Just Something I Made...

I realized I forgot to show you all this...

It's a wooden sign made from a vintage ad I found!

I made it at the very beginning of May... it was a very easy task, just a little time consuming. Here's my process:

1. I emailed the original ad to our local print shop and had them enlarge it to about 36"x36".
2. Had my husband make me a wooden square and then I painted it white.
3. Taped my enlarged print to the painted square.
4. Used a jumbo sheet of carbon/transfer paper (I found mine in the canvas aisle at Hobby Lobby) to transfer the image onto the painted wood sign. Just put transfer paper under the print paper and trace around your image and words with a pen or pencil.
5. Your pen or pencil will push down on the carbon paper and transfer your image onto the wood sign. Once your all done transferring...
6. Usually I would use paint to fill in my transferred image...but this time I used a black sharpie and was very happy with the results.

All total, the project cost me under $5!

That's it! Easy peasy!

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Vintage Printables for Your Walls

I had to share my 2 favorite sites for vintage printables and graphics...

Print them at home... email them to a copy center. Frame them...decoupage them to something! Have fun!

VintagePrintable.com

Check out this ad I found over at The Graphics Fairy !

The bicycle first caught my eye...but then the name of the wheel makers stopped me in my tracks! Apparently there's wheel makers on my husbands side of the family! I am thinking of actually paying to get this printed off huge, and making a big vintage sign out of it!

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Sunshine...

Oh how I love this print...

the colors...

the words...

but mostly the fact that it reminds me of my dad...sunshine is the nickname he gave me as a little girl...and he still calls me it today!

Find the print here!

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Dress The Walls

Wallpaper or fabric attached to a frame.

(look for cheap frames at the thrift store and paint them the same color)

Big style for little money!

Details here

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Did You Even Know?

Look what I found! Chalkboard paint in a whole lot of different colors...24 to be exact! Check out Hudson Paint to view them all! I've seen black, green and blue before...but this blows my mind!

And don't forget about Martha....she came up with instructions on how to make your own custom colored chalkboard paint! Check it out here!

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Owl Bet You Like Cheap Artwork!

Now I need to clarify that this art project will take extreme talent and huge amounts of artistic talent.......

by Hallmark!

Have you ever walked by the card section in a store and a pretty card caught your eye?

Here's what I say...BUY IT!

Who cares if it's a congratulations on you mole removal...if the outside is pretty, who cares!

(as long as the outside doesn't mention the mole removal thing)

I found this pretty owl card at Target...the frame was $1 at a garage sale. (But thrift stores have tons too!)

I painted the frame with some "Burnt Orange" spray paint I found at Lowes.

Place the card inside...and that's it!

Change your cards seasonally...in a little over a month you'll be receiving lots of holiday cards in the mail...frame some of those!

Let your creative minds wander, as you wander the card aisle!

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