Weeds for Sale – Dirt Cheap! A Fun Garden Sign

Hand Painted Garden Sign {Love My DIY Home}

 

Weeds 4 Sale – Dirt Cheap!

DH replaced the steps leading to our basement, so I took the old boards and painted a sign for the garden – my “step garden” behind my garage. I’ll show you the before and afters of that later, but for now, here is how I did my sign (super easy):

1. Grab a board, any board. I used an old one with chippy paint – very rustic and not good for much else.

Hand Painted Garden Sign {Love My DIY Home}

2. Hand draw your wording – you don’t have to be perfect. Just write it on and paint the letters with black paint and a little paint brush. I saw this saying on Pinterest – by Shelley at Sow and Dipity. She has so many really cute signs.

Hand Painted Garden Sign {Love My DIY Home}

 

Hand Painted Garden Sign {Love My DIY Home}

3. Take some sand paper and rough it up a bit to make it consistently “worn looking.”

Hand Painted Garden Sign {Love My DIY Home}

 

4. Add a little bit of pizazz – add fun stuff like a piece of hardware made into a dragon fly or hand paint a sunflower or bees buzzing around. I used the back piece of a knob from one of my salvage cabinet doors and made a dragon fly. Get creative. I added a little more color to the wording to make it stand out better.

 

Hand Painted Garden Sign {Love My DIY Home}

 

5. Add a hook to hold a garden tool. I hung my clippers. Look around, find a saying you like, personalize with your own little touches and enjoy!

 

Hand Painted Garden Sign {Love My DIY Home}

Hand Painted Garden Sign {Love My DIY Home}

 

6. Paint on a sealer – to help it survive the constant rainfall and watering, I painted on a couple of coats of sealer tinted with gray paint left over from my painted dresser project. I didn’t use a super sealer because I didn’t care enough to go out and spend the $ on it. Besides, rustic is just fine.

7. Take it out and prop or hang it! I wanted something on my steps holding my planters to add some whimsy.

 

Hand Painted Garden Sign {Love My DIY Home}

 

Shortly, I’ll show you my “behind the garage make over” – as soon as the grass grows and I can show you the whole area. It took me three summers to do and it’s adorable!

Do you decorate your garden areas? Is your yard beautifully landscaped?
A yard out of control will take some time and effort to flip it, but if you choose a section or two at a time, you’ll eventually tame it. So far we’ve improved several areas, but there is still a ton to do. I’m thinking by the time I’m 80 I’ll have a pretty good lookin’ yard!
What have you accomplished this year?
I’d love to see some pictures! Leave a comment and send me your pictures. I love inspiration from real people who have real DIY stories to tell!
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Until next time…go out and be amazing!

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