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Mrs. Penguin, Northern California Age and Occupation: 27, Weddingbee Editor in Chief Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, Doctor of Physical Therapy Engagement Date: January 29, 2007 Wedding Date: June 7, 2008 Blogging Since: September 14, 2007 Venue: Winery in the Gold Country About Me: I love the Spice Girls, dogs with underbites, bean burritos, making messes, high fives, avoiding showers, crossword puzzles, blogs, weddings, and blogs about weddings!
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Take Me There

June 2nd, 2008 @ 1:35 pm by Mrs. Penguin

Our wedding is WAY out in the middle of nowhere.  I mean, it might as well be on the moon.   The problem is if you Google or Mapquest directions to the site, they take you on a really unnecessarily difficult route to get there, so we’re directing our guests the easy, 3 turn way, which in the end, is a couple miles longer, yet gives people less of a chance to get lost than the Mapquest route.

I wanted to make some rustic looking signs pointing people in the right direction. Since the route that our guests are taking cuts through barns, pastures, and a couple of towns that have been frozen in time since the gold rush, I thought weathered looking signs would look nice and blend into the scenery nicely. Well, Home Depot doesn’t carry rustic wood. So using 3 ft pine steaks, pine planks, wood stain and white paint, we faked the weathered look.

We purchased some wood made for fencing, and had them cut at Home Depot. Mr. Penguin nailed the planks to 3 foot wood stakes.

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Then, using a small can of dark wood stain, I applied one coat and let it dry.

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When dry, if you only use one coat, the wood stain becomes uneven, perfect for a weathered look.

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Then, paint. I used old paint that was lying around in my parents’ garage.

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Admitedly, when we left Home Depot, I was a little annoyed at how much work I thought these were going to take, but we finished this project well under a couple of hours. The stain didnt take very long to dry before we were able to paint the white lettering on…maybe 30 mins or so.

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I’ll put the signs out on Friday, so our rehearsal participants will be able to take advantage of the directions as well!All in all, a project that was well worth the time, since it was a quickie!

Cost breakdown per sign:

Wood stake - 50 cents
Wood fence plank, cut in 1/3 - $1.97
Wood Stain - $3.50 (one small can can paint around 10 signs similar to the ones I made)
Nails and Paint - laying around
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Total: $5.97

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15 Responses to “Take Me There”

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Michelle

I love the signs! Great job to you and Mr.Penguin.

I got my fiancee involved by creating a project that involved using a drill. He was more than happy to work on that!

 
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Red

I think signs are soooo considerate - nothing worse than getting lost on your way to a wedding and missing all the action. These look AWESOME!!

 
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SKM

Those look great! Awesome job :)

 
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Mrs. Lemon (message)  425 posts, Helper bee

Dad’s and brothers also love these projects :) Awesome job!

 
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frenchbulldog (message)  6,063 posts, Bee Keeper

SO CUTE!

 
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Miss Cookie (message)  784 posts, Busy bee

Love it! I’m in a similar situation with my venue– Google or Mapquest doesn’t give directors either. So, I want to do create a sign like yours! You are the DIY queen!

 
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KateMW (message)  2,714 posts, Sugar bee

Very cute…I’m going to do something like that, even though you can get decent directions to the venue I want to use. It’s cute!

 
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beanchar

What do I love more, Miss Penguin or Google??? Hard to say… they both give so richly:

http://www.whattofix.com/blog/archives/2005/08/moon_invasion_b.php

Maybe you could get Raytheon to underwrite your wedding, Pengy!

 
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pattyb (message)  102 posts, Blushing bee

These are great, we need to do something similar for our wedding that also in-the-middle-of-nowhere. I feel like you broke it down and made it a simple task to complete!

 
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Erin

These are sooooo great!! I can’t believe they were so affordable. And way to use old paint!!

 
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Marlene

Those signs are very cute!

 
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Miss Pineapple (message)  676 posts, Busy bee

love them peng!

 
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Miss Cream Puff (message)  227 posts, Helper bee

These look awesome!! I may steal this idea for a “wedding in progress” sign, but I kinda think Crissy Field said we couldn’t jam anything into the ground…must check on that. These are SWEET.

 
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Guilty Secret

Aw, your guests are going to get so excited on the way there seeing the signs!

 
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Miss Candy Corn (message)  516 posts, Busy bee

Those are so cute! You’re one inspiring little DIY bee.

 


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