Hand Painted Kitchen Sign Board- Tutorial (Guest Post)

Hi, friends! I’m Kristi from ishouldbemoppingthefloor. I dabble {and am *slightly* obsessed with} all things domestic, DIY and crafty! I was tickled when Hani invited me over for a guest post. This is my first guest post…ever! Hope you all enjoy this little number I put together just for the Craftionary peeps!

 

DIY Painted Kitchen Sign

 

 

I’ve got a trick to show you to transfer any saying from plain old printer paper to wood.

{And how to “fancy” it up with sandpaper & love}.

 

You could also use vinyl for this, but probably couldn’t rough it up as much!

 

Painted Kitchen Sign Tutorial

 

I started with an old piece of wood…thinking it was from a shorter fence by the nail-markings.

 

I painted it with a lovely shade of “Bimini Blue” in an acrylic paint.

 

 

To create my “wordy fun”, I measured the sign and created a document in that size in Photoshop Elements. I tile printed it to keep my dimensions in tact.

{You could easily do this in any word-processing document…just keep in mind the dimensions of your sign and print as many sheets as you’ll need to cover it!}

 

BTW, this says “The French Market”, I used Google’s Translator to make sure I had it right.

(apparently four years of French class waaaaaay back in high school got me nowhere. C’est
fou.)

 

 After printing & trimming the edges, I used painter’s tape to adhere it to my sign.

 

And then…{my little trick from my college days}, trace your words with a fine tipped pen. Press fairly hard so you can make an indention into the wood through the paper.

 

Whoops…I had to leave off the fancy French doo-hickey. Size-wise, I wanted the tall letters to not be too high on the sign.

 

After you’ve pulled off your paper, you’ll see the grooves your pen left.

 

For an extra-measure {and because my 30-something-year-old eyes aren’t what they used to be}, I outline the letters with a pencil directly on the wood.

 

Then I fill in my letters with plain black acrylic paint. The grooves from the pen help the paint stay within the letter’s perimeters. (You can see that some of my paint was pulled off by the tape…that’s fine since I messed her up with some sand paper later!)

 

After the letters were completely dry, I went a little crazy with the palm sander.

 

My husband drilled three holes in the back for hanging it.

 

 And there she is!

 

(Although a wee-bit crooked in this photo), this is where she went in my breakfast area.

 

 

~The French Market~

 

 

Thanks Kristi. I love the hand painted kitchen sign. It looks fantastic in French.

 
Check out her cute blog for amazing projects like:

 

Bathroom Makeover

 

No Sew Faux Roman Shades

 

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12 responses to “Hand Painted Kitchen Sign Board- Tutorial (Guest Post)”

1. Shatzi @ Love and Laundry says:

   May 15, 2012 at 3:42 pm

   I love it!! Such a cool technique.

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2. Doreen says:

   May 15, 2012 at 7:49 pm

   Very beautiful sign! I love the French wording, especially since we just got back from Paris! I already subscribe to Kristi's blog (love her ideas) as well as Craftionary. So much inspiration! I've pinnned this sign. http://pinterest.com/dozeedo/my-style/
   I create altered art. Hope you come by for a visit at altered-artworks.blogspot.com
   I'll make some tea…

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3. Nicole Estes says:

   May 15, 2012 at 9:01 pm

   Very cool sign and such an awesome tutorial! Thanks for sharing 🙂

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4. Shelia says:

   May 15, 2012 at 10:15 pm

   Kristi you did a great job. It is so nice to read your guest post. Blessings,Shelia

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5. DULCESOBREMESA says:

   May 16, 2012 at 6:40 am

   What a great tutorial! Thank you Hani and Kristi!

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6. traditionalpainter says:

   May 16, 2012 at 9:46 am

   Found this tutorial via twitter, very cool. It is fascinating how techniques have changed. As a painting craft apprentice back in the day we used to use an epidiascope which was like a projector to beam designs onto surfaces. Then we would pencil the lines straight onto the wall etc, dodging the light. Now print it out and trace. That's progress.

   Another approach where you can use literally any piece of timber (new, varnished or waxed) and know the basic paint layers wont ever deteriorate or lift disastrously, is to use chalk paint and then distress and wax the finished job, or varnish it for exteriors. cheers.

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7. Marilyn Clark says:

   May 18, 2012 at 6:24 pm

   Love this….you are such a creative lady! 😀

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10. Cindy says:

    June 17, 2015 at 9:58 am

    LOVE this!

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11. Kim says:

    November 19, 2015 at 4:05 pm

    Once I’m in Photoshop elements where to I go to do a document…can’t seem to find the right spot.? It keeps wanting a pic to work with.

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    • Hani Shabbir says:

      November 22, 2015 at 4:05 pm

      Hi there, I am not really sure, this is a guest post you can ask the guest poster by going to her blog and contacting her. Hope that helps!

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