Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Hand Painted Family Last Name Signs

Now that they have been recieved...I can show and tell these gifts I made!

Hand painted family last name signs with the date each family established on 12 x 12 inch canvas.   I found a really fine tip paint brush and some Japanese Sumi Ink in my stash that worked out really well for doing all the lettering.  I used the same technique as I did in the Restoration Hardware Inspired Pillows Tutorial.





I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!  We missed being with family but it was still special having our first Christmas here in our new house and of course....Christmas is special wherever you are because no matter where you are and who you are with, it's all about Christ! And we have been blessed to have met so many wonderful friends since we moved here in May so we have yet to be lonely on the holidays and had a amazing Christmas Eve Dinner with Friends and attended an awesome service, everything was wonderful. On Christmas Day, I meant to make a yummy gluten free chocolate layered cake, but we all ended up taking a long nap on Christmas day which resulted with an overcooked Turkey and some last minute mashed potatoes and steamed peas! lol...and Luckily we already had an awesome meal the night before  also lucky I had this one cupcake in the freezer that the kids could share!





PS- Thanks everyone who has been voting for my embarrassing moments stories over at Wanna Be Balanced!  My skin has been SO terrible lately so I am really hoping to win the microdermabrasion kit!  If you haven't seen the post yet with all the funny stories and voted yet, check it out HERE.  Scroll down to the post titled "Vote for Your Favorite" and I'm number 10.  You may have already read about this on my facebook or twitter but I didn't want to miss anyone knowing about it :)

10 comments:

Simply Simplisticated said...

These signs are Lovely and so vintage looking,thanks from your newest newbie follower! Deidre~ http://simplysimplisticated4.blogspot.com

Unknown said...

those signs are awesome :)

Lori said...

What a great idea! I love the signs!

Kimberly T. said...

Great signs! I did name signs recently, too. I love seeing our family name displayed, so I really hope others do too. Mine were gifts also. :)

Gayle Page-Robak said...

Your canvas name art is fabulous, Candace...beautifully created. I am now a follower of your blog and look forward to return visits. I invite you to join me as well at http://atastefultouch.blogspot.com Hugs, Gayle.

Gay Vaughan said...

Thanks for coming to the party! Happy crafting in 2012!
~Gay~
itsahodgepodgelife.blogspot.com

The Artful Diva said...

Happy New Year. I hope yours is filled with love, joy, peace and creativity!

Special 'K' said...

They are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing. I will follow on my way out so I can revisit. I hope you can find the time to come visit me and do the same. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Cheers SpecialK XoXo

Clara said...

This came out really good. Wish I was that talented. stop by sometime

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Anazaqat said...

Sometime we forgot our past memories but it will come again in memory whenever we saw relevant things and your post also fresh my past memories when i made a sign similar your design for my mother. family name plaques