I had EVERY intention of coming home from work and cleaning my basement tonight...BUT...that didn't happen. I sat down at my computer for...seriously like two minutes...and the next thing I know I'm setting up light room on my patio and in my dining room. (Sigh)
I'm really excited to share this idea with you though! I made a really neat Christmas pillow that was super easy and the best part is, it was totally FREE because I already had all the materials needed. I have seen a lot of really cute pillows online with little Christmas sayings and I wanted something similar for my living room. A lot of the techniques required freezer paper to transfer an image to fabric, which I didn't have, so I needed to figure out an alternative method. I found one that worked great!
I started by setting up a light- on a vacuum box of course- and shined it at the sliding glass door in my dining room.
I printed the words 'Silent Night' onto regular paper and I just taped the papers to the door with the light shining in the background.
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| Please ignore the snowflakes on the back side of my 'Night' paper. That was for a project that didn't happen so I reused it. :) |
Next I hung a 20ish by 20ish piece of painters drop cloth on the door and started to trace the words with my Sharpie maker. I know this is super high tech, but please try to follow along. Hehe. I'm totally kidding.
Once I had everything traced I just filled it in and voilà!
Here is the finished product...well almost finished. I still need to sew the actual pillow. In this picture the fabric is just laying on top of a pillow. I was that excited to post this. :)
So what do you think? It was really easy and cheap. Do you have an idea of how you could use this same technique on one of your projects? I think I'm going to make a second one the says 'Holy Night' and put them on my living room sofa.
Even thought I didn't exactly do what I was planning tonight, I still had a fun and productive evening. The cleaning can wait for tomorrow.
Update:
Very cute! I like the idea of adding in a Holy Night pillow, too.
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