Oh friends….
I am SO excited to share this with you.
Because I’ve been long admiring Miss Kristi’s gorgeous work.
And I’ve long been pining for a piece of my own.
And as if that weren’t enough, I am about 195% sure that I have scored the most amazing Barn Owl Primitives sign of ALL TIME.
When Kristi asked if I would like to pick out a sign for myself in exchange for sharing with my sweet readers, I happily obliged. I mean, twist my arm.
After much indecisive clicking back and forth…BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL PERFECTION…I finally settled on her You Are My Sunshine.
I sing this song to my kids often.
Plus, RAINBOW.
Now imagine my delight when Kristi asked if I would mind if she change the color palette a little to better reflect what she gathered were my tastes based on my Instagram feed.
Sign maker by day, Columbo by night.
NOW imagine my giddy excitement (and I mean, there was actual, in fact, for reals full on squealing) when I opened up that package to find THIS:
I mean, I thought the primary colors in her original version were fantastic.
But this???!!! This happy jewel toned beauty is like manna from heaven above.
In fact, it was so full of awesome, I was kinda stressed out.
Where would I put this?!
It had to be the perfect place in my house.
First, I tried it in my kitchen.
It looked cute, but not quite right.
Plus, it reminded me how horrifically I had slapped my gallery wall up.
The gallery wall I keep meaning to re-do and space out appropriate, all Pinterest like, but haven’t bothered with.
Plus, somehow, it didn’t seem quite right to have a nursery rhyme in the kitchen.
Then, I moved it to the living room.
I actually really liked it here, but it covered up a lot of that second shelf.
(P.S. look close…a certain brass unicorn was mailed to me recently. Yessssssss.)
The playroom/schoolroom seemed like the best spot.
So I tried here.
Which I loved. But it meant displacing another sign I had there.
#firstworldproblems
Finally, I decided that it needed to live perched right on our work desk.
Where it would remind my kids of their preciousness as they color. And remind me too when we’re having a hard homeschool day.
The play/school room houses some of my favorite things, so it seemed natural to have it display my new favorite sign.
Like this little vintage camera and glass globe I found at an antique store.
And happy flowers all lined up in sweet vases.
And our heart rock collection.
Plus, it pretty much looks like it was made to get married to Meg’s canvas and they should have sign art babies together.
Am I right?
Kristi’s shop is filled with all manner of gorgeous.
As you can imagine, it was hard to choose my favorite. Here are the ones I kept waffling on before finally settling:
Kindness, cooking, encouragement and Christmas.
It’s like my favorite things all in a little collage of scuffed up sign happy.
Did I mention rainbow???
Yeah.
Any color you want.
Now before you hate my guts too much more, Kristi was sweet enough to offer ONE LUCKY DUCK READER a $75 gift certificate to her shop!!!!
SEE?!
Just follow the easy peasy prompts in the rafflecopter widget below. You have up to 3 entries each, and I’ll select a winner on Tuesday, October 29th.
So Go! And follow Barn Owl Primitives on Instagram while you’re at it and get treated to rainbow happiness in your feed whenever she posts.
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I love where you deiced to put your sign!
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A true love story never ends!
I love You are My Sunshine
I cant pick just one, i think i would use the $75 to get a few things. Although i do love the Reindeer one.
Love your You are My Sunshine sign. I love color!!!! Thanks for a chance!
I love them all!!
There are so many awesome signs to choose from – it would be hard to pick.
This is really gorgeous! I would love to have one too!
it would be a hard choice between Be Awesome today or Go into the World and do good! love them both!!
bahhh!! I love them all! LOVE the “love you more than all the stars in the sky” but also obsessed w/ the holiday ones. the “have yourself a merry little christmas” and the “good tidings of great joy”. i want them ALL.
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Love it! I’d put it in my baby’s room :).
oh my word. I have been wanting the mustard yellow “you are my sunshine” for the kids’ bathroom FOREVER. love them all!
i love it all! I really want some for my home:)
I love them all…but the You are my Sunshine is fabulous! That is what my Mom always said to me as I was growing up…and as I was growing older. I would LOVE to win!
Love the Twinkle, twinkle little star. Could use one of these for our new mudroom.
I love the “do small things with great love”! Such a great reminder.
I could really use anything encouraging..we just found out from the insurance adjuster that we’ve got to rip out the flooring in half my house from the damage done by an overflowing toilet to prevent any horrible illness caused by black mold. Guess I’ll be moving EVERYTHING to storage for a while. I do realize this is just an inconvenience and not really bad in the scheme of life…..but a little joy from a new sign mighthelp me get through the clean-up and reno. I love your blog and thanks for the giveaway!
That sign is perfection!
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I LOVE the “Be Wholehearted” sign!
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Oh I love the colors in both primary and jewel tones! :)
I love her stuff. So pretty. I love the rainbow effect but I skew more towards the muted, country-type colors.
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SERIOUSLY, THESE SIGNS ARE SUPER CUTE!
It is so hard to pick just one but I LOVE the “All things bright & beautiful”
I seriously don’t want to pick. I have coveted her signs for a WHILE. I love the You Are My Sunshine signs (all versions), and I really like Live Love and Be Happy. And so many more! I don’t know!
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I love the “you are my sunshine” print! We sing it to our boys, so it would bring joy to our whole family.
The “you are my sunshine” sign is AMAZING! It’s so bright and cheery. I really like the holiday signs, and was so disappointed that the “trick or treat” sign sold out before I remembered to buy it!
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I love the “Love with your whole heart” sign. Perfect for our living room.
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They are all adorable but right now I love- do small things with great love.
So cute!
I LOVE all of her signs! I think I like the You are my sunshine in rainbow, too! So hard to decide! :)
I love that sign!!
I love your sign! The colors are so pretty and just perfect for you! It’s so hard for me to choose a favorite because they all are super cute! I love these sayings and would want my two boys to live by this “I Give Thanks to God For” and “Go Out Into the World and Do Good.”
LOVE the one she made for you. Those jewel colors are GREAT. I’d be happy with ANY of her signs, but it’d be really hard to choose between “do small things with great love”, “love with your whole heart” and “a true love story never ends”. Thanks to you & Kristi for an awesome & generous giveaway!
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One of my favorites…would love to win!
Love Wins, Good Tidings of Great Joy or Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas are my faves…but I am sure there are at least 20 more I’d love to have:)
this one!! that color combo is fantastic! thanks for the giveaway!! :)
exodus 14:14. the Lord will fight for you. you only need be still. YES!
I love “Have yourself a merry little Christmas”. Perfect for the house in the holiday season
I love the horizontal family rules sign.
I love the “Reading Gives Us Someplace to Go…” sign… would be perfect for my classroom.
My two favorites are You Are My Sunshine and I Love You More than All the Stars in the Sky. Would so LOVE to win the giveaway!
Do small things with great love is my fave!
Eat ice cream for daily happiness… totally describes my household! I love her stuff!!!
Be responsible for the space. . .and you are my sunshine and Merry Christmas are my top 3. LOVE them. This shop is AWESOME.
What an awesome shop! I have to say, though – I think your sign is the best one. :)
I love the Super Hero rules….. or Eat Ice Cream daily, or the singing birdies one.
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I’m totally jealous of your sign. It’s perfect.
Oh my, that You are my sunshine one neeeeeds to be in my daughter’s room, you know.
my favorite is the “we can do hard things”
I’m loving these oh so much! Especially “have yourself a merry little Christmas”