Sometimes I wish I was a crafty person that was really talented with the entire Adobe Creative Suite. Okay, when I say sometimes I mean all the times. But instead I'm a cheap amateur that putzes around with GIMP, a free photoshop knock off you can download here. For a free program, GIMP is pretty sweet. I've been able to do all my blog design with it and just recently undertook my very first decorative type project.
Like I mentioned above, I'm cheap. So when I went in search of cute alphabet banners or posters to put in Sheriff's room I was flabbergasted to see how much these artsy crafty Abode wizards charge for their sorcery. So I took it upon myself to just design my own. And I'm quite pleased with how it turned out.
By no means is this post a tutorial, but if you're interested, here's what I did. I found a couple fonts I liked (literally thousands of fonts can be found for free here and here), a flag shape that I liked, and animal clipart. The first two were free, the clipart I had to buy. But I get to keep the clipart forever! I found the clipart on Creative Market. And then I just whipped them up. I don't own a printer, so I had Staples print them on cardstock and laminate them. I strung them up in four groups of five and one group of six. I did this by cutting little x's in the top corners with an exacto knife. Then I threaded this cute yarn through the x's and hung them with push pins. Sound like something you could do?
If you answered yes, then go for it! Help yourself and buy my alphabet banner from my Etsy shop here:
PURCHASE & DOWNLOAD HERE
Like I mentioned above, I'm cheap. So when I went in search of cute alphabet banners or posters to put in Sheriff's room I was flabbergasted to see how much these artsy crafty Abode wizards charge for their sorcery. So I took it upon myself to just design my own. And I'm quite pleased with how it turned out.
By no means is this post a tutorial, but if you're interested, here's what I did. I found a couple fonts I liked (literally thousands of fonts can be found for free here and here), a flag shape that I liked, and animal clipart. The first two were free, the clipart I had to buy. But I get to keep the clipart forever! I found the clipart on Creative Market. And then I just whipped them up. I don't own a printer, so I had Staples print them on cardstock and laminate them. I strung them up in four groups of five and one group of six. I did this by cutting little x's in the top corners with an exacto knife. Then I threaded this cute yarn through the x's and hung them with push pins. Sound like something you could do?
If you answered yes, then go for it! Help yourself and buy my alphabet banner from my Etsy shop here:
PURCHASE & DOWNLOAD HERE
it's so cute. thanks for being crafty so i don't have to be.
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