Sign of Summer

Over the weekend I came across this typography word art on Pinterest.  It was created by Kristi of Barn Owl Primitives and offered as a free download/printable in her guest post at Thirty Handmade Days. 

Barn Owl Primitives via Thirty Handmade Days

I fell in love with the summery colors and typography and, of course, the little flags, so I decided to make it into a sign for my backyard.  


I downloaded the shabby version of the typography here. (It also comes in a version with a plain white background here.) Then I printed it out on my inkjet printer. 


I primed an old piece of plywood I had laying around.

Then painted it with some homemade chalk paint tinted with a bit of green and yellow acrylic craft pain. 

When the paint was dry, I used mod podge to glue the print to the board and smoothed out the bubbles. 

 I used a sanding block to distress both the print and the board after it was dry again. 

 Then waxed the whole thing, including the print, with dark wax. When the dark wax was dry, I buffed it and applied another coat of light wax, drying and buffing again. 

I couldn't find a picture hanger, so I just leaned the sign against the deck railing.

Digging through the junk drawer the next day, I came across an ornament hook, so I stapled it on the back of the sign for a hanger. (No one's ever called me a perfectionist!)

Worked like a charm!

I love my new little sign of summer. 

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