UP NORTH

I don't know about you,

but I love a good rustic sign.

It's fun to creation regional pieces

to sell at my craft booth.

The cabin & lake folks 

around here love the 

~UP NORTH~ 

theme including 

anything Minnesota!

I bought these gorgeous cedar wood squares

at a garage sale for $1.50 each.

They made a good background for 

my state stencils to really

stand out on, don't you think?

I added a glitter heart in the area

where most my customers

visit or live!

Moose Lake & Duluth

This white sign leaves the Minnesota 

showing in wood grain form.

This is my favorite of the two signs.

Now lets look at the black sign.

It features an opposite design,

where I chose to paint in the state.

If your curious what I used for a stencil,

here's the truth.

I used tracing paper to make a outline

of Minnesota from a large atlas.

Then I used a piece of tag board to make

a reusable stencil.

The letters were made on my Cricut machine.

I cut them out on adhesive vinyl &

stenciled the words on after the states

had dried overnight.

I smeared glue over a heart

shaped stencil , pulled it off

and added some very fine red glitter.

Again, this was the last step & 

all the other paint had dried overnight.

Linking up to:

Embracing Change

&

Beyond the Picket Fence