Next project: subway art!
There are a lot of crafty blogs out there that have examples of their subway art, almost seems like a crafting rite of passage! One blog I follow - tatertots & jello - served as my inspiration to finally try it out myself. Seriously, this gal is Crafty (note the capital "C"), you should check her stuff out and then proceed to be amazed.
For my subway art I decided to go with a quote rather than a holiday-themed one; the seasonal ones I've seen look awesome, but I don't decorate much for holidays. That, plus the fact that I just love this saying made it a sure thing.
Ahem, so the quote I used was some Dr. Seuss-ical wisdom: "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." Pretty inspiring, right? I could bore you with a summary of how I picked the different fonts, sizes, and orientations...but that would be pretty boring and tedious. Really tedious. Trust me. So just a couple pictures of the process:
Let the Silhouette do the cutting...
Peel the unwanted parts...trust me this takes a lot of time.
Finally after hours (and hours and hours, it felt like), my vinyl decal appeared!
I used Silhouette's transfer paper (love this stuff!) to transfer the vinyl over to an old tin sign freshly painted over. The pumpkin orange paint is the same color I used for my side table a few weeks back.
Final outcome looks pretty spiffy. Added a memo magnet strip from my Christmas haul (thanks Aunt Lisa!) and found some cool orange wall hooks at TJ Maxx for only $2 to finish off my entryway.
SO cool!
ReplyDeleteHey, I need a sign for my office that says, "It is what it is!" When you have time and available materials (could be anything at all). I've always wanted to post this as management loves to use it as a blanket excuse...hahaha...kind of like parents saying, "Because I said so!" in response to a child's question of, "Why?"
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