On a recent shopping trip to the Re-Store, I found this old, chippy piece in a stack of scrap wood. I liked the old, weathered look of it and knew right away that I wanted to make it into some kind of Valentine subway art. The price was right: 40 cents. Yep, 40 cents.
I was in my local Home Goods Store last week and they had a large display of subway art. I was in a hurry and didn’t stop to look at them for long, but one with the words, “Love is all you need”, caught my eye and then I knew what I was going to do with my shabby, cracked, chippy piece of scrap wood.
I cut out the words with the Cameo and used the negative space as a stencil to paint the letters. Once the paint was dry, I sanded the letters ALOT, so that it (hopefully) looks like they’ve been there a long time.
And here it is hanging in my craft room.
What do you think? Not bad for 40 cents!
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Love it. You just gave me some new ideas!!! HA
Thank you, I’m happy that I inspired you ; )
I love it, Jeanie. Using a negative stencil is a great idea.
Thanks Lori!
So creative Aunt Jeanie! I love it =) And 40 cents is my kinda decoration!
Thanks Mary! The Re-Store is my new favorite store (for wood scraps anyway!)
What a great idea I absolutely adore your .40 cent piece of wood. I am so not creative like that but I love your idea!
Thanks Beth!
40 cents is the score of a century! I absolutely love it!
Absolutely genius! Perfect example of see past the imperfect to see the possible! Great idea…thanks for sharing!
You’re very welcome! Thanks for stopping by and for the sweet comments!
I love this! Great job, I can’t believe you found this great chippy wood at Re-store. I have yet to go there and I might just be making a trip there today!
Thanks for the inspiration. I’m pinning this.
Susan
Oh you have to go! Thanks for the sweet comment!
Just stopping in to pin your sign. I love it.
Bliss
Thank you for stopping by and for the pin!
I love the sign! Found you through Roadkill Rescue!
Thanks so much for stopping by!
This is my kind of art work times 10! I am pinning this, I really love it. Not bad at all for 40 cents! Priceless now.
Thank you Karen! I’ll have to go back to that Re-store and see what else I can find!
Gorgeous! Definitely not in the mainstream and that’s what I love about it!
What a great find! That came out awesome!
Thanks Dawn! I couldn’t pass up that 40 cent bargain!
I can’t believe you got that wood for 40 cents! What a steal! Great job on the sign.
I know! How could I NOT get it! I’m definitely going back to that Re-Store! Thanks so much!
Not bad at all! I love the peely paint 🙂
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Great use for a perfectly chippy board.. Love the quote you chose.
Thanks Donna! I’m so glad you like the quote, too. I like how you described the board: perfectly chippy!