I just finished this second pizza peel for Chartreuse Spring Market Days (15-17 April).
I started with this dirty rough pizza peel. The peel was covered with baking soot. I wiped it down with bleach water to get most of it off the peel. I weighted the board down so as it dried it would not warp.
I used the Typography Coffee Sign from The Graphics Fairy. I used the enlargement method to get the sign big enough for my project. The Graphics Fairy has a section on the different ways you can transfer her free graphics. Her graphics and information are invaluable!
After enlarging the image, I taped it onto the pizza peel:
I then used a pen and pressed hard onto the paper to outline the lettering. (It's a big graphic, I had to bandage my thumb from the blister forming <hint>)
I peeled back the paper and used chalk to help see the outline from the pen markings:
After I finished tracing the sign I used chalk all over to highlight the graphics:
I used a pencil to trace over the pen engraving; then filled in the letters with a black sharpie. I wiped down the peel with a sponge to get rid of the chalk. After it dried, I used a rough grit sand paper to "age" the graphic. I finished with rubbing lemon oil all over the pizza peel.
Et voila...finis!
I took a long break from the blog...too much life going on!
I've got some great stuff to share....starting with this trash-to-treasure!
I took this very used pizza peel (destined for the dumpster) and turned it into a very cool sign.
BEFORE:
AFTER!!
Before: Nondescript, blah table:
After: Wow!
I like to paint with Annie Sloan chalk paint (old white). The Graphics Fairy has fantastic images. I really like this french stamp image. It was tiny, but The Graphics Fairy has a tutorials on how to enlarge images and various methods to apply the images. The stamp printed out on 6 pages (reversed image)! After cutting it out, I applied Mod Podge on the top of the painted table; carefully placed each piece (face down) on top of the Mod Podged table and smoothed out all the bubbles. After a night of drying, I used a wet sponge and with a lot of patience, gently wet/pealed away the paper until I got to the image. Some of the image pulled away, but I liked the look. After the image dried again, I applied 2 coats of Mod Podge (drying between coats) to the top of the image. Then hand sanding. A dry brush with a bit of Annie Sloan Emperor's Red chalk paint. More sanding. Finished with Annie Sloan clear wax; dark wax, clear wax. <whew>
