Crafting: Hot Tub Sign

I've gotten into the habit of making my mom signs for important events such as her anniversary and now her birthday. I wanted to make her a sign for her new hot tub and bring it with me to Oregon but my resources ran dry in the wood department.


But look at these little beauts that my dad took of the old hot tub siding:

behold: Perfect sign material after some light sanding and washing.

 Also this adorable chain my dad had laying around...

Makings:

I decided to use the method of printing off a banner and using charcoal to transfer the letters. I rubbed it all over the back of the letters then flipped it over, taped it down, and traced over each letter pressing hard.

Then I painted in the lines:

Finishing touches:
Being that this is an outside sign I put several sealing coast of clear over the writing. Then added the chain and it was done.

Hanging:

This took the two of us:

Happy Birthday Mom!