Painted Farmers Market Sign

I have this big open space on the wall in my kitchen, above the sliding door, that has been driving me crazy. I hate open wall space. I made a quick sign today and it was surprisingly easy!I had this cupboard door in my garage from a long-ago ReStore purchase. I gave it a couple of coats of Valspar's Crystal Aqua that I had on hand.

After that dried, I measured how big I wanted my letters, and cut it with my Silhouette out of vinyl. I used the Pottery Barn font, which I downloaded for free.
I removed the letters, since I was going to use the negative space as a stencil. Next, I used transfer tape to ensure it wouldn't get all tangled when I applied my stencil to the board. A tape measure is your friend when it comes to spacing.
I stenciled it with black paint. After that dried, I lightly sanded the whole sign to distress the letters, and edges of the board. Last, I LIGHTLY wiped on and off some antiquing glaze to age it a bit.
I WANTED it to look this way. ;)
Hopefully you can see the distressing in these outdoor pictures. I almost wanted to see through the black letters a bit.

It's now happily hung in it's new home above the sliding glass door in the kitchen.

Linking up to Beneath My Heart's "Best DIY Projects of March"

Cupboard Door Makeover

I bought this old cupboard door from ReStore awhile ago for two whole bucks! I knew I wanted to make a sign out of it, but not sure what. I finally started thinking about it again this week. I looked through my Silhouette software to read what free sayings there are. I dread picking words to go on walls. I guess I feel like I have to be married to them to put them on my wall or something, I don't know. I started out by just giving it a fresh coat of white spray paint. It was already white, but it was dirty. It had one hole drilled into it, so I thought I could use that to add a knob and then you'd never know.

I found these cute knobs half off at Hobby Lobby today! They were $1.50 each.

I decided I needed a touch of whimsy. My house doesn't really have any lighthearted, bright decor. Rainbow polka dot knobs are about as whimsy as I get. Ha ha. I like whimsy, I just don't know how to do it very well or make it fit in with my house.

I simply measured how far the first hole was from the edge, and drilled one to match on the other side. Then I measured in between both holes and divided it in two. Not rocket science, but better than guessing and making it lop sided! :)

The project total was: $2.00 door, $4.50 knobs. I already had the paint and vinyl. :)