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Weeks ago, I hosted a bridal shower for a close friend (in fact she was the maid-of-honor at my wedding!) I did many DIY projects for the wedding and this is one of them. The next couple of DIY Wednesday will be dedicated to the shower projects.
I used this method to create the sign. I wanted to practice the process and make sure that it would work well if I wanted to make some wooden signs for Christmas. I used the fonts I used for the shower invitation.
I started out by creating sign in Microsoft Word and printing it out. I then traced the font with the carbon paper underneath on to a piece of foam board. Then, I had an outline to paint. After painting, I outlined the letters with a paint marker. (Which I had never used before, but they are quite amazing!)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwNK372wHUPp7pm0gH54Iv9fY_KA8HcNinYfkJPgpj7pBSMNCcanPHy7yGXWNcbSfguSG31vownBgglO64ZjQLTKSXEd6V35RYL55ItiSov6Rje0RiTrmnRhgOI06-3aBddkrp7326A3s/s400/bssign1.jpg)
The print out of the font I want to mimic. I could have used Microsoft Publisher (probably would have been easier) but you can also use Microsoft Word.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYs_ya-4DNMbPEAzIJk5vSMBm6UQ75mlUxtbFe7bhuu9yck1F97QwLgCf6OYVw3mCcFmxlUN8DxrWkRku7ICPaXCt9dDlSghpY1rCqCCDjH7202D1eKgkjbLLXAon7k7gjoFE7yayTAu0/s400/bssign2.jpg)
Here is the outline of the sign. It seems pretty at this point, but maybe a bit plain.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvcgwSZEWNpyGZE41kTZ5Hrye1RAMJXBsVAOh08dwQMYHGFjYRIDkitc7zfw-aS9tKACmsDlAitTUjiEBBgZfjaEo4HmxRrn1Z1Si0Z2NyiqIW9Bd6CRGlSPZRt220nrHwrMP3Vp23_WI/s400/bssign3.jpg)
Here is the finished sign. I created the little design in the corner by taking the fabric I was going to use for table runners and putting it on top of carbon paper and tracing. So it's literally right from the fabric I based the entire shower color theme on.
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Weeks ago, I hosted a bridal shower for a close friend (in fact she was the maid-of-honor at my wedding!) I did many DIY projects for the wedding and this is one of them. The next couple of DIY Wednesday will be dedicated to the shower projects.
I used this method to create the sign. I wanted to practice the process and make sure that it would work well if I wanted to make some wooden signs for Christmas. I used the fonts I used for the shower invitation.
I started out by creating sign in Microsoft Word and printing it out. I then traced the font with the carbon paper underneath on to a piece of foam board. Then, I had an outline to paint. After painting, I outlined the letters with a paint marker. (Which I had never used before, but they are quite amazing!)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwNK372wHUPp7pm0gH54Iv9fY_KA8HcNinYfkJPgpj7pBSMNCcanPHy7yGXWNcbSfguSG31vownBgglO64ZjQLTKSXEd6V35RYL55ItiSov6Rje0RiTrmnRhgOI06-3aBddkrp7326A3s/s400/bssign1.jpg)
The print out of the font I want to mimic. I could have used Microsoft Publisher (probably would have been easier) but you can also use Microsoft Word.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYs_ya-4DNMbPEAzIJk5vSMBm6UQ75mlUxtbFe7bhuu9yck1F97QwLgCf6OYVw3mCcFmxlUN8DxrWkRku7ICPaXCt9dDlSghpY1rCqCCDjH7202D1eKgkjbLLXAon7k7gjoFE7yayTAu0/s400/bssign2.jpg)
Here is the outline of the sign. It seems pretty at this point, but maybe a bit plain.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvcgwSZEWNpyGZE41kTZ5Hrye1RAMJXBsVAOh08dwQMYHGFjYRIDkitc7zfw-aS9tKACmsDlAitTUjiEBBgZfjaEo4HmxRrn1Z1Si0Z2NyiqIW9Bd6CRGlSPZRt220nrHwrMP3Vp23_WI/s400/bssign3.jpg)
Here is the finished sign. I created the little design in the corner by taking the fabric I was going to use for table runners and putting it on top of carbon paper and tracing. So it's literally right from the fabric I based the entire shower color theme on.
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