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Fabulous Silhouette CAMEO Vinyl Bundle with Bonus Discount Code

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You may have already guessed this, but… my Silhouette CAMEO along with Silhouette Premium Vinyl pretty much makes my world go 'round!

I had this fun globe that I bought at Target. A while ago I painted a small section with chalkboard paint and loved playing around with sayings on it.  The issue… my kiddos kept erasing the sayings, so the majority of the time it looked like a smudged white cloud on the globe.  I decided that I needed to create one of my favorite sayings with white vinyl so that it could be a little more permanent. I love the saying, " A good deed makes a dark world brighter" and I thought it would look fun on my black globe.

How to Prepare the Globe

I covered a smallish {technical, I know} section of the globe with black chalkboard paint not worrying about creating careful lines.  I just kind of smeared the paint over the section I wanted to cover…

Once the paint had dried completely, I was then ready for the Silhouette Premium Vinyl installation.

Designing and Installing the Vinyl Lettering

I love the look of hand drawn chalkboards and I kind of wanted to go with that feel.  Now… I will be completely honest here… this project {simple as it was} took a ton of patience! I tried several different designs that I had created with the Silhouette Studio Designer Edition, that once transferred to vinyl just didn't work. They were all a little too swirly for the vinyl's taste. I finally came up with a design that worked for me and also for the vinyl as well. 

I used three different fonts for this project. The top section… "A good deed makes a dark," is the Doris Day font. "World," is Modern No. 20 and "Brighter" is Vaguely Repulsive from Kevin and Amanda. All really fun fonts.

I just played around with the design until I found the right fit in the design studio, and when it felt good I cut the vinyl.  By the way, if you are looking to learn how to use your Silhouette you should check out yesterday's giveaway… it's a good one!!

I carefully installed the vinyl on the globe and now I have a fun decor piece that can proudly display in my new living room without the kiddos smudging it up!

A Special Silhouette CAMEO and Premium Vinyl Discount Code

Now's the fun part… DEAL TIME!!! The super special Silhouette CAMEO discount code just for you guys is…

Click on the image above to link to the special deal on the Silhouette Website.

 IF you already have a Silhouette CAMEO but would like to stock-up on Vinyl… all of the vinyl will be 40% off when you use the WHIPPER promo code between May 9-16! Happy Shopping!!

Mirror Memo Board | Teacher Appreciation Week

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Can you believe the traditional school year is coming close to the end.  You know what that means… It's time for Teacher Appreciation week!!

The other day I was hosting a get together at my house and for hours I was busy playing hostess.  When everyone headed home I finally had a chance to take a look at myself in the mirror and almost SCREAMED!  My hair had gone totally NUTS!  I yelled at my husband and asked how long my hair had looked like that… to my chagrin he lovingly said, "the whole time… I thought you were trying something new."  Ahhhhhhh! I was mortified.

Although the experience was not one of my favorites, it got me thinking.  I'm sure that teachers have the same problem.  They are busy working in front of their class for hours at a time and do not time to run to the bathroom to just double check to make sure they haven't morphed into a bag lady.  It would be a perfect teacher appreciation gift to give your teacher a small mirror to add to his or her classroom for those quick little hair and makeup checks throughout the day. Then I thought it would be good if it could serve a dual purpose.  That's how I came up with the idea for the mirror memo board.  Here's how I made it…

I started with a thrifted mirror that I spray painted white and then distressed a bit.

I found some great washi tape at Target that coordinated with some fun clips that were perfect for dressing up the mirror. I framed the boarder of the mirror with the tape and then with another tape pattern I created another boarder on the frame.  It looked great!

With my Silhouette CAMEO I cut "Mrs. Johnson, You make life beautiful!" out of a lovely green vinyl and applied it to the mirror.  I used Courier New and Sign Painter as my fonts for the saying.  Then I glued the coordinating clips to the bottom of the frame with E600 and that was it.  It truly can't get easier than that!!

For good measure I added the cutest apple Post-it Note pad holder to the mix.  All I did was again, used my Silhouette CAMEO to cut the same green vinyl to add Mrs. Johnson's name to the apple.  A perfect addition to any teachers desk!

Here is another Teacher Appreciation Idea from last year that I just loved…

It's a super cute pencil bouquet that our teachers just loved.  You know you can NEVER have too many fun pencils, especially if you have a classroom full of kiddos who are constantly needing new ones.