Our Family Name Sign – a Ballard Designs Knockoff
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Anna M
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When I found a wooden sign in my recent Ballard Design Magazine, I knew I would be able to duplicate it for less than what it cost. Read on for more info about how I completed it!
I commissioned my artistic teenager to sketch out a similar shape to a wooden sign I found as I was searching through my Ballard Designs magazine. The piece of wood I had wasn’t quite as wide as I’d hoped for but here’s what she came up with.
The other decorations around the front door are a little darker, so I decided to go with dark Walnut colored stain.
After the stain was dry, I designed what I wanted to put on the sign, using my Silhouette program. I laid the vinyl stencil out over the sign and spray painted it.
After I stained the trim I added it to the sign with a little wood glue.
I love the way it turned out and the best part is that it only cost me the $5, for the moulding, because I had everything else laying around in the garage! That’s a whole lot better than $100+ for the original!
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