I went to a yard sale, a while back, advertised on Craigslist. The ad said they were ex-crafters, so I knew it would be a good one. This ended up being my first and last yard sale of the day. I spent a long time looking through immense amounts of fabrics and craft supplies. I spent all my garage sale money for the weekend at this one sale! One of my favorite finds of the day were these vintage brass stencils. I got a full set of numbers and letters in their original boxes and some miscellaneous numbers and letters in a third box. I paid only $2 for all of them!
I used the brass letters to stencil this little mail box for a desk or a wall. I painted it gray, stenciled the letters in black and then sanded the whole thing for an aged look.
This post is linked to Fabulous Friday Finds at Frou Frou Decor, Frugal Friday at The Shabby Nest, Flaunt it Friday at Chic on a Shoestring Decorating and Showoff Sunday Party at House of Thrifty Decor. Click on the links for more great ideas!
6 comments:
What an adorable mail box. I love it! Great job. I hope you can stop by my blog today for my Show Off Sunday Party. I would love for you to share this mail box with my followers. :)
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The yard sale sounds like fun and the stencil set/s sound like a wonderful find you can keep on using.
Kelsie
What a great find!!
Mailbox is cute!!!
Im about to get some stencils too..I have a few things that are calling out to be named :)
Deborah :)
What a fabulous find. That is awesome!
Thanks for stopping by my Show Off Sunday Party. I look forward to seeing you next Sunday!!
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very impressive, specially the letters you got is really nice. thanks for sharing.
Stuart Elliot
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