Flag Block Subway Art

If you've read my blog for awhile, you know I have a SUPERcalicraftilistic friend named Sheri! We spent a year together coordinating the creative activities for our MOPS group. She is amazing! Last week we met at a home thrift store to sift through old wood, doors, windows, knobs, etc. She surprised me with a craft kit! How cute is the packaging???She pre-painted everything and cut the vinyl lettering. She included a piece of transfer tape to make it easy. All I had to do was attach the vinyl words and wrap the white ribbon around the edges and tie a bow! Super cute!

I love my friends, they give me craft kits! ;) Thanks crafty sister!

Valentine's Subway Art

I printed out these free printables from Not Just A Housewife, get yours here. There is a third choice too, check it out. I bought two 8 x 10 frames from the Dollar Tree, they were already red. I thought they could be a bit brighter though, so I went ahead and did an extra coat of my red craft paint. The one on the bottom has a extra coat, the one on the top is the way it came from the store.

After they dried, I put the glass back in and just hot glued some ribbon to hang them with, and added a Valentine's bow on top. I picked two different prints, you can pick your favorite or print all three!

Fall subway art

FINALLY I have finished my fall subway art project! I bought a sample size of paint from Lowes and painted 2 coats on this board that I also picked up at Lowes. I did that step a couple of weeks ago, before my dad's cancer diagnosis, trip to Ohio, and four days in San Diego. It has been sitting in my garage ever since. I debated how to do this without having stencils. I thought about cutting the shapes on my cricut, but I only have one font and I didn't want them all to be in the same font.

Here is my board.

I typed up my words in different fonts and cut around them so that I could lay them out where I wanted them.

After deciding where I wanted them, I picked them up one by one and rubbed chalk on the back of them. Then I put the paper back and traced the outline with a pencil.

If you squint you can see the chalk. Then I painted it freehand. Yikes. It was time consuming. My hand isn't the steadiest, so I outlined the orange paint with a brown sharpie to straighten up the lines. It made it look SO much neater! I used a staple gun to attach brown polka dot ribbon and also added a pumpkin man out of my orange vinyl and my "stretch your imagination" cartridge.

A close up of my not so-handy work.

I think it turned out pretty cute! In case you are not a craft blog addict like me, don't think this was my idea, subway art is ALL OVER blogland! This is just my version. =)