Making A Sign For The Polka Dot Flea

The Polka Dot Flea has moved to a larger building this year on the Central Florida Fairgrounds  

 So......I built a big new Polka Dot Flea sign to go with the big new building

I have more ideas for perking up the front, but this sign was my first project.   It will go on the grass outside the entrance

I found these metal letters at Renningers a great antique market about 30 minutes outside Orlando in Mount Dora.  

I cut a piece of plywood and then built a frame around it. I got all of the wood from my scrap pile  

When I recently redid my kitchen I saved the old faux back

splash...Horder...Horder.... I knew I would use it for something.  I was able to glue it on and then used dark wax to age it a little.

I thought long and hard about how to attach the metal letters, since they are hollow in the back, I could not glue them and I would have needed mighty long screws ...So, in the end I attached them with wire

And then did a practice run by setting it up in my back yard to insure no snafus on show day

It measures almost 9 ft long!

That Should get peoples attention......I am thrilled to put a big check mark on this project......DONE!!! 

Happy Creating

Carol

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