Flowers EVERYWHERE Directional Garden Sign
July 31, 2016
I just finished stenciling the second directional sign I purchased last weekend at the local occasional shop sale.
Here the signs were last weekend. Base coated in brown paint but not decorated or stenciled.
Here is directional sign #1.
The first sign had a steel rod stake in the bottom so it could be poked into a flower bed, flower pot or just in the lawn. This sign is quite a bit heavier so my husband made this stand out of 2 x 4's. The sign just slips into the square hole created by the stand. Later he clipped the top corners off to make the stand look more finished. (See photo 1 in the post)
I am using an old plastic tablecloth for a painting drop cloth!
If you want to make your own Flowers Everywhere directional sign, the materials list is as follows:
1. Top sign 7" x 24" x 1" board.
2. 1" square board for signpost.
3. 8 - 13 1/2" x 2 5/16" pickets.
4. 4 - 2" x 4" x 16" boards for the base.
5. Wood screws.
I painted this sign with Painter's Touch white flat paint, and stenciled it with *Old Sign Stencils Market Extensions.
Since the flower stencil didn't have an "S" at the end, I lined up the "Farmers" stencil and added the "S". The arrow is from the Getaway Collection.
Since the directional arrows were quite narrow, hardly any of my stencils worked, so I decided it may be fun to make them all arrows pointing to FLOWERS in my yard. I think it's quite fitting!
*Old Sign Stencils provided me with complimentary samples.
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As always, another amazing project! I really want to try to do some stenciling very soon. Yours are so nicely done! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteCute, cute, cute!!
ReplyDeleteJudy
I was excited to see this project because I've been planning something similar. We have 3 sons who live in 3 different states with their growing families. I stenciled their names on an arrow with the driving miles to their houses. (Think of the sign on M*A*S*H) We've set up the post and are ready to point the arrows in the directions to their homes. This post has been most helpful.
ReplyDeleteVery cute, Carlene! I bought a wooden Welcome sign recently with a sunflower on the top of the post and the welcome sign on a small board nailed on the post below the sunflower. I am still deciding what I want to do to it to fix it up. The post is kind of a grass green and the sunflower yellow, of course. I think I want to paint the post something else and use a darker yellow-orange for the sunflower and glue some dark beads or seeds in the center to represent the sunflower seeds. The welcome sign, I don't know yet.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, thanks for showing what you did with the directional flower signs in your yard. They are a great idea!
Amazing DIY! I love the concept! You are so right, flowers are everywhere!
ReplyDeleteYour garden sign is very beautiful ♥
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