Handpainted Cottage Sign

I can't get enough of the handpainted-sign craze.

The fun thing about these is that you can make them say whatever you want.  For this one, I chose "Cottage."  Who doesn't want to live in a quaint little cottage, right?

I actually found this board at my house. No idea where it came from. I guess that's the kind of life I live.....

I sanded it down nice and smooth and painted it "warm white."  I printed out my letters in a font I liked, cut them out, and traced them on the board with a pencil, like so....

I also cut out some pretty scrapbook and Mod Podged each end of the board.

I used a tiny paint brush to slowly fill in the letters:

I used my finger to smear a little black paint on the edges to give it more character.

Welcome to the cottage!


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