Numbered peg rack...

Hi Everyone!  I hope your week is off to a great start.  I am going to have a busy day today.  I'm trying to get caught up on several orders today so I will be out in the shop or at the painting table.  I have a bench for one of my co-workers to finish today.  I have three paintings to work on for a client and two signs to finish for another client.  I also have to check my inventory of headboards and photograph them so a client can decide which one she would like.  I also need to mow my yard.  It's a good thing that today is my day off.

I never know exactly what to call this thing.  I've been calling it a numbered peg rack.  Any ideas on another name for it? 

I took this to the Arbor Day craft fair.

And I came home with it too.

The pegs are from the spindles of a Jenny Lind headboard that someone had left out in the weather and my aunt Barb rescued. 

I attached the pegs with glue and screws to a portion of wood that I removed from a headboard.  I painted it black and added numbers with white vinyl.  Normally I would have painted the numbers on but I was running out of time.

I think I might remove the vinyl and hand paint the numbers on.  I'll add it to my inventory of things for the next fair.  Now I need to get out to the shop.  Thanks for stopping by!

A baseboard sign...

Hi Everyone!  I hope you are all having a great weekend.  We made it through the storms, now if the wind would just stop blowing!  I need to explain my absence last week.  I had every intention of sharing some of the new things I finished after getting my saw repaired, but things just didn't happen the way I had planned.  I had orders to fill (which is a really good thing) but I was a bad blogger.  I didn't get pictures taken of all the those orders.  So I didn't have anything to share.

Here's a section of baseboard I was given a while back by my aunt Barb.  It's old but in great shape.  And this is what I did with it....

I painted it with ASCP in Old White.  Then sanded it.

I added these pegs to it.  The pegs are from the spindles of an antique Jenny Lind headboard that my aunt Barb gave me that was in pieces.  I cut them apart and turned them into pegs.

Then I hand painted the numbers above the pegs.

I'm happy with the way it turned out.  I will be taking this to the craft fair in a couple of weeks.  The only thing I have left to do is add the hangers on the back.

I started working on a bench last week but haven't been able to get back to it.  I need to finish that and make another one for the fair.  Hopefully the wind will die down so I can be out in the shop this week.  I have a lot to do.  Thanks for stopping by.

It's in the numbers....

Hi Everyone!  I love numbers.  And I love all the projects out there that involve numbers.  I saw these numbers for sale and loved them, but I didn't love their price tag.

Antique Farm House $10/number

Using these signs as my inspiration....I made these.

 They are smaller than my inspiration ones.  But they are a nice versatile size.

 I made these out of a long piece of scrap luan that I cut down to size.  I sanded the blocks and painted them black with a top coat of white.  I took the sander to them so the black would come through.  Then I painted on the numbers and the words.

 And instead of making 10, 11 and 12....I made the number zero instead.

 I was going to sand the black off some, but decided against it.

The inspiration signs are made of metal and mine are made of wood.  But I'm happy with the way they turned out.  They are small enough that I can attach them to baskets with some twine.  I just have to drill a hole in them.  Or I can hang them all together on one wall for a great statement piece.  Or I can spread the numbers around the house in different vignettes.  Now I get to play with them a bit.  Do you like numbers?  How would you use them?  Thanks for stopping by.

Oh and by the way....don't forget to sign up for the Ramsign Giveaway that I'm hosting.  Click here.

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Numbered peg board...

Hi Everyone!  Happy Saturday!  I want to share with you one of the items I've been working on for the next craft fair.  The fair is next weekend and I can't believe it's almost here!  And that it's the last one of the season for me!  Even after the fair is over, I won't be finished yet as I have about 7 orders that I need to fill.  Some large and some small, but luckily my clients have been patient with me. 

This is made from a recycled baseboard and pieces from a broken chair.

I added the numbers instead of a sign since it was long and there wasn't much room for words.

I haven't made one with numbers before and I like how it turned out.  I painted it black and the numbers in white.  I alternated the larger peg with the smaller to give it an interesting look.  I will be taking this next weekend and hopefully it will find a new home.  Thanks for stopping by!

Numbers...

Hi Everyone!  I hope you are having a great weekend.  I've been busy working on projects and playing with the puppies!  But I had to show you one thing I finished last week.  I was looking through my stash of stuff that has been given to me and found three galvanized buckets.  And as soon as I saw them I knew exactly what to do with them.  I love all the things with numbers on them that I keep seeing, so to join the crowd, here are my numbered pails.

I painted them Country Tan and lightly sanded them, then added the numbers in black.  Then I sprayed them with a matte finish, just on the outside.  I like them but I'm not sure where to put them.  There are so many choices.....maybe in my workroom to hold some of my odds and ends...or in the kitchen...or maybe I'll just take them to the shop.  Thanks for stopping by.