Karen, that photo of Soft Summer Night makes me drool. A bunch more S photos for the pot: SUNRISE SUNSET BEAUTIFUL SELF DETERMINATION SONG IN MY HEART SUPERFICIAL SIGHS SAFE ISLAND SANOMA FALLS SWEET SUMMER HEAT SINS OF OMISSION SAN SIMEON SHELBY'S SONG SOUTH SEA ENCHANTMENT SAN LUIS ICE SPACECOAST EXTRAVAGANZA SIAMESE ROYALTY SWALLOWTAIL KITE SHADOW OF DOUBT BIG SUR SOVEREIGN QUEEN

Nancy...GOT IT!!!! Thanks everybody for participating and hope you all got something you could use. Nancy thanks for your special additions, they will all get used, and as for everything else...it has either found a home in my supply closet or will be set aside for the next Craft Supply Robin. THANKS Nancy...and thanks eerybody else. I will be sending Janet another email...we'll see what happens....this is just a little frustrating since she was the last stop before the Robin comes home. Cross you fingers for me! Netta

There are a lot of stencils on ebay all the time. They even have them already set up to spell out certain sayings for signs. You can also do the lettering yourself. I do my stuff all freehand with a paintbrush but I have been doing it for a few years now. I know some people can't get it to turn out right. They make paint markers that could help out a lot. Or if you're going for black lettering, use a Sharpie. I look at different Fonts on-line for ideas. You can also open up like Word and type up what you want to say and try looking at it in different fonts. Then I just look at how they drew each letter and do that in pencil before going over it with paint. GL!

One of my favorite things to make is signs. A lot of people use the stencils but I do my stuff by hand. I start by trying to decide what look I want and then I either look at lettering on something else (I use the Country House catalog a lot for inspiration! LOL) or I type up what I want in Word Perfect and keep changing the font until it's what I want. Then I look at the lettering and try to write it out the same. Usually it looks quite similar but I do change a few letters here and there. The dots on the end isn't that hard. I'm assuming you want the "messy" look instead of a perfectly printed out word. Again, look at other items for inspiration (Seach ebay for primitive signs or stitchery). See which letters they make longer and copy that. The dots really change the look of it, too! GL