Another Dairy Sign, a Mini Version and Some Tips

I enjoyed creating the Milk & Cream Co. sign so much, I thought I'd create another one, but decided to look for another design to put on it.

I searched the internet for inspiration and came across this antique business card.  I love the various font styles on it.

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Once again, I removed the background with Photoshop, and removed some of the wording, to come up with this image.

This design proved to be very tricky for the Silhouette to cut out, as I didn't remove all the tiny lines inside the larger letters, and I cut it on 2 separate pieces of vinyl, so positioning them on the glass was tricky.  For unknown reasons, the B in the word, "Butter" didn't cut and I didn't realize it until I had the whole thing positioned on the glass, so I cut another piece of vinyl to add that.

 This old frame is a beauty - especially with the original latch on it.

 Most of the windows I brought home were fairly large, but of those that are smaller, I plan to create more antique style signs on, because I am really enjoying making them.  IF you could actually find an antique window with the painted signage on them, they wouldn't be within my budget, so creating my own on antique windows is the next best thing.

A customer contacted me, wanting to know if I had another window that I could create another Milk & Cream Co. sign on.  I did have a square white window, but it was larger than the first and too large for her space, so I created a miniature version on an 8x10 photo frame instead.  I plan to make more of these in the future, because not everyone has space for a window on their wall, but everyone has room for a photo frame.

A few tips I've discovered while making these signs.  I tend to get impatient with my projects and want to hurry them along, so I often speed up paint drying with my blow dryer.  Don't do this with vinyl.  When the vinyl warms up, it wants to shrink and pull, so it can smear your paint before it gets dry.  One other tip is to save small vinyl craps that you trim away from your designs, because they come in handy for masking off areas that you don't want to get spray paint on - easier than taping paper all around the design.

We are getting a rip-roarin' winter storm today.  Right now, we have probably 4 inches, and it just keeps coming.  We were supposed to attend a basketball tournament this weekend, so we're waiting to hear if it's been cancelled or not.  It's about a 2-hour drive each way, which could become a 4-hour drive on bad roads, so we're hoping this will blow over and the roads will get cleared so the boys can play.  My middle son is a senior this year, so I want to see him play every chance I can.

Stay warm!  If you live someplace warm...do not tell me about it!  :0)

Angie

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