 PM

    Love the watering can sign.

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  3. gail@My Repurposed LifeJuly 10, 2012 at 9:50 PM

    I love the watering can sign too! :) it's adorable!

    gail

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  4. ErikaJuly 11, 2012 at 11:38 AM

    Simple but yet beautiful sign Julie, I love it.

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  5. AnonymousJuly 11, 2012 at 9:28 PM

    Great idea, however already sold some of my extra water cans, darn!

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  6. Dee ⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️July 13, 2012 at 9:58 AM

    It's an adorable sign.

    Dee

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  7. thistlewoodfarmJuly 13, 2012 at 12:15 PM

    You are really talented! I love this sign and the ones in your ETSY shop are really nice! Thanks for the inspiration!

    blessings,
    karianne

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  8. Denise @English Purple RibbonJuly 13, 2012 at 1:17 PM

    Hi Julie! Your sign is just darling! Denise

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  9. AnonymousJuly 16, 2012 at 1:38 PM

    What a great project and it looks terrific!

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    1. Julie @ followyourheartwoodworkingJuly 18, 2012 at 8:29 AM

      David you are still a "no-reply" comment blogger so I can't email you to thank you for your kind words!

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  10. very merry vintage styleJuly 17, 2012 at 6:54 PM

    Very cute! Love that graphic. Thanks for linking up to Share the Love Wednesday!
    Mary

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  11. UnknownJuly 17, 2012 at 10:04 PM

    That is so cute! You did a great job! :) Love your blog... I'm your newest follower. :)

    ~Liz

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    1. Julie @ followyourheartwoodworkingJuly 18, 2012 at 8:28 AM

      I'm not sure if you will see this, Liz, but you are a "no-reply" commenter so I can't email you. I have a sign similar to this that is teapot shaped that I will post soon. After visiting your pretty blog I think that you might like it.

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  12. UnknownJuly 29, 2012 at 9:07 PM

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I appreciate all your comments, they keep me blogging! I like to personally reply to each comment I receive but many of you are "no-reply commenters" which means your email address is not connected to your comment. If that is the case I cannot directly reply, sorry.