Line Up Of Vintage Sleds for 2015

Last year I went a little crazy with whole sled thing.  I had stashed away nine by the time Christmas selling time arrived, click  HERE  for that post.  I wasn't able to break that record this year, but still managed to pick up eight.  And now, without further ado, here is our line up of vintage sleds for 2015:

Here is the "before" photo.  I decided to paint several black to look like chalkboards.  I purchased some vintage window stencils from ebay to make the job easier.  (So much to do for the holidays!)

These two are my favorites, I love the worn surface on the white one. 

I ended up selling the blue one without any stenciling.

But I loved how the stenciling enhanced the

vintage beauty of the white one.

Already sold, of course.

 

Here are some "after" group pictures.

I ended up doing two of the snowflake sleds.

The sled on the right was a vintage stencil.

This little sled was the only actual chalkboard

sled that I did this year.

And some more close-ups.

I purchased the "Bless This House" stencil at Hobby Lobby.

The border stencil was a Martha Stewart.

I think a mistake people make when decorating sleds is doing

a horizontal design (long ways on the sled).

People almost always decorate with the sled standing upright

so you should be able to read any writing without tipping your head..

A lacy all-over stencil on raw, aged wood.

The ornament stencils on this sled were done with the vintage

window snow stencils that I had ordered off of ebay.

Long story, but it took over three weeks for me to receive them.

I'm in love with the vintage stencils.

They were worth the wait.