Welcome!

Making family and friends feel welcome, is a cinch with this shabby chic welcome sign.

Here is a simple and inexpensive welcome sign anyone can make. Just follow the pictures to get the instructions.

I started with an old board that had some marks on it.

I had marked on the board where I wanted the letters and snow flake.

I liked the look of it but wanted to make it a bit more rustic or dated.  So I used Folkart antiquing medium, to which some water, about 4:1, was added.

This mixture was brushed on the board, and the excess removed with paper towel.

I stained along the side a second time to create some debt.

Then I hot clued the letters “Welcome” to the board. Those I purchased at the Dollar store.

A couple of coats of clear varnish, sealed everything. I used crystal clear from Krylon.

While I was working on this welcome sign, I decided that I wanted to be able to use it year round. Instead of gluing the snow star to the sign, I hunted up some old decorations and added these to the sign with thumb tacks. The snow man was made a few years ago and seemed to fit well with the sign.

And here is the end result:

Now I can update the sign in spring, and every other season!

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