{"id":8126,"date":"2012-02-20T17:07:38","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T22:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=8126"},"modified":"2012-02-20T11:08:38","modified_gmt":"2012-02-20T16:08:38","slug":"another-faux-zinc-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=8126","title":{"rendered":"Another Faux Zinc Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>\u00a0Last week we showed the great success we had using cardboard letters to make a sign for Jordan&#8217;s dining room. \u00a0You can read about it <a title=\"Easy Dining Room Art\" href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2012\/01\/31\/easy-dining-room-art\/\">here<\/a>. \u00a0But before we tackled that project, we practiced with a little letter. \u00a0We bought a cardboard &#8220;H&#8221;, which is Jordan and Mr. Spring&#8217;s last name initial and tried our technique on it first.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2012\/02\/20\/another-faux-zinc-letter\/h-being-painted\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8130\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8130\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/H-being-painted-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/H-being-painted-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/H-being-painted-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Being supervised by Gracie, I am applying the first coat, which is a black acrylic craft paint.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2012\/02\/20\/another-faux-zinc-letter\/h-adding-pearl\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8131\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8131\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/H-adding-pearl-1024x826.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/H-adding-pearl-1024x826.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/H-adding-pearl-400x323.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">The second coat adds the WOW!!! factor. \u00a0I applied pearl paint, which is also an acrylic craft paint.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2012\/02\/20\/another-faux-zinc-letter\/h-with-pins\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8127\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8127\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/H-with-pins-1024x776.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/H-with-pins-1024x776.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/H-with-pins-426x323.jpg 426w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Then to make it look really industrial, I added upholstery tacks that are in a zinc finish.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2012\/02\/20\/another-faux-zinc-letter\/h-more-pins\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8128\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8128\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/H-more-pins-1024x821.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/H-more-pins-1024x821.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/H-more-pins-402x323.jpg 402w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">This letter has a completely different vibe from the dining room wall letters. \u00a0I think Jordan is going to add it to the photo gallery that she is putting together for her stairway. \u00a0We&#8217;ll keep you posted when it goes up.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2012\/02\/20\/another-faux-zinc-letter\/h-finished\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8129\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8129\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/H-finished-999x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/H-finished-999x1024.jpg 999w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/H-finished-315x323.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/The-2-Seasons\/233957543322072\">Click here to Like The 2 Seasons on Facebook.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Take Care!<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Last week we showed the great success we had using cardboard letters to make a sign for Jordan&#8217;s dining room. \u00a0You can read about it here. \u00a0But before we tackled that project, we practiced with a little letter. \u00a0We bought a cardboard &#8220;H&#8221;, which is Jordan and Mr. Spring&#8217;s last name initial and tried our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8126"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8126"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8518,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8126\/revisions\/8518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}