Supernatural Quote Sign

Any Supernatural fans out there?

My daughters and niece are HUGE fans of the show.

They call each other Sam, Dean, and Castiel as nicknames,

and get together to binge watch the show

whenever they can.

My niece (who's nickname is Sam)

recently had a birthday.

I wanted to make her a sign with a Supernatural quote,

so enlisted the help of 2 of my daughters to help me.

After much deliberation, they came up with the quote,

"I lost my shoe."

I was confused as heck, and when I asked them

 if my niece would understand the quote,

they answered with a resounding "YES!".

So this is what I came up with...

Her favorite colors are red and black,

so I used those colors for her sign.

Here's a close up...

I don't remember the dimensions of the sign, 

and didn't take any photos of it in the process of making it.

Here's a basic rundown of what I did:

1. Cut the main piece of wood to the size I wanted.

2. Cut 1x2's to fit around the main piece.

3. Painted the wood.

4. Glued/nailed the frame around the main piece.

5. Painted the words on the sign.

There are tons of tutorials online on how to make signs.

I recommend THIS tutorial for making the frames,
and HERE'S some different options for the stencils.

My niece loved her birthday present!

And I was very happy to see that other family members

were just as confused as I was about the quote...lol!

I guess if you watch the show, you'll understand it!

Guess I should maybe start watching it.

'Be the Good" Sign

There's a wall in my dining room that has been bare since we moved in.

I thought I wanted to make a cute EAT sign to put there,

but have never followed through with it.

Then I saw a sign that I just loved,

and decided that was exactly what needed to go in that space.

I went right to work making my own version.

I had to borrow some paint brushes from one of my daughters.

This teeny tiny one is what I used for the majority of the time.

It was taking forever!!

Then I asked my daughter if she was SURE that she didn't have anything bigger.

"Oh!", she said.

 "I thought you just wanted a little brush!".

Nope. 

That's not what I said at all!

She brought me a bigger brush,

and the rest of the painting was done in a flash!!

I just love my new sign!

It makes me smile every time I look in my dining room!

Patriotic Star Porch Decor

I'm short on patriotic decor,

so decided to pull out my wood and tools

and make myself something.

I was inspired by THIS PIN.

Here's my version.

Since I didn't have anything to make stars with, 

I went with what I did have, and used a circle dauber.

Polka dots are just as cute, in my humble opinion!

Such a fun piece to decorate with for Independence Day,

or to leave up year round!

I think it's found a permanent place on my porch :)

'Nice Matters' Reclaimed Wood Sign

While at my in-laws house the other day, 

I spotted this sign that we made 

and gifted to my Mother-in-law for Christmas.

Well....if I'm being completely honest,

it wasn't actually given to her until January.

But it's the thought that counts, right?

She had been looking for a sign to put in her house that said, 

"Nice Matters".

So we decided to make one for her.

Turned out pretty cute, if I must say so myself.

I love this saying,

and I love that she has it prominently displayed in her home.

Nice really DOES matter!

Reclaimed Wood Rooster Decor

When my sister-in-law and I first started our hobby with reclaimed wood,
I decided to make something I've wanted to put in my kitchen for a while now...
a rooster silhouette!

Isn't it cute?!

All I did was find a rooster silhouette online that I liked,

printed it out, traced around it, then hand-painted it on the wood.

After it dried I sanded over it to give it more of a distressed look,

then tied some jute around the wood to finish it off,

My rooster is one of my favorite decorations in the kitchen :)

Chalkboards, Shutters, and Signs...Oh My!

Today I'm back, sharing more items 

from MiMi's Boutique Holiday Open House :)

(If you missed my last post, 

my sister-in-law and I held an open house last month 

to sell some items we've made for some extra Christmas cash)

We try to use only reclaimed items,

meaning...we find things at thrift stores 

or yard sales and repurpose them.

We also used pallets, and some old wood from our 

father-in-law's throw away pile.

Here's a few more pictures of our cute stuff :)

 Aren't these chalkboards darling?

My niece did the chalk art on them.

So dang cute!

We rescued some old cupboards from a thrift store,

painted them, and added knobs 

that we also found at a thrift store.

This chicken wire reclaimed wood frame was one of my favorites!

The wreath in the middle just ups the cuteness factor!

The wreaths were made using THIS method.

We made a few of these reclaimed wood JOY signs

and added a wreath in the middle for the 'O'.

Decorative shutters are all over the place right now,

so we had to try our hand at them too!

We made these using pallet wood,

and hung some cute snowflakes

on them that were found at a thrift store.

This is another type of shutter we made.

We added a cute wreath in the middle of this one.

If you've ever gone into a thrift store,

you've noticed there's always LOTS of frames!

We rescued a few and repurposed them 

into these cute button tree frames.

Aren't they adorable?

(sorry about the quality of the pictures...they don't really do these justice!).

We really had a blast making everything!

Our open house went so well,

we've decided to make it a yearly tradition :)

Be sure to check back!

I've got a few more items to share :)

Reclaimed Wood Christmas Signs

My sister-in-law and I have spent the last couple of months 

making all sorts of cute holiday decor using reclaimed wood.

We have so much fun making things together,

we decided to see if we could make a little extra 

Christmas money by selling the items we've made.

We even came up with a name for our little 'business'.

Her name is Mia, and I'm Misty,

so together we are

MiMi's Boutique.

Pretty cute, right?

We held an open house last weekend at her house,

and it was SO MUCH FUN!

We sold quite a few of our items,

and had a bit left over too.

It was a learning experience,

and we'll know what not to do next time :)

Over the next couple of days, I'll be sharing pictures of the items we made.

I apologize in advance for the low-quality photos.

I didn't think about taking pictures before-hand,

so ended up using my cell phone.

I'll know better for next time ;)

First up.....

our reclaimed wood Christmas signs!

These were some of the smaller items at our open house.

To make them, we found images that we liked,

printed them on paper,

traced them onto the wood,

then used a paint pen to fill the traced images in.

This isn't a great picture,

but our 'Merry & Bright' was my most favorite little sign!

Isn't it so fun?!

Cute stuff, right?

It was REALLY hard to not just keep everything for ourselves :)

Reclaimed Wood 2x4 Pumpkins

This is the project that started it all for my sister-in-law and I.

2x4 pumpkins.

We were looking for porch decoration ideas, 

saw these, and knew we could make them.

We were right :)

This is the set I made for myself.

Then I made a few more sets like this.

The picture doesn't do the wood justice.

It's SO pretty!

We rescued the wood from our father-in-law's scrap wood pile.

It had been sitting in the sun for years, and he was going to just burn it.

I wanted to wood to show through on these ones, 

so opted to just paint the polka dots, stripes, and chevrons with the orange paint.

After the paint dried, I put just a little bit of stain on them.

LOVE how they turned out!

What projects have you made with 2x4's?

Got any suggestions for us to try?

Reclaimed Wood Arrows

My sister-in-law and I have recently started making 

some fun items out of reclaimed wood.

It all started with Pinterest.

(I'll bet you've never heard that before!)

We saw something that we LOVED and thought,

"We could TOTALLY make that!"

So our adventure has begun....and I actually really love it!

Here's one of our projects that came about by happy accident.

We had a project in mind, but it wasn't going as expected.

After playing around with the wood pieces, I had an 'aha moment' 

and figured that if our other project didn't work out, 

we could salvage the wood and make these.

Aren't they so cute!

I learned how to use a miter saw and a nail gun with this project.

Using power tools and making stuff out of wood

was never something I thought I would enjoy.

I'm glad I was WRONG about it!

We decided to not paint or stain our arrows

because we loved the look of the wood as it was.

I think we made the right call!

These arrows aren't super big.

They only measure approximately 17 inches from tip to tip,

and about 5.5 inches wide.

Lots smaller than others that are floating around on the web.  

We've got more reclaimed wood projects to come!

I'm loving my new hobby!