Frugal Friday – Friendship/Garden Sign

April 29, 2010 31 Comments by Sharyl@Thelittlebrownhouse

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Welcome to Frugal Friday at The Little Brown House!

If you have come here before, you may know about my love of cabinet

doors. I get them at the Habitat for Humanity Reuse store for a couple of

dollars each, and have used them for a few projects-

You can see this sign here: Family Established Sign

And this one here: Good and Perfect Sign

Well I have made yet another cabinet door sign I think you may like –

The best thing about this one is that the vinyl saying came from the

Dollar Tree – making this a very frugal craft project!

I started out with an old ugly cabinet door -

I think it is pine. Anyway, it was small and I wasn’t sure what I

wanted to do with it until a couple of weeks ago.

I decided to paint it black – as most of you know I have been going through

a “Black and White” phase!

It has a little knothole in it, but for some reason that doesn’t bother me.

But after I painted it, I realized that the Dollar Store vinyl I was using

had black lettering. Which wasn’t going to show up well on my black

cabinet door! So I decided to paint the inside an off-white -

Now it will work!

I simply peeled off the vinyl backing and stuck it in the center of the board -

Then I took a ribbon and stapled it to the back to be used to hang it.

And I ended up with a sign that would look adorable inside a home,

but also super cute on the outside next to a patio or garden area!

And it only cost around $3 to make!

I am planning on making another one for myself – but I decided

to give this one to my fave sister for her birthday!

Ok, calm down the rest of you sis’s – I guess you are all my faves!

I also included another Coffee Wreath in my gift to her -

So here are two gifts I made myself for a total of $5!!

I added a gift card to it, cause she is my sis-

but I know she would have been happy with just these.

So be thinking about this kind of craft for any events you have

coming up that require a gift, and don’t forget Christmas is

just around the corner! I will have to come up with something

new for this sister though!

Thanks so much for stopping by The House – be sure and check

out these other parties I am hooking up to!

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30 Comments

Kenzie
646 days ago

I can’t believe you found the vinyl at the Dollar Store! I might have to go shopping tomorrow!

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Joy
646 days ago

Very Cute! I have some Dollar Store vinyl, I’ll have to give your project a try. Thanks for the inspiration!
Joy

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Leana Khouang
646 days ago

That’s so cool there is vinyl now at the dollar store!!! Love your sign.

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Melissa
646 days ago

I had to re-read to be sure I saw that you got that vinyl at the dollar store! I have to find one. I love it – thanks for sharing!

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Maureen@Cottage 960
646 days ago

I love this idea. Very clever re-use of doors. I’m going to try to make it to our Habitat Re-Store this weekend. Wish me luck!

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Stephanie Cameron
646 days ago

Another great project! I just found out about ReStore…but haven’t had a chance to go over there yet. Now I will have to for sure! Thanks for the inspiration (even though this one rubs in my nose how my wreath didn’t turn out as great as yours)!

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Tonya
646 days ago

CUTE!! and easy! I can totally do it, I did not even know the dollar store had vinyl. I really like all the signs you did and I still have to give the coffee filter wreath a try, they look so darn cute!

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Cindy Conner
646 days ago

I love it! I never find vinyl like that! No where! I really like this. What a nice gift. Thanks for sharing. Be blessed. Cindy

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The Thrifty Designer
646 days ago

I love this! Today I showed a sign I made from a drawer front. Great minds think alike

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Rustown Mom
646 days ago

Apparently I need to get over to the Dollar Tree! This is so great – I want one!!!

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TidyMom
646 days ago

ok, I am SO heading the the dollar store to look for vinyl!! I LOVE your sign!! and the wreath!!

Thanks for linking up to I’m Lovin’ It!! Have a GREAT weekend!

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The Lumberjack's Wife
646 days ago

You amaze me! How do you come up with this stuff.
Teach me, master!

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Sarah
646 days ago

Wonderful. Thanks for sharing! Checking out what you’re up to today. I having my first weekly Button Swap Blog Hop over at my blog where bloggers can swap buttons. Swapping buttons helps bloggers reach new readers and expand their audiences

You can check it out at http://bloggerchixdesigns.blogspot.com/2010/04/button-swap-blog-hop.html
if your interested.

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Ann
646 days ago

This is great! What talent!

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Jan
646 days ago

And being the recipient of those lovely gifts, I can tell you they are adorable. I haven’t had time to hang them yet – this weekend tho!

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Janet
646 days ago

Love this idea.

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Jaime
645 days ago

will you share with me the instructions for the coffee wreath?

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admin Reply:
April 30th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
Of course! I should have put a link in the post!

http://thelittlebrownhouse.us/2010/04/08/frugal-friday-coffee-wreath/

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Ada
645 days ago

Ohmygosh! I just yesterday got a cabinet door at Habitat to make a sign. Yours are suuuuuper cute. The Spencer Family one is my fave and will be duplicated at my house soon. Of course, it won’t say Spencer.

These are adorable. And I have the same vinyl things from the $store and now I know just what to do with them.

Thanks!

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Kolein
644 days ago

This is perfectly wonderful!!! I love this so much! I have a stash of cabinet doors in my basement! My goodness what a creative person you are.

I found you from Funky Junk SNS!

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Sandy@Life Began in a Garden
644 days ago

My Dollar Store never has good stuff like I see here in Blogland, boo hoo, no fair!

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Stephanie Lynn
644 days ago

These are amazing! I love the family sign – simply stunning. I would have never guessed these were doors! Would love to have you stop by the Sunday Showcase Party if you get a chance! You have done an amazing job on these! I’m adding a few doors to my list!

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Dawn
644 days ago

I love the dollar store vinyls. I have them all around my house. This was a great creative way to use them. Love it. Great gift idea. How did you make the coffee wreath?

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Jerri
640 days ago

I love your signs! Thanks for linking up for Friday Favorites!

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The Answer Is Chocolate
600 days ago

Oh gosh. Now I am definitely picking up some of these next time I am at the Dollar Tree. And I’ve recently found a place where I can get reasonably priced cabinet doors. I’m in so much trouble!

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Deborah
600 days ago

Oh I love it. So simple, yet so classic and elegant!

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Cara
599 days ago

I love ReStore too… can’t wait to grab a cabinet door and try out something like this. Super cute!

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Nikki
598 days ago

OMG, I just had an idea to do this today, and then blog hopping around and theres your post! I love how that turned out, I’m definitely giving this a try!

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Kim@ Starshine Chic
598 days ago

I love it!!! It’s fabulous!

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Tanya
598 days ago

You got vinyl at which dollar store??? I haven’t seen it at Dollar Tree. That project rocks! I also love cabinet doors from ReStore.

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Erin @ Where Beauty Meets Function
538 days ago

That is fantastic!!

I bought a couple of the vinyl decals at the Dollar Tree and put it on my wall. It was too ‘stickery’ looking. But now I want to try it again…maybe with a different background!! Thanks for re-inspiring me.

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