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Coffee Café Give your next coffee break an international flavor. From "Creative Juice" episode DCRJ-512

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Let everyone know you mean business with a vintage café sign that will help show off your most delicious coffee creations.

Painted and Antiqued Tin Coffee Sign

Painted and Antiqued Tin Coffee Sign

Materials:

sheet metal, cut approximately 1'x2'
primer
flat or satin latex paint
large paintbrushes
fine-grit sandpaper
large chipboard scrapbooking letters
transfer paper
detail paintbrushes
foam brush
craft paint
E6000 glue
2" brush and/or stipple brush
gold craft paint
craft hammer
nail
waxed cord

1. With a large paintbrush, prime one side of the sheet metal and allow it to dry (figure A).

2. With a large paintbrush, paint one side of the sign with latex paint and allow it to dry.

3. Apply low-tack painter's tape approximately 2" from each edge to create a border (figure B).

Figure A

Figure B

PDF Coffee cup template: click to download.

4. Using a printed or previously drawn design as a template (see link, at right, to download our template), trace the design onto the metal with transfer paper (figure C).

5. Paint the design onto the metal sign using the detail paintbrushes (figure D). Allow the paint to dry.

Figure C

Figure D

6. Using a foam brush, paint the taped-off border with a bright, contrasting paint. Allow the paint to dry.

7. Choose a saying such as "Hot & Fresh," "Tea Time " or "Get Perky" and select the corresponding chipboard letters. Paint each letter with craft paint and allow each to dry. Sand the edges of the letters to create a weathered look (figure E).

8. Apply the chipboard letters with E6000 glue, using a bamboo skewer to carefully apply the glue (figure F). Allow the sign to dry.

Figure E

Figure F

Figure G

9. Using a 2" brush and/or a stipple brush, tap on gold craft paint sparingly, just to barely stipple the perimeter of the sign and give it an antiqued effect.

10. Use a craft hammer and nail to punch small holes on either upper edge of the sign (figure G). Thread and knot a waxed thread through each hole to create a hanger.

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