Studio 27 - By Jennifer Adams: 2025

Friday, April 18, 2025

Using A 4 Panel Vinyl Stencil

Spring is here and everything is blooming so prettily. I'm still in the mood for garden decor so this week I'm sharing another garden sign tutorial. This one shows you how you can use vinyl to create a 4 panel (reverse) stencil:

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A typical stencil would be a cut-out shape that you place down and color/ paint inside of to create the design. A reverse stencil is a solid shape (or in this project a sticker) that you place in the area you wish and then paint over/ color around. Once you remove the shape/ sticker your design will appear. The photos in this post will show you exactly what I mean 😎

I found these faux window panels at a garage sale for a couple of dollars each

and spray painted them in white. Because this project is using a reverse stencil, the first layer of paint will be the color of the design that you are stenciling.

Using my Cricut I then cut out my design in removable vinyl. The color of the vinyl doesn't matter since I'm using it as a reverse stencil - it will be peeled off and thrown away. I went with green just because I had an excess amount of it.

(You can find the SVG bundle that contains this tulip design here)

Because my wall hanging is a window frame, it has four separate sections that need to be filled with the design. I cut the stencil sticker into fourths while it was still attached to the backing, then used transfer tape to apply the sticker to the frame.

This tutorial from Jennifer Maker will show you exactly how its done!

With the stickers in place I spay painted my frame again, this time in gold.

Once I peeled away the stickers the design showed up in white.

Here are how the signs looked once peeled.

(I had a little bit of trouble with the sign on the right as the paint bubbled up a bit. It ended up not mattering as when a storm knocked down a tree that was the sign to take a direct hit 😄)

Using more of that cable wire that I mentioned last week, I strung the panels and hung them from the fence.

And that's how I made my 4 panel, reverse stencil garden signs.

You can find last week's baking pan turned garden sign tutorial here.

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I hope you enjoyed this how-to post, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

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Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Wednesdays in the Studio - Link Party 14

Welcome to Wednesdays in the Studio, a weekly link party focusing on designing everyday life.

Thank you to everyone who joined last week! This week's features include:

Clothespin carrots from Me and My Inklings

Easter in the dining room from Thrifting Wonderland

Bunny decor from Crazy Little Lovebirds

A carrot wreath from Creatively Beth

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Monday, April 14, 2025

Make Your Own Garden Signs

Wanting to add some decor to our vegetable garden area, I made up some garden signs using thrifted pans, read on to see how:

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Here is the spot that I wanted to decorate.

Farther to the right you can see my collection of vintage Jell-O molds, I'll have a post about those in the future. This post details the strawberry houses and this one the strawberry painted rocks that are in that bed. The fence fabric is an Amazon purchase that you can find here. We wanted to add privacy to our chain link fence and this worked really well.

All of my pans are thrift store finds, just make sure to clean them really well as any greasy residue is going to prevent your paint from sticking.

These have gold on them because I had been previously using them in my craft room. I found a better set for crafting so these went out into the garden!

I spray painted my pans in the colors that I wanted...

...then using my Cricut I cut out the designs in permanent vinyl.

You can find my garden SVG bundle here

To hang the pans I used cable wire because It's strong, lightweight, matched the fence fabric and I had a whole spool. Some of the pans already had holes, but those that didn't I punched one using a hammer and nail.

Laying out the pans on the ground helped me decide an arrangement that I liked as well as how long the cable wire would need to be.

Never mind the white spray paint from another project....I don't even remember what that one was at this point...😄

Here are the pans hanging up. The dirt area is now our vegetable garden. The green area across the sidewalk is where we now have our berry beds; blueberry, raspberry, blackberry and a cherry bush 'tree'.

I also made a few using round cake pans and hung them in a grouping by my lilac bush. If you look closely you will notice that more of the cable wire has been added in a crisscross pattern. I have different flowering vines that have been planted and these help to support them.

And that's how I made my hanging garden signs.

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I hope you enjoyed this how-to post, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

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Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Wednesdays in the Studio - Link Party 13

Welcome to Wednesdays in the Studio, a weekly link party focusing on designing everyday life.

Thank you to everyone who joined last week! This week's features include:

A this and that post from The Apple Street Cottage

A sea breeze quilt from Amy's Creative Pursuits

A spring table setting from Dinner at Eight

A raised garden bed from An Artful Mom

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Want to join this week? Here are the rules for participation:

*Please link to a specific post and not your homepage.

*Link only your own posts, not someone else's.

*Etsy shops, giveaways and other link parties are ok as long as they are design related.

*Party runs from Wednesday until Monday each week, Central Standard Time.

*A link back to this party isn't required but is appreciated!

*Linking up gives you the opportunity to be featured in next week's party.

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-Jennifer

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Friday, April 4, 2025

Bluebird of Happiness

Want a silly, whimsical bit of spring decor to put on your shelf?
Here is how I made a faux bluebird of happiness:

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I have these little birds in my craft supplies that are probably from some garage sale or thrift store, I can't even remember! I chose a blue one since this project is a "bluebird of happiness".

(I found these similar ones on Amazon)

Next, I needed a container. Whenever I buy a candle I always choose based on scent first, jar second - if it isn't a jar I can recycle then I won't buy it. Needless to say, I have a bin in my craft room full of candle jars ready to use! I grabbed this one for my little birdie, but you could easily purchase a jar at any store if you needed to.

Starting with these little Dollar Tree mossy bits, I hot glued them into the bottom of the jar.

Using more hot glue I positioned the little birdie on top.

A label made with my Cricut and the jar was complete.

Here is how the jar looks if you turn the label towards the back.

Now here is a confession - I'm sharing this post as a potential spring decor item, but I actually made my little bluebird jar for Halloween! I have a huge set of potions and ingredients (you can see them here) that include all kinds of things like dragon scales and snowflakes and mermaid tears... Why not a bluebird of happiness as well? It might seen a little morbid to some, but it isn't as bad as my blackbird pie 😄