This piece, I originally made as an apartment warming present for my sister, who is an avid Gilmore Girls fan. The sign is a replica of a sign from the show’s most famous eatery, Luke’s Diner. It was a fairly simple build. I drew the line work in Photoshop, blew it up and printed it at actual size. I then cut two stencils from my printout, one for the cup cutout and one for the lettering. I outlined the cup stencil on a piece of plywood and cut it out using a jig saw. After a quick sanding, I then painted both sides yellow. After the yellow was dry, I used a red colored pencil to outline the lettering stencil on both sides. Finally, I filled in my outlines with red paint. Once that was done, I ordered the sign bracket, drilled two holes and hung the sign near my sister’s coffee station in her kitchen. I saved the stencils in order to remake this replica, and in subsequent remakes, have forgone the sign bracket in favor of two sawtooth hangers on the back.