a drop in the bucket...: Step Right Up!

Good Tuesday Morning!! So we are supposed to be getting the dreaded "S" word today in our little neck of the woods! I don't dread it as much as most others do, mostly because I think that it is beautiful and makes everything look so clean and fresh after a dusty harvest. BUT ask me again in March and I will have a very different response for you all! As of now though I don't see it coming so we shall see!

I thought that I would give you a little tutorial today of one of my FAVORITE things I made for my wedding! I loved it so much that I kept it and it is now hung in our dining room! (actually quite a few things from our wedding have found a place in our house, sorry Johnny!)

We (my mom and I) decided that we would like to have a photo booth at the wedding. I have been to a few weddings that have used them, and let me tell you, they are a BLAST! It is an awesome way to remember your night and it helps to get guests "out of their shell". I decided that I wanted to make a large sign for the booth so that when people came in they would know what it was. Here is the tutorial for this project!!

I was able to use a large frame that I had gotten from my Great Grandmother. I did not particularly like the picture in the back and initially thought I would use chalkboard paint and magnetic paint and have a large "memo board" in our dining room.

First I taped off the frame and painted to back using a flat black exterior house paint. I used ACE brand. This took a couple coats and I let it dry for about 2 days before moving it.

While this was drying I designed a template for what I wanted the board to say. I don't use all that fancy photoshop stuff, I use Microsoft Word! I download a lot of fonts that you can find on my Fonts Pinterest Board. The fonts I used are Ar Bonnie, Rosewood and Young Love. Here is the PDF of the file I designed.

Once this was designed I used a projector connected to my computer to put the image on the frame. I then used a pencil to trace the letters onto the black background. I did have to move the projector sometimes in order to get the correct size of font I needed to fit within the frame. I also added our Initials and Date on the bottom of the frame to fill up the space.

After all the tracing was finished I began to add the color! I used Sharpie Gold Markers as they were cheaper than buying the Paint Pens for that. I used white and silver paint pens for the rest of the letters and for the lips I used Red everyday craft paint and a paintbrush. Paint pens make life so much simpler!

This project took very little time or money! I spent a total of $10.00 on the supplies. I had the black paint from another project. All I had to purchase were the paint pens and the red paint (which was less than $1.00 at Walmart!)

We set this up at the wedding next to the photo booth and had a lot of compliments on it!

Here are a few of the pictures from the Photo Booth that night!