Make a Coastal Welcome Sign using Cricut vinyl designs on a thrift store frame. Changing up the look of items found at thrift stores is an easy as changing the paint color and adding embellishments to match your decor.

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I’m happy to again join the monthly Thrift Store Challenge group! Each month participants are challenged to:
- Upcycle an item(s) from a thrift store, resale store, or garage sale into a new piece of decor.
- There’s no monthly theme.
- There’s no budget to stick to.

Our Thrift Store Upcycle group of bloggers is looking to expand — and we need your help! Why not consider joining in our thrift store upcycle challenge on the last Thursday of each month? Make some friends while having fun and share your love of DIY with the world. It’s a win-win! Sound like something you’d be interested in? Just leave a comment at the end of this post with your blog name and someone will get back to you right away. We can’t wait to meet you!
Meet the hosts!
Angela | Simply Beautiful by Angela – Gail | Purple Hues & Me
Emily | Domestic Deadline – Beverly | Across the Blvd
Lynne | My Family Thyme – Kathleen | Our Hopeful Home
Jenny | Cookies, Coffee, & Crafts – Allyson | Southern Sunflowers
Chas | Chas’ Crazy Creations
Cricut Designed Coastal Welcome Sign

This is one of the last thrift store purchases I made back in January. I’ve sure missed going thrift store shopping, but I’m glad that I have a number of items in my stash that I can use each month for this challenge. I found this for only $2.99.

The phrase was painted on the glass and while it might work well for some decor, it doesn’t go with mine. The first step in the makeover was to remove the painted letters. Using a sponge and nail polish remover, the paint came off easily.

I cleaned the glass with window cleaner and gave the wood frame two coats of white chalk paint. I used Everlasting by DecoArt.

Using Design Space for my Cricut, I searched images for welcome. I resized it to fit the frame, cut, and weeded it before using transfer tape to add it to the glass.

I wanted the frame to have a weathered look, so I used a combination of DecoArt Blue Mist acrylic paint and dark wax over the white wood. Using my palm sander, I roughed up the edges of the frame.

To give it more of a nautical look, I found a sand dollar design and a wreath like image in Design Space.
I often like to use rope in my coastal creations. I used a piece of rope that I had left over after I made a Coastal Basket from a dollar store item recently. I doubled it over and glued it onto the frame using hot glue.

To cover the ends of the rope, I added a seashell using hot glue.

The change turned out just as I had in mind.

I decided that I didn’t like the wire hanger that was attached to the frame, so I removed it and added a saw tooth hanger on the back.

Supply List for Coastal Welcome Sign
- Thrift Store Find Frame Sign
- White Chalk Paint
- Teal Chalk Paint
- Dark Wax
- Brushes
- Cricut Air Explore 2
- Vinyl Sheet
- Transfer Paper
- Rope
- Seashells
- Hot Glue
- Sand Paper
While the original piece was in good condition and would work well in a farmhouse styled kitchen, the new coastal look works best for my decor.
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Coastal Welcome Sign from a Thrift Store Find

If you love to upcycle thrift store finds, I think you’ll enjoy these!
Starfish Design Coffee Table Tray
Recipe Holder from a Thrift Store Find
Farmhouse Candle Holders Makeover
Starfish Wall Art
Table Top Clock Makeover
Check out how the other hosts met this month’s challenge!
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Joanne says
That is lovely!
Gail @Purple Hues and Me says
Wow Beverly! What a fabulous transformation! Can’t believe what the sign looked like before you got your hands on it! Great job!
Chas Greener says
I love this Beverly, beautiful artwork. It’s so fun to update something and have it fit in our home. Thanks for sharing an wonderful creating with you!
Our Hopeful Home says
I recently was donated a glass Distressed frame and have been thinking about what to put on it. Love your Welcome idea — it turned out beautiful! Now you’ve got me tHinking I might just use decals as well (I don’t have a cricut). Love the pale blue a well. xo KathleEn
Rhonda Gales says
Hi Beverly. Stopping by to see what you’ve been up to. I love the tranformation. I’ll have to add picture frames to my Thrift Store List, and get creative. Thanks for the inspiration! Stay safe.
T'onna | Sew Crafty Crochet says
I love everything about this! Your creations make me want to create a coastal themed house! I love the color, the rope, and the shells. Pinning!!!
Creatively Beth says
The nail polish remover trick is a game changer for me! How did i not know about this?? i live in florida, so i love all types of coastal decor. if you are so inclined, please share this project over at our creative crafts linky party.
have a great weekend!
Creatively, Beth