As I've shared before, I'm not a huge fan of the traditional guest book. I wanted something we could look at often and enjoy. So I found this on pinterest:
And snagged these at the craft store (yes, I couponed. Not ashamed!)
For months, they've sat in the guest bedroom in the pile of wedding stuff. I picked up paint colors, but was waiting for the inspiration to strike.
Yesterday I received rough feedback from a sub, so I came home dissatisfied with my job. So I took the night off from teaching and enjoyed some wine:
(I'm not sure which lovely friend gifted me that wine glass...but thank you! It was perfect for the occasion!)
And decided that crafting was more important than grading, so I painted the S signs:
We have two because one will be the guest book and one we'll use in pictures.
I stained them today to make them more rustic/aged. I felt the gold was too brass, so I wanted to tone it down. The original brown shade I bought looked too shiny when I tested it, so I used some old cabinet stain from an old home make over project (read about that {here}).
I stained the first, doing more of a swirling, circular stain:
(Second still unstained)
While the second had more of a traditional wood grain look:
Now I don't know which I like more. I asked the all mighty facebook world and the answers are split pretty evenly. I'll seal them both tomorrow with a protective clear coat. The (craft) struggle is real.
I think it will come down to holding them both up against the wall and seeing which looks better. I think we can all agree that the staining technique makes it look better!
(On a side note, I saw someone selling stained ones on Etsy for $30 each! The total cost was maybe $10 and not very time consuming...perhaps that I need to hop aboard the Etsy train when my life calms down a bit...I mean all I really want in life is to drink wine, read books, and craft things...but I think that would get boring very quickly and I'd end up hating my passions.)
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