Thursday, February 25, 2010

My very FAVORITE project to date...


This is the story of a door. A lonely door that I spotted on the side of the road one day. I brought said door home with me (ok, that's a lie, I actually took it where all things I don't have a plan for go...my moms house.) The door has sat there for the past 2 years.

Then, one day while perusing one of my fav craft blogs JSIM, I came across a tutorial for reverse window painting. GADZOOKS, could that be the answer to my door dilemma?!?!?!?

So, I brought the door home from moms and got to work. I have to tell you, this whole reverse thing MESSED WITH ME....I just could not wrap my head around it. But I did it. Got the whole thing done, let it dry and then realized, I had painted THE WRONG SIDE!!!!!!!!! I wanted my pictures to be to the right of our name, and I had painted it with them LEFT. UGH. I need to express tho, that this was NOT the techniques fault. This was all user error. If you look at the tutorial link I gave above, you'll see that Miss Cathe has NO problems rockin' out some window signs!!! So if you don't have a Cricut, I do HIGHLY recommend the technique! :)

Whats a girl to do? I thought about another tutorial I read, about a lowly breadbox turned fabulouso, and I knew what I needed to do. I must buy a Cricut. Bought myself a Cricut Expression, and some vinyl and fell in love! The process was relatively easy, although, I used painters tape instead of transfer tape, and I wonder if the transfer tape would've made the process smoother? Maybe some of you Cricut wonders can fill a newbie like me in?



Once I got the vinyl applied I dirtied it up to match the rest of the door (I had purchased white vinyl and it was wayyyy too white up against that dirty door.) Then I cut out card stock to use as backgrounds and used the smaller windows to frame out some photos.


I HEART my Cricut, and I HEART vinyl!!!! This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship...

Oh, and I HEART this door. I love that I took something that someone that thrown out with the trash into something so wonderful. Makes me smile every time I look at it... :)



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29 comments:

  1. WOW!!! I can safely say I HEART your door & am scheming to visit a semi-local shop that sells old doors & windows rescued.

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  2. Looks great! I have a door and a couple of window frames sitting around...may need to give this a try!
    Julie

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  3. That is soooooo cute! I did a post on altered window panes here:

    http://themagicbrushinc.blogspot.com/2009/07/altered-window-panes.html

    but that door is just awesome!!!!! great job!

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  4. Oh, it looks so great. I love it and now I'm on the lookout for a door.

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  5. I absolutely love this project! I'm new to your site (and new to blogging), but it is quickly becoming one of my FAVORITES! Thanks for all the inspiring ideas:)

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  6. Oh, I LOVE this project, it looks great! I may have to break down and get a cricut soon too, I see SO many great projects done with them!

    Tania

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  7. I love old doors - this turned out great!!!

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  8. That turned out lovely!!! So creative, I love the idea of putting your family photo's in the little panes!

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  9. Absolutely fabulous!!!! Thank you for sharing!

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  10. I love this window. What a wonderful piece of furniture!

    I hope you will stop by my blog and enter my giveaway.

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  11. whoa! this is such an amazing, unique idea and what a visual impact it makes in that space!

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  12. Golly goodness, that's amazing! WOW!

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  13. This is the first time visiting your cute blog. Glad I stumbled over here!

    LOVE your idea for the old door! I am so wanting a cricut!

    Also, LOVE your knock off Ballard "HOPE" letters. I can totally relate to your word choice. You'll be in my prayers!

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  14. This is so great! I love what you did with it!
    Rebekah {All Thingz Related}

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  15. that turned out really cool! you are so creative. i am now following you to get some more creative tips!

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  16. lovely! you are so creative. i am now following. looking foward to more of your creative tips. (this is my 2nd comment...i'm not sure if my first comment went through)

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  17. That is a cute project. Very creative.

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  18. O M G!!!!! I am so doing this.. Thanks to you.. oh shaweet.

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