{"id":2656,"date":"2011-12-26T20:50:25","date_gmt":"2011-12-27T04:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/driveway-sign-monkey-playground\/"},"modified":"2012-03-13T08:32:31","modified_gmt":"2012-03-13T16:32:31","slug":"driveway-sign-monkey-playground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/driveway-sign-monkey-playground\/","title":{"rendered":"Driveway Sign: Monkey Playground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"top\" \/>\n<p>I playfully call my house the \u201cMonkey Playground\u201d. Why? Why not!<\/p>\n<p>Well, okay, I\u2019m sort of monkey like since I like climbing around on lots of things. A little known fact about me: my 2004 Subaru Impreza WRX STi had a sticker on the side that said \u201cMonkey *\u201d (that last symbol was a star, not an asterisk). I thought it was funny \u2014 sort of like an aviator call sign for the pilot.<\/p>\n<p>The new sign, freshly painted:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_7493.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_7493-tm.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"IMG_7493.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is my first stencil. Here\u2019s how I made it:<\/p>\n<p>* Find an image on the internet to make a stencil out of. Drop it into Adobe Illustrator.<\/p>\n<p>* With my Wacom tablet (a mouse would work), trace it with the pencil tool. Fix it up so the path looks fairly smooth. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/misc\/Monkey_Stencil.ai\">Download my version here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* Print the stencil \u2014 it may take several pages if it is large.<\/p>\n<p>* Tape it down on top of some poster board (thin cardboard from an art supply store.)<\/p>\n<p>* Put something underneath the cardboard so you don\u2019t cut into your table (I used a balsa wood model airplane table).<\/p>\n<p>* Cut it out with a sharp new exacto knife.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_7490.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_7490-tm.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"IMG_7490.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_7491.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_7491-tm.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"IMG_7491.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>* Spray paint it!<\/p>\n<p>I can hear myself telling people how to get to my place: &#8220;Yeah, pull into the driveway with a <i>red monkey<\/i> painted on a huge white saw blade out front.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I playfully call my house the \u201cMonkey Playground\u201d. 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