Served Daily: Coffee Sign

I like to make signs for my friends that serve a purpose that benefits me.

Selfish I know.

And I wanted a place to hang my coat or purse when I came over, so I made them a sign.

One of my friends, who also happens to be a cousin to my husband, had a blank wall just inside the door that I use to her kitchen.
 
One night back in October when we were playing cards I asked if they wanted a sign next to the cabinet, and told them I would make it for Christmas.

Christmas can be a long time coming when it's a gift from me, so in March I finally finished the sign.

G & B are coffee lovers from way back.

Donna from Funky Junk Interiors gifted me with her coffee roasters stencil, which was going to be perfect for this sign.

You can see all the designs currently available in her shop {here}.

Donna is a sign maker and knows that using stencils rather than vinyl letters or hand painting, is a game changer for speed in completing sign projects.

But I had to go and complicate the sign by personalizing it just a bit, which meant cutting out vinyl letters in addition to using the stencil.

I taped off an edge on the sign, as well as covered the location that comes on the stencil so I could add how G & B's world collided.

G from New Jersey, B from Minnesota, and they were married in 1968.

I said these two are coffee lovers from way back, and by way back I mean long before there were coffee shops on every corner.

Long enough that they remember the coffee shortage in the 70's.

Long enough that drinking coffee wasn't just a trendy thing to do.

I love that G & B love coffee, it means when ever I want a cup they're game.

Anyway, about using the stencils..... Donna has tutorials on her blog {here} that you can use, but stenciling is a pretty easy process.  The trick is to dab most of the paint back off your brush so you get a faded look.

The stencil part was so fast that it really really REALLY made the vinyl lettering seem like a tedious chore.

I used Maison Blanche La Chaux French Lime Paint in Candied Yam.  It's sort of a terracotta color.

With La Chaux you need a base coat for the lime paint to adhere so I used a gray underneath the Candied Yam, on the wood that I had previously painted tones of brown - you know, coffee colors.

The stencil goes on and bing bang boom just like that the painting is done.

In the above photo you can see the difference in color once dark wax goes on.

The wax fills in all the lines and cracks and deepens the tone giving the whole sign a vintage aged look.

Here it is hanging next to the side door in G & B's kitchen.

I think they like having a quick spot to hang their stuff too.

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