Bee Mine

Apparently half the blog-o-sphere made large antiqued signs that read either "Joy" or "Noel" last month. I never took a picture of it during Christmas, but here's mine laying on my kitchen counter:

 

When I was finally putting away my Christmas Decor, I thought I could flip it over and put something Valentinesy on the back.  

If you want to make your own, it's a super low tech project.

1. Step 1: lightly paint your board 

optional: sand it when it dries.

2. I found the bee on The Graphics Fairy

3.  I used the Mod Podge Method from Matsutake here to transfer the image to the wood.  I was pleasantly surprised when it actually worked.

4. I printed out m-i-n-e from my computer (i even used scrap paper) and cut out the letters.  The font is teletype and the size is 550.  Then I just plain old scissors to cut out the letters.

5. Tape the letters on the board and  use paint to fill them in.

optional: sand it (not the bee)

6. I painted the bee with an additional coat of Mod Podge.  After it dried, I used spray polyurethane to coat the entire thing.

Here' it is hanging out on my front porch.

Is it bragging if I say that I kind of love it?