A few months ago, I scored a set of four painted distressed rectangular planters and I had an idea (or two) mulling around in my head. They’re lovely, but I thought how fun it would be to paint a different message on each of them to greet visitors that happen to come to my front door.
Last weekend, I decided to tackle one with a fun fall message: Boo Y’all. ‘Cuz that’s what we say here in Georgia. 🙂
This one is a warm creamy color, so it’ll be perfect for my fall front porch!
I played around with different fonts on Microsoft Word and chose Goudy Old Style for this one. I printed it out and ended up enlarging it slightly on our fax/printer/copier.
I toyed with the idea of using the freezer paper transfer method (you’ve seen this all over Pinterest, I’m sure), but decided to take the plunge and try to free hand it. I traced it a few times to get the feel for the font and then sketched it in pencil onto the planter.
I wouldn’t necessarily recommend this, but I wanted an imperfect approximation of the font and definitely achieved it! There’s something a little freeing about winging it, too. 🙂 Then I took Plaid craft paint in Black and a small angled shaper brush and went to work.
Again — a masterpiece of imperfect approximation. HA!
But I love it.
What do you think?
Isn’t it fun? All loaded with a couple of kale plants, tiger pumpkins, and moss (what did we ever do without moss??).
So here you go, for the obligatory before…
And after…
Ready for some fall fun now!
Ten June Blog’s Fall Linky Party
Happy Hump Day, friends!
Okay…I just LOVE this! What a great idea!
I love it too! 🙂 Imperfect approximation – hehehe…
Heidi…how so incredibly cute!!….Love it…great job on the transfer.
I LOVE IT!! It’s perfect for fall; I can’t wait to see what you do with the other three! 🙂
Ohhhh Heidi, that’s a cute one!
~Bliss~
Your planter turned out so cute Heidi!! Love it!!
I LOVE it!! It’s southern scary. 🙂
Love it!!!
I would love to invite you to Homa Style’s No Orange Autumn Display Link Party going on now.
Here’s the link… http://homastyle.com/wp/2012/09/25/no-orange-autumn-decor/
Hope to see y’all’s creation there!
It is adorable and so charming! Love.
Love this!! I have a planter around here somewhere too….. 🙂
Love it!! I may copy y’all 🙂
Thank you for sharing your VERY cute idea! I had a similar idea before I found yours on Pinterest. I have made Boo Y’all,Thankful, and Celebrate Christ-mas, all on burlap. I interchange them (using upholstery tacks.) Mine is on a handmade crate, but I simply LOVE your idea. I cannot wait to see what you come up with on your other planters.
Oh. So. Cute! I’m your “neighbor” over here in Alabama but I have never heard that saying! I am for sure going to add it to my October greetings now. Your planter is adorable! I saw your post over at “Southern Hospitality” blog party.
Boo y’all is so clever! Love it, Heidi!
SOOOOOO Cute! The planter and the saying! Thanks for sharing.