Seahorses and postcards

I have hundreds and hundreds of vintage images and collages stored up on my computer.  I love combining graphics into something completely different.

I had a bunch of vintage postcards and this great seahorse compliments of The Graphics Fairy.  I combined the two in Photoshop and came up with this collage.

This is actually not done on a piece of reclaimed wood, we took our pine, painted it and distressed it.  I added the graphic I designed, sealed it in spar urethane and then sealed it again with outdoor polyurethane.

I think this would be awesome in a beach home, it has just the right shabby beach chic look.

Here is this little guy.

Custom crab shack sign

I really really love this one.  I am on the hunt for some more reclaimed wood.  I made a sign for our friends but it came out badly, so I decided to redeem myself and make another one.

Score!!!

I painted the reclaimed wood then added the crab and wording.  I was not happy with just the spray spar urethane, so I decided to try some semi gloss polyurethane.

Winner!

I really want to test these guys out in the elements so I can market some outdoor signs.  I sprayed it with a spray bottle and the water rolled right off, really cool ( now I am impatient to get ours out in the elements).

I love the one I made for us as well, and nothing like a little self promoting to try and get business moving.

First sales today!

We are really pouring ourselves into getting noticed.  I have been on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and Pinterest.

I have been listing on Etsy, giving out business cards, been on local forums and contacting local shops.

It has been exhausting.

On a whim, I listed some signs on Craigslist, then woot woot, I got a text.

Luckily my husband was home and we got our first 4 sales today, from a free non crafty site.

I will take it.

Hubby was beginning to wonder if we would ever sell anything, we think our ideas are cute, but you just never know.

So it has been a wonderful day, and hopefully it is the start of some more sales!