Spring and Easter
Welcome Spring with These Two Easy Signs
The thought of warmer weather always inspires me to create. Dollar Tree stores are full of spring things now and, naturally, I brought a few of them home with me. If you’re ready for warmer weather, welcome spring with these two easy signs.
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Products from this post that you can find on Amazon
- unfinished wood panel boards
- scalloped edge wood signs
- mini wood alphabet letters
- small wood bunny shapes
- floral napkins
- laser cut wood shapes
- floral water bottle stickers
Happy Spring
Supplies Used:
- 6 1/2″ square sign (Dollar Tree)
- “Happy Spring” napkins (Dollar Tree)
- small wood bunny shape (Dollarama)
- butterfly wood shape (on hand)
- tacky glue (on hand)
- glue stick
- sandpaper or emery board (on hand)
This green sign is one I had in my stash. I like these ones from Dollar Tree because you can remove the backing like a picture frame. The circular design on the napkins had me thinking “sign” immediately I saw them.
The wood bunny is from a package of assorted pre-painted ones I found at Dollarama and the butterfly laser cut wood shapes can be found at Dollar Tree. I had painted this one for another idea, but never used it.
Naturally, the first thing to do is to remove the frame’s backing and paint over the existing lettering. I used two coats of white acrylic paint.
I cut out one square of the 2-ply napkin and separated the top layer from the bottom one.
I was going to use Mod Podge for this but ended up just using a glue stick on the painted surface.
Then, I positioned the pattern in the centre of the backing. Using a glue stick gave me the ability to carefully reposition the napkin, as needed. Then I carefully smoothed it with my fingers.
To trim the excess napkin, I used an emery board I had on hand. A small piece of sandpaper would work, as well. You just drag it in a downward motion along the edges of the sign and the overhanging pieces come away easily.
After replacing the backing into the frame, this is how it looks, so far. I love the way the colour of the frame complements the green in the napkin.
I glued the wood bunny to the bottom, right-hand side of the frame. You can use hot glue, but I found that tacky glue holds these light pieces just as well.
The wood butterfly, which I had previously painted orange, was glued to the top left-hand side of the frame. The orange colour matches the same colour in the napkin.
Here’s the finished sign, hung on the wall.
You can also just sit in on a shelf or elevate it on a candleholder, as I’ve done here. I’m quite pleased with the way this sign turned out.
Hello Sunshine
Supplies Used:
- scalloped edged sign approximately 7×5″ (Dollar Tree)
- white acrylic paint (on hand)
- yellow acrylic paint (on hand)
- floral stickers (Dollar Tree)
- small wood word stickers (Dollar Tree)
I liked this small wood sign with the scalloped edges that I found at Dollar Tree.
I gave it two coats of white acrylic paint.
I’ve never seen water bottle stickers before but I loved these raised floral stickers and new they would look great on my sign.
When I came across these wood word stickers, I knew I could make good use of them, too.
I painted the wood words “hello” and “sunshine” with daffodil yellow acrylic paint. I found one coat to be enough.
After positioning the words on the sign, I added some of the floral stickers around them. I found it necessary to add a little extra glue to the back of the larger sticker.
I really like the way this little sign turned out. Bright and sunny, like a spring day!
Similar Products You Can Find on Amazon:
- unfinished wood panel boards
- scalloped edge wood signs
- mini wood alphabet letters
- small wood bunny shapes
- pink blossom napkins
- laser cut wood shapes
- floral water bottle stickers
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