Crafts - 5/34 - The Idea Room

Laundry Room Sign

I am back with another great deal from Silhouette! This one is usually the favorite deal, the Sihouette Cameo and Vinyl Bundle! Want to take home this great bundle for $269.99?

I also have a tutorial so you can make a sign for your laundry room, like the one I made for the DIY blogger house.

Let’s get the deal details out of the way first for those of you who may be interested.

This Silhouette vinyl bundle includes:

Silhouette CAMEO®
Silhouette CAMEO® electronic cutting tool
Power cable/AC adapter
USB cable
Silhouette Studio® software
$10 download card
12″ x 12″ cutting mat
Silhouette blade
Basic Instruction Guide
CAMEO instructional DVD
black 12″ premium vinyl
white 12″ premium vinyl
12″ transfer paper

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*This deal runs from August 23, 2012 through the 31^st!

All right, now let’s talk about how I made this laundry sign. I simply took a scrap piece of plywood that I had laying around and cut it so that it measured about 18 x 8 inches.

I painted it yellow and then antiqued it with Martha Stewarts Tintable Antique Effect and some brown paint. Simply mix the two mediums together and paint it onto your board. Then take a lightly wet sponge and remove it from the areas you want less antiquing effect.

I let the paint dry and made up this laundry sign template on my Silhouette CAMEO machine and cut it out on some black premium vinyl (which you can pick up today for a great price :)!!

Then I simply transferred the vinyl to my painted board.

This sign was then used to decorate the DIY Blogger House. Want to make one for your house? You can get this exact same template on the Silhouette online store. Just search for Laundry signs and you can’t miss it!

Happy Birthday Sign

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Today is my daughter’s TENTH Birthday. And while I was hanging up our super simple Happy Birthday Sign, I realized that I haven’t ever shared it here on the old blog. Not that it is anything super fancy or fantastic.

In fact it is super simple. But sometimes when you have a lot going on, simple can be exactly what you need. To make one all you need is to cut out your letters for the word H-A-P-P-Y-B-I-R-T-H-D-A-Y onto some black scrapbook paper. I used my Silhouette CAMEO. Then I glued the letters onto some fun colored polka dot cardstock I had cut out into 4 inch squares.

If you don’t have a CAMEO, no worries…simply print (or hand draw) some letters onto your favorite paper.

Grab some clothespins and a piece of twine or rope and string it across the room. Super simple but fun and festive too!

The lights? Well those are from Martha Stewart. They are powered by a battery so you don’t have to worry about what to do with the ugly electrical cord. And the battery is small enough that it is tucked right in the top of the crown molding over the door. No one is the wiser.

May 18, 2012 · Filed under: Birthdays, Crafts, Party Ideas, Silhouette Projects Tagged with birthday banner, birthday sign, birthday signs, happy birthday banner, make your own banner, make your own birthday banner, party banner, party banners

distressed wood photo prop

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I have had several of you email me asking me what I was using in some of my photo shots to get the distressed paint, so I thought I would share with you what it is exactly. I have used this distressed wood photo prop in a few of my latest “product photo shoots”. Ha—That sounds a lot fancier than it really is!

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Do you remember the Mr. and Mrs. Anniversary sign that I shared with you a few months back? Well, I reclaimed that wood from an old bench swing that we inherited when we purchased our house 8 years ago. We had great intentions to spruce it up again but it sat under our porch…F.O.R.E.V.E.R! Chances are it wasn’t going to happen. So I rescued it from the garbage can…literally minutes before the garbage man came. I took this picture after my husband so heroically pulled it out of the big black garbage can.

I saved the wood that we did not use and knew someday I would find another use for it. I finally realized I could use it as a fun way to add some interest and texture to my photos for this here blog of mine.

The boards were pretty much the same length after we removed them from the swing. So, I simply took an old piece of scrap wood, that we pulled out of our kitchen soffet in our recent kitchen remodel, and covered it with Gorilla Wood Glue. Then placed the wood planks on the wood.

I added some heavy cans to weigh it down and give the glue a good hold to form a good seal and let it dry for a good hour or so.

Then I took some Minwax Polycrylic Sealant that we had laying around and gave it three coats allowing it to dry between each new coat.

This will prevent the paint from peeling off any further and it worked like a charm.

It has provided a fun way for me to add some interest and texture to my photos.

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