Some Wall Vinyl . . . For Me!!

I finally got around to cutting some vinyl for myself today!!  I wanted to put this on the glass of my storm door, but ended up cutting it a litle too big.  It went above the closet in my entryway instead.  See this post for the file.
Thanks for looking.

I Wordled!!

If you want to know what a wordle is or how to make your own, check out this post.  I put this together as an office holiday decoration.  The names are all my coworkers.  I used a double rectangle forthe border and the bow from this post. The snowflakes are from the shapes library in SCAL and the font for Believe is Inspiration.  The font for all the names is built into Wordle, not sure which one. Go to Wordle.net and play a little!!  Thanks for looking!!

My First Oversized Vinyl Project

Lessons learned on my first over-sized vinyl project. When I say over-sized, I am not talking truck trailer size or anything. No, just larger than the 12 x 24 mat. Well I did it, although I had a couple bumps in the road; actually more like one huge pothole!! But I'll get to that in a minute. Well, here is the final look. My mom decorated her husband's bathroom as a surprise when he was in Sturgis a few weeks ago for the motorcycle rally. Finished size is about 35" x 19." The font is MS Segue. The swirls are from SCAL and the Harley Logo is an SVG. Before loading up my contribution to the newly redecorated bathroom and taking it to mom's house, I pieced it together on my patio door.

I learned a couple valuable lessons while doing this project. First, reference marks are gold. I used diamonds in order to line up the different sections of the picture. Totally great. It went together like a dream. Now the pothole. I learned that the wet method for applying vinyl does not work so good with 631 vinyl on a wall. Fortunately, I also learned that if your wet method application goes bad, a blow dryer will cure all evil, aka, dry it up (the vinyl and the wall) so you can start all over again. No harm no foul!!

Finally, the mouse hole on the trim is my own little touch. I forgot to mention his bathroom is also the laundry room, hence the clothes line with the motorcycle parked outside. This is an SVG file. I am not going to post it here as it is not my design (I added the motorcycle.) But, you can find a photo of the mouse hole here (traceable in SCAL): http://www.hu2.com/store/living-room/mickey-pack.html and a TON more inspiration at the site. You have to go check out the great designs they have!!

Why Not Use the Positive and the Negative?

I did this project as a cute wall vinyl for a friend who recently had a baby. I had planned on giving them the one with the inside of the circle solid brown with the cut out of the "A" and the name. As I was weeding it occurred to me that i should save the weeded out portions as it would make a very cute "bonus." I was right. I keep extra pieces of the vinyl backing handy just in case I weed out designs I want to save for later.

The font is Walt Disney Script, available for free download here:http://i-love-disney.com/downloads/disney-cartoon-fonts/

I used Oracal 631 vinyl in brown. Next time you are weeding a design, make sure to check and make sure you aren't weeding out anything you can use later!!