Get your numbers on...

Stopped by The Red Shed  for their Saturday Sale this weekend and picked up a few great things.  One of my favorite things was this metal box.  I think it just needed a little something to make it perfect.  I decided to put some numbers on the front.  Two things you should know here; one, I rarely put anything in my house that doesn't have some sort of personal meaning for our family and two, I rarely do things the way I probably should.  I've seen on other blogs various ways of making stencils and transfers or even handpainting things.  I either can't figure out how to do those things or don't have the talent or steady hand to do it.  So, here's my extremely simple way of putting numbers or letters on items around your house

Here's the box.  Pretty cool, huh?.

I chose the numbers "9116".  Those are our house numbers.  This is the house we chose to be our family home.  We moved in when our son was very young and we'll retire here.  Using the computer and our regular ol' printer, I chose the font and size I wanted and printed out the numbers on regular paper.

Using an exacto knife, I carefully cut along the lines.

Be careful to save the middle of the numbers like 9, 6, and 0.  Put those pieces back in place when you are ready to paint (use a piece of doublestick tape to hold it).  Using craft paint and a foam stencil brush, dab on the paint. 

There you have it.  That's all there is to it. I"m sure there are better ways to do this but this is cheap and easy.

Before.....

After!