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Tag: signs

Posted on September 19, 2020October 4, 2020

From garage sale find to DIY Halloween sign

If you don't like what the sign says, paint over it.

Posted on April 8, 2020June 7, 2020

Making a miniature advertising mural

How do you make a big statement on a small barn? Paint a miniature advertising mural on it. This one is a replica of a mural on a barn in Dodge County.

Posted on June 20, 2019September 24, 2020

Statue of Liberty sign for the porch

By now, my husband really should know better than to leave plywood laying around out in the open inside our garage where anybody who lives here can steal it. If he wants to keep the plywood for his own use he should hide it somewhere out of sight, amirite? Anyhoo, in a related matter, here's …

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Posted on October 17, 2016September 24, 2020

Halloween sign | “Double Double Toil and Trouble”

Nothing says Halloween like a spooky sign with a smiling skull and crossbones on it.

photo of Lisa Cestkowski

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Welcome to Wisconsin Magpie. I’m Lisa, the creator of this site.

A history nerd and profligate collector, I spend way too much of my free time at thrift stores and garage sales, salvaging other people’s castoffs. When I’m home, I’m attempting to use power tools I have no idea how to operate and undertaking craft projects well beyond my skill level. Sometimes they actually turn out.

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