DIY: Wood Sign Made With Stickers!
I love good quotes and I love wood signs, and I’ve always bought mine because, well, my handwriting is horrible with a paintbrush! Then while taking apart in my usual Pinterest addiction, I came across this amazing tutorial from Jennifer at Paisley Pink Polkadots. So, I took myself down to my favorite craft store and bought the following items:
1. Wood plaque
2. Letter Stickers (don’t be skimpy, better to have extra then run out!)
3. Paint
After I painted the sign white (will make letters white) I marked & measured so my letters would go on straight.
Make sure to press down the letters, otherwise paint will slip underneath.
Then I painted the whole sign. A little tip…less paint is more. With this sign, I painted to many layers and it seeped under the stickers. So with the sign I’m making now, I did a thin layer, which created a more shabby chic look!
After the paint had dried completely, I peeled each sticker off. I touched up some of the letters that the green paint had seeped onto with a little white paint.
After the touch ups dried, I sanded down the sign to roughen it up a bit and add a little a little character!
Then I added a little sparkle and glam, and ta-da!
Love spending time with my family, reading creative blogs and tackling a good project!
71 Comments
Shai Ben-Naphtali
18 Jan 2012 12:01 am
That’s a great idea!!! Thanks!
Mallory Hill
18 Jan 2012 09:01 am
Your very welcome! Have fun!
Jennifer
11 Jun 2012 07:06 am
Much cheaper than the vinyl lettering. Thank you for sharing!
Mallory Hill
12 Jun 2012 08:06 am
Your very welcome!
denise
11 Jun 2012 07:06 pm
where did you get your letter stickers? i love that font for these kinds of signs!
Mallory Hill
12 Jun 2012 08:06 am
I just picked some up at Hobby Lobby, or any other craft store in their scrapbooking department. Better yet, look in their clearance section!
Kathy
11 Jun 2012 10:06 pm
If you paint over the letters in the white paint first and let it dry before you paint the color you want your sign, any seepage will be the color you want it to be and your letters will be nice and crisp. Happy crafting!!
Mallory Hill
12 Jun 2012 08:06 am
That is a wonderful idea! thank you so much for sharing! I will try it for my next sign! The seepage drove me bonkers!
NameCheryl
13 Jun 2012 06:06 pm
I was going to give you the same hint! No touch ups will be needed!
Christole
12 Jun 2012 07:06 pm
What song is this my grandma used to sing it and I don’t know the rest of the words or what the song is!
Mallory Hill
14 Jun 2012 01:06 pm
It's from the movie Guys N Dolls, and The Andrews Sisters and Doris Day sang it also! Here's the link for the Doris Day version!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNjv1WDGxt8
NameNancy Lishka
07 Nov 2012 06:11 pm
I love you,
a bushel and a peck,
a bushel and a peck with a hug around the neck,
with a hug around the neck
I love you, yes I do..........
then it repeats with two hugs two pecks and on and on until you sing it a cabillion times......LOL
debra
13 Jun 2012 04:06 am
were do you get your stiker letters.
Mallory Hill
14 Jun 2012 01:06 pm
you can get the letter stickers at any craft store or even online! Tons to choose from!
debra
13 Jun 2012 04:06 am
were do you get the stiker leters
Tay
13 Jun 2012 08:06 pm
This is such a cute sign
is that quote from a song in Guys n Dolls?
Mallory Hill
14 Jun 2012 01:06 pm
Thank you! I think they might have sang it in Guys N Dolls, but it's something my mom and grandma used to sing to us kids!
Cheryl
14 Jun 2012 12:06 pm
Thank you for sharing…this is such an awesome idea and project!
Mallory Hill
14 Jun 2012 01:06 pm
Your very welcome! It's hard not to want to put these all over my house!
Aimee
14 Jun 2012 06:06 pm
Love this!!!! Thank you so much for sharing! Where did you get your wooden plague?
Mallory Hill
16 Jun 2012 08:06 pm
Thank you and your welcome!! I got it at Hobby Lobby, but I'm sure you could get them at any craft store!
Lias m
21 Jun 2012 02:06 pm
Was wondering if this process can be done using canvas?
Mallory Hill
21 Jun 2012 07:06 pm
Of course! It would probably even be easier on canvas since it's much more smooth than wood!
tara
30 Jun 2012 06:06 pm
What if you put a light coat of say, white paint first. Let dry then paint with the white and your color? Would the stickers peel up the paint or what? I am wanting to do this today or tomorrow and I’ve been worndering why. Thanks.
Mallory Hill
01 Jul 2012 08:07 pm
I don't have a picture of it, but I did paint the wood first with the off white paint. just make sure it is completely dry before applying the stickers! Have fun and share what you make! Love to see what others are creating!
Anne
02 Jul 2012 02:07 pm
With cute and clever projects like this, you would be an amazing consultant for Uppercase Living! I took a class using their grande flowers to upcycle old wooden chairs. Thanks for sharing this idea!
Chris Alstott
02 Jul 2012 08:07 pm
Hi Mallory!
Love your work. Have you tried using Uppercase Living vinyl lettering? You can apply it straight to your painted boards or to your wall or vehicle or mirror….you get the picture!
OR you can apply it to the board. Paint over it. After it dries peel off the letters. You won’t believe the clean lines!
Let me know if you would like some info! http://chrisa.uppercaseliving.net
LaCie
04 Jul 2012 11:07 am
Has anyone tried to use spray paint and peel
off the letters?
Jennifer
07 Jul 2012 10:07 am
why not just spray paint it instead of brushing on the paint?
Pauline MacLean
19 Jul 2012 09:07 pm
What a great idea and it turned out so nice .You are good .Have fun and keep up the great work !!Pauline
Mallory Hill
19 Jul 2012 09:07 pm
Thank you Pauline!
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Den
30 Jul 2012 06:07 pm
What is the font that you used? Its awesome
Mallory Hill
01 Aug 2012 09:08 pm
I'm not sure, I don't have the packaging anymore. sorry.
Brenda
15 Aug 2012 05:08 pm
I love this, this is what I have always told my granddaughters since they were babies and we still say it and the oldest are 19 & 17.
Mallory Hill
22 Aug 2012 09:08 pm
It's a great song, and it seems like a lot of grandma's and nana's sang this...I learned it from mine!
Mimi
09 Sep 2012 10:09 pm
Super Cute! I’m absolutely going to try this! Just thinking of the quote I want now. I pinned this! An idea for you would be to rename your images with your blog post title and the name of your blog so you get credit. =)
Mallory Hill
12 Sep 2012 08:09 pm
Thank you so much!! And thank you to for the credit idea, but I got this from a fellow crafter and don't want to take any credit for it! It's just fun to be crafty and share!
stephanie
14 Sep 2012 05:09 pm
OMG this is the easiest and best explained how to on this! i LOVE it and am going to create one of a few quotes I want around the house!
Mallory Hill
15 Sep 2012 12:09 pm
Thank you! I loved this tutorial and have made quite a few signs myself! They make great and easy gifts! Have fun crafting yours!
Tiffany
20 Sep 2012 04:09 am
I have never heard anyone else know this saying. I sing it to my baby all the time. My husbands grandfather started singing it to the baby and he would just laugh. It caught on.
Mallory Hill
20 Sep 2012 02:09 pm
Its a great one! My mom used to sing it to me, and her grandmother to her! Doris Day has a great version!
Alex Dionne
20 Sep 2012 09:09 pm
Could you do this with a canvas as well?
Mallory Hill
23 Sep 2012 12:09 pm
Canvas works great to! I have one on canvas and I love it!
Julie
23 Oct 2012 08:10 pm
What kind of paint did you use?
Mallory Hill
25 Oct 2012 01:10 pm
I just used an old acrylic I had laying around....any paint will work though!
Chelsea
18 Nov 2012 01:11 pm
Hi Mallory,
Thanks for this tutorial! I did it last night and it worked so well. I’m posting about it next week on my blog! I LOVE how my sign turned out! Thank you again!
Mallory Hill
27 Nov 2012 01:11 pm
Your very welcome! I'm so glad it turned out well!
Erin
24 Nov 2012 01:11 pm
I love this idea. Takes me back to when I was little and my mom used to sing this to my brother and I.
Mallory Hill
27 Nov 2012 01:11 pm
Thank you! It's a great song, and any reason to remember the good ol' days, is wonderful!
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Crystan
22 Dec 2012 08:12 am
How long did it take your paint to dry? Would it work if I used spray paint like rust-oleum?
Mallory Hill
01 Jan 2013 01:01 pm
Sorry it took me so long to get back to you Crystan! Holidays got busy around here! I let my paint dry over night and that seemed to be long enough. I'm sure spray paint would work great! Might even be better! Let me know how it turns out!
Courtney Holcomb
06 Jan 2013 09:01 pm
What kind o paint did you use? I want to try but don’t want any peeling.
Mallory Hill
07 Jan 2013 02:01 pm
I'm sure any paint would do, but I used Acrylic paint! As long as there is not to much paint layered on the sign, there shouldn't be any peeling.
Julia
24 Jan 2013 04:01 pm
I love your idea! I have a family member who wants a specific quote on a plaque and she can never find it. I might try this idea out.
Any ideas on how I can give the sign a country rustic look?
Mallory Hill
25 Jan 2013 04:01 pm
Thank you! and this is the perfect DIY for gifts! I would love to see your sign when you are finished!
To give it a country rustic look, I would paint it, and then use sandpaper to rough up the edges and sand away some of the paint, then you could stain it using coffee! Take a brewed cup of coffee and using a paint brush, paint the coffee over the dried paint....should give it a "dirty & old" look
Jenna
07 Feb 2013 01:02 pm
Love this idea! I’ve made a few so far. I put hooks on one and made it a key rack. Working on my next one for Valentine’s Day!
The boards can get expensive so I went to thrift store and bought some older boards and the ones that had stuff on them already I just primed and sanded before painting. Works great!
Mallory Hill
07 Feb 2013 05:02 pm
I love the hook idea! lol would be great for my keys since i'm always misplacing them! And I agree, signs/boards are ridiculously expensive...thrift stores are a great place to stock up!
Ann
12 Feb 2013 09:02 am
Such a beautiful idea ! Love it ! I will be visiting my local thrift store today !
Mallory Hill
13 Feb 2013 09:02 pm
Yay! Good luck with the Thrift store hunt and I'd love to see any signs you make!
Ursa
07 Mar 2013 07:03 am
OMG what a nice sign! And I always wondered how to get letters on a picture like that. Finally I know! Thank you very very much!
Mallory Hill
10 Mar 2013 09:03 pm
Thank you very much! They are such a blast to make and really are pretty easy! I could easily have these all over my house :)
Enjoy making your own!
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Melinda
08 Apr 2013 10:04 pm
Wow! I am SO glad I stumbled across this, I grew up with my grandfather singing this song (The Bushel and a Peck song) sadly he passed away a couple years ago, but this sign will be a great way to remember him at my wedding this Summer! Again, SOO glad I found this! Thank you!!
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17 Apr 2013 02:04 pm
Melinda, it was also a song my great grandmother used to sing...love it! And I love that you are incorporating it into your wedding! That will be so very special!!
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