$12 Harvest Sign

I am so happy we are in the middle of this week - it has started off to be a doozy and I literally just wrote Monday and Tuesday off - both days were fails.

Anyway, this past weekend I finally finally finished a super easy project that I've been wanting to do for a couple of years now - pretty much ever since I saw this pin


I set off to Home Depot (sans kids!!) and picked out the best looking 1 x 10 board. I thought the height of 6ft was a tad too tall so I had them cut off 9 inches - just eyeballed the height I would want.

After my wood was cut, I headed over the paint section to get a sample of orange paint. I shocked myself and was able to pick out an orange color in 5 minutes! I ended up going with Peking Orange by Glidden.


This was all I needed for my project since the rest of stuff I had at home.


First, I stained the piece of wood super dark, jacobean to be exact. I let that dry then I painted on the orange. I used a brush because I wanted a weathered look, not a smooth look. I did two coats and was happy with how it looked.

 


For the letters, I pulled out my trusty silhouette portrait and got to work. I cut out each letter on a piece of cardstock and used that as my stencil.  I laid them out on the board and taped them down with painters tape and dabbed white paint (that I already had on hand) on with a foam brush.

  

 Once it dried, I sprayed the whole thing with a clear coat.

And then set it on our front stoop. So easy, so cheap and so cute!!!

This little project cost me just under $12 and I would say that's a win!

*linking up with Jessi's Deisgn for What's Hap-Pinning Wednesday