“grateful” sign

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I love being able to quickly finish a project in one day. Especially since having kids I have such little time for crafting, it’s awesome to be able to finish a project in a nap time!
I saw {this} beautiful “grateful” sign on Pinterest several weeks ago and knew that I could easily replicate it for free thanks to the frame store in my garage, courtesy of my mother-in-law.
Which actually is getting dangerously low and when I run out of free frames I will be very sad indeed. 🙁
But, I did happen to have an 8×10″ frame perfect for this project that I had already spray painted white for a previous purpose. I wasn’t using it for that anymore, and it was a little too white for what I had in mind, so some distressing was definitely in order; first with sandpaper, and then with some watered down black craft paint, wipe on, wipe off.

With my frame all ready to go I pulled out Cami to cut out some white adhesive vinyl. Since this is the season of thankfulness, I would just like to say how thankful I am for my Silhouette! It has seriously changed my life! (Nope, not compensated in anyway, just love it!)

After applying the word “{grateful}” to the glass, I got to work writing out everything our family is thankful for. This actually led to a fun conversation with my husband one night after the kids went to bed. We talked about all the things that we are grateful for, and how we don’t feel like we remember to be grateful enough. I have some broader things on there, like “technology”, but I also have more specific things like “hot water” and “comfortable beds” (the stormy weather we’ve been having inspired those two!)

I wrote it on watercolor paper that already had, then lightly painted over it with some way watered down brown watercolor paint. It helped to tone down all the white a little bit. And I don’t have the nicest writing ever, but I still like it. 🙂 

The next day I was thinking to myself, “self, why didn’t you just use the computer and print it out?” Oh well, next time. Also, I am thinking about whether or not I want to repaint the frame black, hmm…

What a good reminder that we have so much to be grateful for!

11 Responses to “grateful” sign

  1. Nicole R November 17, 2014 at 6:13 am #

    Super cute! I like the words behind it about what you are grateful for!

  2. Kimberly Bolden November 17, 2014 at 1:57 pm #

    Such a great reminder that we have so much to say "Thanks!" for!

  3. A Book Long Enough November 17, 2014 at 2:25 pm #

    That turned out simply beautifully! I love decor that is expressive without being cutesy. You have a wonderful eye!

  4. Holly November 17, 2014 at 2:52 pm #

    I love this! I liked that it's handwritten instead of typed out 🙂

  5. Jenny B November 17, 2014 at 3:50 pm #

    So cute!!

  6. Hannah @ CleanEatingVeggieGirl November 17, 2014 at 8:58 pm #

    This is truly gorgeous!! I need to take more time to be crafty!

  7. J Young November 18, 2014 at 5:04 am #

    Thanks Holly 🙂 I do think I'm going to try typing it out when I make another one for a friend and see which one I like better though.

  8. J Young November 18, 2014 at 5:04 am #

    Thanks so much, that's so sweet!

  9. J Young November 18, 2014 at 5:05 am #

    And this project really doesn't take much time at all! 🙂

  10. Eat Drink and Be Mary November 18, 2014 at 10:53 pm #

    I can't believe you did this yourself! I love that you did all the lettering, you have beautiful handwriting and it makes it that much more personal.

  11. Jessica Hughes November 19, 2014 at 1:28 pm #

    Omg i love this!!! Such a great DIY!

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