Twinkle Twinkle little seahorse :)

I made some fabulous art for the bathroom out of pallet pieces!!

First, I butted them up together and glued them with wood glue.  I used boxes of tile as "clamps" and totally forgot to take a pic of this step! 

Then I stained it with some stain I had in the garage:

Remember my inspiration for the front bathroom?  I had this seahorse:

I copied it into the paint program and split it into quadrants to draw it.

Then took some chalk and outlined the seahorse on my pallet wood:

Then filled it in with white paint!

I love my seahorse :)

Plus it's total cost ZERO DOLLARS!!

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My new (to me) Coffee Sign coffee table!

My post yesterday gave you a teaser for what I've been up to....they are done now :)
I found these tables by someone's trash and scored me some "Road Kill."
They looked like this at first:

After some light sanding and a coat of oil based primer (Which has the most awful smell ever-definitely do this in a well-ventilated area!) and 3 coats of white paint they looked like this:

I chose this sign to paint on the top of it:

I needed an large oval on it to start the sign, I have a mirror that worked perfectly.

Then I traced around it, then made the lines from the sign with some wood stain.  After that I painted the Oval in with red paint.

I had to make the angle on the Community Coffee right, so I taped some yarn as guidelines for keeping it straight. 

Waiting while each coat dries was torturous!!  So, I distressed the legs and side.

Then I put the final coat of white over the words.  A few sprays of clear coat later and they look like this:

I love it!  I think I am going to put some glaze over the top of it eventually, but as for now this was a free project!  Had the charcoal paint from a project in Morgan's room, the red was from the front door, the white from countless other projects, the stain and clear coat from re-staining some chairs I sanded down.

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Make your life beautiful!
-Kari

An Ode to PB-Pottery Barn Knock-Off Belgium Train Signs

Oh Pottery Barn how I long for thee,
I want your items, but it can't be,
I can make them for a fraction of the price,
They're not exact, but still very nice!

Update

I added some rope to my signs 

from my original post! 

 

These signs were soooo cute!!  I saw the pics and love love loved them!!

This is what theirs looks like:

And here is mine:

Mine cost $4!!!  The silly twig wreath was made from an old 8x10 pic frame, hot glue, zip ties, and twigs from my yard :)

  The twig wreath took a dive while I was puttying the cracked drywall and putting the rope up! :(

Make your like beautiful!  :)
-Kari