Way back when we were helping to clean out Dave’s Grandma’s house, we brought a little piece of Dave’s family history home with us.

It’s the sign that used to hang at the end of the driveway of the farm his grandparents owned in the mid-late 70s. Sadly, a drunk driver hit his grandfather’s car, putting an end to their time at the farm after just a few short years, as his grandfather’s injuries meant he was no longer able to work the farm. They sold and moved back to Mississauga.

But Dave’s earliest (and some of his most favourite) memories are from the farm. We intend to put the sign up in the dining room whenever we get it finished. But since that’s likely to be years away, I thought of something I could do for him in the mean time.

You may recall that I have two old metal milk cans, one of which came from Dave’s grandma’s house (and may or may not be from the farm – we can’t be sure). I painted them white, with the intention of decorating them and putting them in the garden.

My plan was to hand paint the goat on the one from his Grandma’s…. but then I remember Paisley had a Cricut! So when I was at Mom’s on the weekend, I put her to work.

She took the picture of the sign, and turned it into vinyl cutouts I could stick on the can!

And I think it turned out incredibly well! As soon as I brought it home and showed Dave, he took a picture and sent it to his Mom. She was the one who made the original sign (hand cut at that time!), so she was thrilled to see this.

Dave’s given it a really good thick coat of clear to protect it from the elements, but I’m going to wait until next spring to put it in the garden. There’s only a month or so of the growing season left out there, so there’s no point exposing it now.

Now I just have to decide what to put on my other can! I think that will be a project for this winter.