Fireman's Prayer Sign with Tutorial

<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAe85V9Z00j8hS_fHQr5QgN46ojkFWDwmJJbCHbtywuNjkeFG4DKWXWPGXH1o871PVhrlM0xdENZog-d2eiUldZuX-jR03eEV6KWMt8gWkJFwTh1Zvu_t2b-R1nJNxCSdOJS6fEJvyH9E/s1600/fireman%2527s+prayer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="DIY sign, fireman's prayer sign, fireman's sign" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAe85V9Z00j8hS_fHQr5QgN46ojkFWDwmJJbCHbtywuNjkeFG4DKWXWPGXH1o871PVhrlM0xdENZog-d2eiUldZuX-jR03eEV6KWMt8gWkJFwTh1Zvu_t2b-R1nJNxCSdOJS6fEJvyH9E/s1600/fireman%2527s+prayer.jpg" title="" width="178" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Hello there! I've been MIA a little this past week. I threw my back out, and was away for a few days on a motorcycle trip (which was interesting with a bad back!). I've missed doing some DIY, but even putting on socks was a chore! However, I'm baaaaack. (Pun intended.)<br /><br />Recently, I've been working on a canvas that I have been wanting to make for my husband, who is a volunteer firefighter. I saw the most awesome sign made with the Fireman's Prayer by <a href="http://minettesmaze.blogspot.com/2014/03/diy-firemans-prayer-sign.html">Shelly at Minette's Maze</a> , and I knew I wanted to make my own version.<br /><br />In case you've never seen it, here's The Fireman's Prayer is as follows, in the original form:<br /><br /><div style="background-color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;">"Fireman's Prayer"</span></span></strong></div><div style="background-color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #cccccc; color: #333233; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: 22px;">When I am called to duty, God<br />whenever flames may rage,<br />give me the strength to save some life<br />Whatever be its age.</span></em></div><div style="background-color: #cccccc; color: #333233; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #cccccc; color: #333233; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: 22px;">Help me to embrace a little child<br />before it’s too late,<br />or some older person<br />from the horror of that fate.</span></em></div><div style="background-color: #cccccc; color: #333233; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #cccccc; color: #333233; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: 22px;">Enable me to be alert<br />and hear the weakest shout,<br />and quickly and efficiently<br />to put the fire out.</span></em></div><div style="background-color: #cccccc; color: #333233; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #cccccc; color: #333233; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: 22px;">I want to fill my calling<br />and give the best in me,<br />to guard my neighbor<br />and protect his property.</span></em></div><div style="background-color: #cccccc; color: #333233; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #cccccc; color: #333233; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 22px;"><i>and if according to my fate</i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #cccccc; color: #333233; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: 22px;">I am to lose my life,<br />Please bless with your protecting hand<br />my children and my wife.</span></em></div><div style="background-color: #cccccc; color: #333233; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: 22px;">- Author Unknown.</span></em></div><br />First, I printed the poem and took it to Staples to have it blown up the 20"x24", just so that I could space it out on my canvas.<br /><br />Once I had an idea of the spacing, I used a pencil to draw my lines as guides. (Those pencil lines weren't easy to erase by the way! I ended up painting over them, lightly, which was somewhat successful.)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5OdaS89i7PxAT5HPZVHe4lar1BAlibhKiO8E476GyN_OZm5IG2kahgYjpjdDjFvoRllhNugml0-26yTX-4FO5Jrf8S7_dZt64rZHEvZLbQseSfRGp0eqxdDZFhKul96nL2qsyOFXOzWw/s1600/fireman's+prayer1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="DIY sign, fireman's prayer sign, fireman's sign" border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5OdaS89i7PxAT5HPZVHe4lar1BAlibhKiO8E476GyN_OZm5IG2kahgYjpjdDjFvoRllhNugml0-26yTX-4FO5Jrf8S7_dZt64rZHEvZLbQseSfRGp0eqxdDZFhKul96nL2qsyOFXOzWw/s1600/fireman's+prayer1.jpg" title="" width="320" /></a></div><br />Taking Shelly's lead, I drew the fireman's cross, or Maltese Cross <span style="font-family: inherit;">(<span style="background-color: white;">used throughout the Fire Service in the United States as a symbol of Honor, Courage, and Dedication) in the center of the canvas.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">I spent weeks trying to figure out the easiest way to transfer the poem onto the canvas. <i>Weeks! </i>Should I used a projection method, or stencil, or tracing... Decision making is not one of my strengths, so in the end, I forced myself to <i>just do it</i>, and wrote it out in my own hand. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9afg8RpHuoXVQtt7UGhl3aBC5oZeYWryy6KydBQ-lz2hyphenhyphenaJApVTDsYag58hRCY02kkphCKFSQtBk8wWp8RlTACgdyNzO5ckGHiLIzsrAQBzlHlt-h8I2Vhj9-UTtnq3L2b_OJ6Anw3c/s1600/firemans+prayer2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="DIY sign, fireman's prayer sign, fireman's sign" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9afg8RpHuoXVQtt7UGhl3aBC5oZeYWryy6KydBQ-lz2hyphenhyphenaJApVTDsYag58hRCY02kkphCKFSQtBk8wWp8RlTACgdyNzO5ckGHiLIzsrAQBzlHlt-h8I2Vhj9-UTtnq3L2b_OJ6Anw3c/s1600/firemans+prayer2.jpg" title="" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And that's it. The canvas is finished, but now I have to mount it on <i>SOMETHING</i>. Hopefully it won't take me <i>weeks </i>to figure it out! (That's where I'm hoping you will help me!) </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTiKi9kd01mMOXrVau69Xvr988vtXQb_Zpn_o07aAusuvwnuXI2onhpzxfPcyzyWx39PovqAEySEBlvSHZaU-EDEPvLjlNLxkO6c12jxUEFHxunbNsTAiYAtm35G3rY2dy2AoUsSHcqNI/s1600/fireman%2527s+prayer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="DIY sign, fireman's prayer sign, fireman's sign" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTiKi9kd01mMOXrVau69Xvr988vtXQb_Zpn_o07aAusuvwnuXI2onhpzxfPcyzyWx39PovqAEySEBlvSHZaU-EDEPvLjlNLxkO6c12jxUEFHxunbNsTAiYAtm35G3rY2dy2AoUsSHcqNI/s1600/fireman%2527s+prayer.jpg" title="" width="178" /></a></div><br /><div>Please let me know if you have any ideas of what I should mount it on, or maybe something unusual to frame it with... 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Fireman's Prayer Sign with Tutorial

Hello there! I've been MIA a little this past week. I threw my back out, and was away for a few days on a motorcycle trip (which was int...

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