Free Showings Daily

It feels like I started working on this sign forever ago. It kept getting put on hold while I tended to other things, but I'm finally calling it "done" - well, sort of - maybe - for now anyway. 

Yeah, we'll just see about that.

I used the transfer method where you print out the reversed image/words, place the paper where you want it, get it just slightly wet and burnish the image onto the surface, as I have done before.

On this one, I started out thinking it would just be a sign with black letters, but it was way too plain and uninteresting. I had to mess with the colors as I went and figure out what I wanted by trial and error, creating the right shades of colors by mixing paints together.

At this stage I still had "Sunrise" and "Sunset" in black, but it was too dull so I painted "Sunrise" in the only yellowish paint I had which was actually cream, and "Sunset" in an orange I mixed up. I repainted "Free Showings Daily" several times trying to get it light or bright enough. This shot was from when the sign was in it's more raspberry phase (which shows well in this picture, but it didn't show up from a distance when I had the sign hung in the house). The color wasn't bright enough and the wood was just too brown. Even though I highlighted the letters with white, there wasn't enough contrast for it to pop. 

The wood was a piece of fence I picked up from someone's trash pile and has a great weathered quality to it. I realized too late that I should have washed some watery white paint across it first. It would have made for a lot less repainting as I tried to get the colors to show up. Lesson learned. If I did this again, it would likely be a much quicker process. The figuring out is what takes all the time.

The lighter pink doesn't seem to show up well in this photo, but indoors it's more visible. I may try to find another brighter raspberry color and repaint it one more time.

So it goes, and on I go to clearing out, cleaning up and finishing up as many other projects before Thanksgiving as I can!

My plan now is to do at least one small project a night. Wish me well on that front, because with it getting dark earlier now, it's gonna be tough. I don't have much gumption after dark. My desire to work tends to fade with the sunlight.

What about you, were you happy for daylight savings time to end or do you long for extended sunlight? Whether you enjoy the rising and setting sun early or late, the shows are free every day! Why not get out there and enjoy what God has created for you to richly enjoy!

I'll be sharing my sign at:

Saturday Nite Special @ Funky Junk Interiors
Wow Us Wednesdays @ Savvy Southern Style
Cowgirl Up @ Cedar Hill Ranch