How To: "Here Comes Your Girl" sign

Our wedding was easily the most love-filled, simple, and beautiful day of my life. From the stress-free environment, to all the family and friends who made the journey to Las Vegas, Paradise, Nevada, it could not have been a more perfect day. Both Mike and I feel incredibly blessed to have such caring, supportive, and truly fabulous people in our lives. Now we are excited to see what this big life has in store for Mr and Mrs Miller (Yay!)

As part of our effort to personalize our (#solidgoldbaby) wedding, we had our adorable flower girl carry a sign that read "Here Comes Your Girl". Making the sign was super easy (numerous varieties can be found on Pinterest), but I came up with my own way of doing things and figured... Why not share it?

The gorgeous golden sign was pretty straight forward to make. Below you will find the step by step directions. Add some decals, different phrases or colours. The world is your oyster, baby. 

Materials:

Scissors

Tape

Favourite Font - Printed in the size and letters you require*

Spray Paint (I went with gold, because #solidgoldbaby)

Canvas - Choose the size that works best for your project.

*It may take a few trials to get the font that is the right size and look that you need. Have patience, it will be beautiful.

Font ready to cut

Letters all taped

Once you have all of your font printed off, cut out your letters (I chose two different sizes of font to shake things up a bit). Apply tape to the back of each letter in those cute little double-sided rolls. I used scotch tape and it DID NOT stick well. A masking tape or painters tape would yield more perfect results.

 

With the letters taped into the position that appeals to you most, you're ready to spray paint. Please use a well ventilated area, and protect the surfaces around your piece. Follow all directions on the can of paint for best results. Spray paint covered letters and canvas should resemble this:

 

You are almost done, unless you ended up using scotch tape like moi. In that case, you have a little more work to do (sorry!) No matter the tape, once the paint is dry (or relitively so, my impatient fingers were gold) it is time to peel off the letters. So satisfying. 

In this next photo you will see why scotch tape wasn't the best choice. Because of it's loose grip on the canvas, spray paint sneaked cleverly underneath, leaving perfect little tape squares. Damn you dreaded imperfections! I really doubt that anyone at the wedding would have noticed, but I noticed, and THAT was more than enough reason to fix it.  

Tape squares came and conquered.

Mike and I tried to think of ways to fix it. We figured that the best way would be to paint over the white. I love painting abstract, but the thought of attempting to paint within lines made my tummy flip. My wonderful husband (I can call him that now!!) had offered to do it for me, but before taking him up on this offer, I tried one last option... Pastels. 

White pastel crayons were the fix!! They were white enough to get rid of the marks, but subtle enough that the piece still had a slightly blurry effect. Brilliance. I took my time and went over each letter with the pastel, and within no time, I reached my idea of perfection.

Without further ado, here is the finished product.

 

I love it. I love the little girl who carried it down the aisle in front of me. I will continue to love every single part of our day until the end of time as I know it.  There are not enough "thank you's" in the world to cover how grateful I am for everything and everyone that surrounded us on October 22nd, 2014. We are truly blessed, with and without the hashtag. 

Cheers, love, and crafts,

Lauren (aka Mrs Miller)