Happy Monday!! If you’re anything like me Monday’s are not
the death of me (although sometimes they might seem like it). It’s not that I
don’t like the challenge of a good ole’ Monday but some weekends are ride and
die kind of of weekends. We go hard and eventually make it home, when we do get
home it’s normally laundry and cleaning that awaits us. Boooooo. Either way
Monday comes and stirs us up, it drags us in and slowly we refocus on work and plans and life and agendas.
For this you will need:
- · Out door mat (like this from Target)
- · Outdoor acrylic paint
- · To make life easier a disposable brush or sponge
- · Stencil with the design of your choice
- · Optional painters tape (Although it’s optional, it comes in handy)
I wanted to make one of these for the longest time, there are so many quirky and funny sayings you can put on these, the possibilities are endless. A lot of people like the “Family Established” mats which is very cute, but we are just not that kind of family - too many last names ;) . Also there is the idea that I change my mind like a million times before I commit to anything, finally I found this awesome outdoor sign for my entry way.
It works for my entry way since there is a long walkway to
the front door. Then I figured I could just make something to match it and that’s
was exactly what I did.
Cutting a stencil was the easy part, thanks to my SilhouetteCameo and their design studio. Now getting the stencil to stick to my mat was
the tricky part to this whole project, this is where the painters tape came in
handy. Maybe duct tape would have been a better option? I’ll let you know, I want
to give this one another try with something for the holidays.
I started off with a sponge brush and then tried
a cheap little paint brush, I think the combo did well because the brush seemed
to fill in some of the spaces that the sponge brush missed. I wasn’t sure how
long this paint or this project would last, but after lots and lots of rain
(Harvey) and sun it has help up really well!
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