A Salvaged, Weathered Wood Sign Embellished With Rusty Goodness

Making signs is one of my favorite ways to be creative.

I believe that I've mentioned before that we "inherited"

  a lot of wood when we bought our place. Which is 

perfect because I can use it for my wood projects!

 This piece has so much character. 

I wish now that I would have gotten some

close-ups of some of the details. 

But I'm sure you get the idea. 

I just love the rough edges and 

you can kind of see the broken knothole

on the left. The grain of the wood is 

so visible from the years of weathering.

I just dry-brushed the lovely gray with some

Antique White acrylic craft paint.

After that dried, I lightly brushed on some

Lagoon acrylic to add a little color. 

I really like that with the 

rust, white and gray.

And I didn't notice at first, but it actually matched 

the patina coloring in one of the rusty pieces that

I chose from my junk stash.

And I just happened to grab a shot of that

because I thought it was so neat.

There are some criss-crossed rusty nails

in one corner. (I'm sorry I didn't get 

more detailed photos. I get so impatient sometimes

that I forget that.) The rest pretty

much speaks for itself.

~ GRATEFUL ~

It's been one of my favorite words for 

awhile now. I just keep having so many reasons for it.

My life is so blessed. 

And in December, my husband, of

almost thirty years, survived a terrible

accident in which he totaled his pick-up.

He sustained only a few minor injuries and

was treated and released that same morning.

And that is just ONE thing.

And so I have 

adopted GRATEFUL to be

my word for 2015.

Here is one of my gathered quotes..

 Gratitude unlocks the fulness of life.

It turns what we have into enough and more.

It turns denial to acceptance,

chaos to order, confusion to clarity.

It can turn a meal into a feast,

a house into a home,

and a stranger into a friend.

Gratitude makes sense of our past,

brings peace for today

and creates a vision (of hope)  parenthesis mine

for tomorrow. 

{ Melody B. }

I hope you've enjoyed your visit and 

found it to be inspirational.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Blessings, 

Tamara

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