Subway Address Art
9:40 AMI made this like 3 weeks ago. I hadn't even taken a single picture of it up until now. Gasp. There are no in-progress shots because... well, I didn't feel like it. I found the addresses of various homes that my parent's have lived in... the one where my dad grew up, where my mom grew up (less than a mile away from my dad!), where my dad's first house was, and our current house. This project had a plan but I just sort of changed it as I went due to minor issues.
Ignore the bad flash pictures. It's early and gray outside. Yuck.
Oh and I did paint this on a block of wood I found in my garage. After I had already painted the first coat, I discovered that one of the sides was curved. It adds character. I did a coat of the dark brown, the light brown, and then all the lettering which I used freezer paper stencils for. I had to hand cut the stencil with an exacto knife and tape all the insides of the letters in. I had to do SO much touch ups. Then I attempted to sand it but I didn't really get that antiqued look... so I gave up. The letters look wavy because of how the wood was. I'm not even done with this! I still have to do some sort of a top coat on it to protect it.
I gave it to my parents for Christmas. They're obliged to like it. Heck, they have to love it!
2 Sweet little note(s)
Cute! What great memories you must have every time you look at it!
ReplyDeleteI ams ure your parents loved it! We loved it so we are featuring it on the blog today, facebook, twitter and Pinterest, too!
ReplyDeleteHave a fab weekend!
Hugs,
Lelanie