After months of feeling like this former floor lamp was mocking me, I finally figured out what it wanted to be! A Welcome Porch Post! Lots of tips and tricks that I learned along the way, including how NOT to mix up homemade chalk paint. Yikes!
How to make a tall outdoor We Are Thankful sign out of reclaimed lumber. This is an easy afternoon project that will make you smile every time you see it. It’s the perfect reminder that we should be thankful for what we have.
Sometimes I make myself laugh out loud. I am far from perfect and make the same silly mistakes that you may make on your projects. Just remember to laugh at yourself and not take it too serious. That’s the case in this JOY wooden spindle sign I made for Christmas.
Mindi is sharing a fabulous tutorial of how to make a planked wood sign using scraps with the phrase “Dance in the Rain”. Mindi always give great tips and you’re sure to learn something.
You guys! I’m so excited to share these easy scrap molding signs with you! Sometimes projects are accidental around My Repurposed Life! While cleaning the garage out, I found a couple of small pieces of molding that I just couldn’t get rid of. I’m not sure what kind of molding this is. I don’t think…
A free, damaged headboard gets a new chance after a little sawing and painting. I rarely throw anything away or turn down free stuff from neighbors. This was one of those cases where I said yes, but was wondering what I was going to do with this damaged particle board headboard.
This is it! The last piece of the free furniture from my neighbor! The headboard has been repurposed into a sign for my kitchen! I love, love, love how it turned out. I hope you do to.
I’m sharing a step by step picture tutorial of how to make an easy pallet sign. Lots of tips about my favorite products for making an easy project to help decorate a coffee lover’s kitchen.
While perusing some magazines, I saw a picture of Joanna Gaines’ kitchen during the holidays and fell in love with the Fixer Upper star’s Christmas Trees For Sale sign. I filed it away in my memory as well as snapping a picture with my phone and uploading it to a secret Pinterest board. …
How to make a Bless The Food Before Us sign using reclaimed, weathered fence boards. This step by step tutorial will tell you how to build, paint, frame and stencil this extra large handmade sign.
Today, I’m going to share some more of the last minute repurposed cabinet door projects that I took to Glendale 2015, an easy welcome sign. *this post contains affiliate links* Painting cabinet doors and any other projects are so easy with my Homeright Finish Max and my favorite DIY chalky paint primer. After mixing…
I love making stuff out of cabinet doors, and it doesn’t get any easier than paint and stenciling this Happy Fall Y’all sign! While I was getting stuff ready for Glendale 2015, I was sort of on a painting frenzy, grabbing lots of cabinet doors from my stash. I painted them all black with…
Hey, MRL fans, it’s Angie from Knick of Time back with a DIY project that does double-duty as a farmer’s market sign and a fruit and vegetable holder! One of my favorite sources of inspiration for DIY projects are wedding blogs. Some people go ALL OUT for their weddings and have professional stylists put the event…
Who doesn’t love hanging out on the porch with friends, family and a cold drink? I know I love sitting outdoors when the weather permits visiting with neighbors. Recently my neighbor’s niece asked me to make her a porch sign. Her son saw one on Pinterest and she loved it. I think it originated from…
My cousin Terry recently helped me with a small DIY project. What did she ask for in return? A rustic fence sign that says There’s Always, Always, Always, Something to be Thankful For.
I have a great tutorial for you today, showing you how to trace graphics in the Silhouette Studio. After you convert the image, cut it out of vinyl for a variety of uses. I love using images from The Graphics Fairy. Did you see my printing on fabric post? I recently saw a project from…
Hi! I’m Susan and I blog about decorating, organizing and home and life improvement at LivingRichonLess.com. I originally met Gail at the Haven Conference two years ago and, in case you didn’t already know, she is a genuinely sweet, caring person both online and in real life. And since she’s still working on…
a We recently had a family reunion at my cousin’s son’s house. He and his wife bought a fixer upper last fall. They’ve been working on it ever since. But things really became rushed as time neared for our annual family reunion. Scooter (his childhood nickname) and his wife Alicia agreed to host the reunion…
Today I’m going to share some recent signs I’ve made. As I prepare for Glendale Crossing Days, I need to make things that will sell. Not to mention I’ve been trying to not overwork my shoulder. Sometimes I cut vinyl out and just hold onto it until I have the perfect piece of…
Do you have an online subscription to the Silhouette Online Store for purchasing images? I do, and I love it! However sometimes they don’t have exactly what I’m looking for. As in this case, I needed a scales of justice and an inkwell image. This is a custom piece for some newlyweds. One is a…
I picked up these great picket fence pieces last year. My friend Stephanie told me I should do picket fence signs for weddings. I dismissed her suggestion because at the time I had no place to sell my items. Now that I have a booth at Unique Creations I decided to make some signs with…
I have wanted to make one of these You Have My Whole Heart signs ever since my friend Stephanie blogged about one she made for her daughter and son-in-law . . . If you don’t have a Silhouette, Stephanie has a great tutorial using stencils. You may remember I had some old fence around after…
If you’re new around here, you may not know that I lost a tree in June 2011. It busted up my privacy fence. And yep, it fell on my house. Last fall I dismantled just enough of the old fence to make a sign for the guest room. Bushel and a Peck was the song…
Yay! It’s 2012! I hope you had a very safe and fun celebration. Are you ready for more vinyl stenciling? I showed you last week how I used the “positive” portion of a contact paper stencil to make a sign. Today, I’m going to show you how to use the negative portion of a contact…
I spent a couple of days in the basement shop making some signs. I think it’s easier to make a lot of signs with vinyl lettering all at the same time, sort of like an assembly line. I had some vinyl pieces already cut, but was happy to cut some more on my Silhouette. I…
Do you remember the Christmas vinyl pieces I made with Oh My Crafts vinyl? I love these images that are already made. I picked this up in the Silhouette online store over Black Friday weekend for .50 cents. I’ve always wished I had the talent and patience to design word art. I have a difficult…
Do you remember when the tree fell on my house? It crashed through my very old and weathered privacy fence. Several sections had to be replaced. I, of course kept the old fence pieces. I used my sawzall to cut the braces apart, then used my circular saw to cut the fence boards. It is…
When I saw this awesome In Our Home chalkboard I fell in love with the wording! Oh, and I LOVE the neat handwriting! My handwriting is so pitiful. Heaven’s Walk I left the following comment on Laurie’s blog: Your room is so pretty! 🙂 I love the words on your chalkboard. I’d like to do…
I hope you all had a great Holiday weekend! We have finally cooled off, in fact it was about 40 degrees cooler on Monday than it was on Saturday. I’m loving it! I would like to take a moment to say that I am thinking about my friends that have dealt with Irene and Lee,…
Who wouldn’t love some great repurposed cupboard doors into signs? My good friend Jan gave me some cupboard doors. Within a couple of days I started changing them up. I love making signs, I love cupboard doors, and FREE is pretty awesome too. Thanks Jan! Jan had already put primer on some of the…
I’m going to show you how to use your Silhouette SD to cut a stencil to make a You Are My Sunshine sign. I designed my layout in the Silhouette program. You can see I used Arial (font). I cut the stencil out of contact paper. I use a speed of 3 and a thickness…
Yesterday I showed you how I used the lower part of this repurposed headboard to make a sign (bienvenue). Today, I’m going to show you what I did with the upper portion of the headboard after I cut it away from the posts. You of course know I saved those bed posts. I would never…
Do you remember these bed parts I got recently for $5.00? The one in the front is painted, while the one in the back had never been painted. I used my sawzall to cut the posts off of the headboard. (I used my compound miter saw to even up the ends after I cut…
While Jamie and Andy were here in June, we did some thrifting. I found this steak platter for .50 cents. The back looks SO much better than the front that has been all cut up with steak knives! Last month when Silhouette had their vinyl on sale, I bought 4 rolls. Tan, Red, White, and…
I used my Silhouette to cut out this design to make a Family Rules Sign. Using these fonts: Be Happy=Chasm Say Your Prayers=David Laugh out Loud=Kristen ITC Keep Your Promises =Tan Patty Say I Love You-Please & Thanks =Oh {Photo} Shoot! Rejoice=Chasm Tell The Truth=HP PSG Help Others=Georgia Give Thanks=Fancy Pants Smile=Desyrel I have a…
Another easy repurposed headboard sign: Cathy and I drug this bed home last year from a yard sale. It had been put to the curb, so it was FREE. We parted out the foot board into pieces. I used the footboard for this project. I used the compound miter saw to cut off the ends….
This post was a guest post for Cheri, but as most of you know we like to repost these so that the content will be on our own blog. If you’ve already seen it, I apologize. Stop by tomorrow for a simple/easy project! Way back in November (?) I started working on my kitchen. I…
You may have seen this a couple of weeks ago at The DIY Club, but in case you missed it, here it is on my site. Home Sweet Home is one of my favorite phrases of all time. Being part of The DIY Club I received a 12×12 inch “Home sweet home” vinyl lettering decal…
Let’s recap a little. I got this pile of stuff last fall from some very good friends. I showed you yesterday that I made a sign out of the foot board sign Always Kiss Me Goodnight. Today, I’m showing you the sign I made out of the headboard. I used my compound miter saw to…
Last fall, I made the Twins for Missy’s mom Mary. Mary was sweet enough to send me some extra goodies! Some bed parts-legs and spindles. A headboard and a foot board was also included in the stash. This is the footboard. I cut the little “tab” pieces that formerly fit into the bed…
