I used Photoshop to choose a typeface, create the monograms in outline mode, sized them correctly, flipped them horizontally so that they were mirror images and printed them out.
I then sprayed adhesive on the back of some silver and brown fabric I had and stuck the paper onto the fabric.
I then used some sharp scissors to cut out each letter. Some of the edges frayed a little but I quite liked the fact that it looked like fabric rather than patterened paper. This is the worst frayed bit:
I used double sided tape to stick the letters to white card and put them into frames I already had. Ta-da!
SO SO cute! Totally just starred this in Reader so I can try it someday! And how is your room SO clean? Not a speck of laundry! HA!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! I love monograms, and your version is both inexpensive and so cute!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh Jen! This is so awesome. Will you please quit having these killer ideas? So, I can quit wanting to steal them all from you??
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! I love it! So cute and so easy!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI love it! What a great idea and so thrifty! I love your room colors too.
ReplyDeleteOh, I love that! Looks great!
ReplyDeleteI love how your room is coming along Jen! So beautiful and relaxing, a lovely retreat!
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gorgeous!! do you mind sharing which font you used? ...only because i have billions of fonts and would spend hours deciding, and i love that 'J' so i could save lots of time by knowing what you used ;)
ReplyDeleteWow, it looks great! Thanks for sharing the how-to, I'll be linking to this.
ReplyDeleteDude, you the man! Just when I think you can't get anymore creative, you do.
ReplyDeleteOh and btw, that thing we spoke about yesterday, I'll find out on Tuesday.
I really love this project. Great job!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words!
ReplyDeleteJodie: I love laundry so I stay on top of it pretty well.
Jen: the font is Century Bold Condensed.
That turned out great!
ReplyDeleteyou constantly amaze me - great job
ReplyDeleteI love it! I think I'm going to do that when we buy our house.
ReplyDeleteI love it!
ReplyDeleteAnd, your bedroom IS HUGE. I love it!
Those are really cute. I think I'll keep those in mind when our new house is finally out of escrow!
ReplyDeleteNext time you can use a a product called stich whichery or fusiable web if you don't want your fabric to fray. You iron it onto the back of your fabric, trace your pattern and cut out, peel off the paper and iron it onto another piece of fabric or paper. No double stick tape needed.
Oh Jen--I love this so much! Just one more idea of yours I'll be bookmarking and hoping to do for myself in the future! Love it!!
ReplyDeletewhat size frames did you use?
ReplyDeleteThe other two are 30x40cm and the middle one is 40x50cm. They are Ribba frames from Ikea.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE THIS!!
ReplyDeleteIs there anyway you can post the link :photshop: you used to do this. I google photoshop and brings me to an online photo gallery.
I've been thinking of what to above my bed and this would be perfect!!
This was a GREAT project that looks really expensive! The hardest part was getting the letters sized on the computer. I do not have Photoshop, so I went to word and get the same font outlines. I saved the letters into word as a .jpeg then imported them as pictures to word and sized them to my sheet. It worked like a charm! I also used the stitch whichery that was mentioned above. If you use that, remember you DO NOT need mirror images of the font. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this blog!! Every home decor idea is right up my alley! The next project I think I will tackle is the cab door with pictures idea! Thank you for the inspiration!
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