I just love Fall and all the colors that come with it! The burnt oranges, rustic burgundys’, olive greens and metallics adorn my home the entire Fall season! It’s so much fun to create your own Fall decor to enjoy! Today I’m going to share with you how I created a simple Autumn sign!
If you’ve been following along with my blog for awhile, you have probably seen a couple of these type of signs before! I just love making them because they’re so simple, affordable and cute! You will use at total of 12 shims for this project. Begin by laying two horizontally and start gluing the shims one by one until completed. I broke of the ends of a few of mine just to add some character! I painted the shims a beautiful, warm color: Valspar Coral Gable Biltmore Mediterranean Carmel. I gave it a good two coats and let dry completely.
I sketched out by hand my pumpkin and font design. I began to fill in the pumpkin using clear craft glue and sprinkling with gold glitter evenly. While that was drying I filled in my stem with brown craft paint and traced the penciled wording with black craft paint, let dry.
The first time I held up my sign to view, some of the loose glitter fell onto the, still wet, lettering creating an awesome glittery effect! I couldn’t be more happy with that oopsie 🙂
To complete this project, cut a shim in half and glue together at (about) a 45 degree angle. This creates a sturdy backing! And voila, an adorable custom sign just like that!
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How cute and creative! Looks awesome!
Thanks so much Laurie!
Such a cute project, it looks perfect there ~ Lisa
Thank you Laurie! It’s the perfect little touch of sparkle 😉
I love the sparkly pumpkin! Very pretty front porch! Thanks so much for sharing and pinning – have a happy Monday!
You’re awesome Cindy, thank you so much for stopping by and sharing kind words to start my week 😉
This is such a cute idea! I am pinning this and then heading to my hubby’s woodshop tomorrow.
Thanks so much Jen <3
Love the glittery sign….very creative! Now I know what I can do with all those paint stir sticks! LOL
Thank you!! Re-use, re-purpose right?!! Thanks for stopping by!
Love simple + customizable projects like these. I’m going to have to pick up some wood shims!
Yes Corinna, it’s great what you can create!!
Great idea using the shims. And anything with glitter has to be awesome, right? 😉 Thanks for sharing! Stop by my Friday’s Five Features and link up this post (and others)! diy-vintage-chic.blogspot.com/2013/09/fridays-five-features-no-9.html
Thanks so much Becca <3
cute!
Thank you 😉
Just wanted to let you know that you were featured on my blog! Thanks so much for sharing at The Scoop!…hugs…Debbie
http://confessionsofaplateaddict.blogspot.com/2013/09/pumpkins-15-ways-from-scoop.html
Fantastic, thank you so very much!!
Great job! Don’t forget to link up to The DIY’ers. http://homecomingmn.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-diyers-30.html
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