Thursday, March 8, 2012

Decorative Trays

I picked up these 2 trays at Target a couple months ago.  I knew I wanted to style them up but it took a little while to decide what I wanted to do with them.
 I'm pretty sure I got the silver one on clearance for $5!


I have a lot of chandelier decor so I knew I wanted do something coordinating.  So I turned to my 'Wall Decor' Cricut cartridge, and found this cute chandelier.  I cut it out on paper first to get the sizing and placement right, then I slapped it on using some basic black vinyl.  Cute huh?!




With the black tray, I couldn't decide on 3 keys or 1 one big key with flourish.  My 4 year old decided we should do 3 keys :)  I found them on the Cricut 'Sentimentals' cartridge.  It was impossible to see the grey vinyl through the transfer tape against a black background so I ended up having to rip these up and re-cut them a couple times, not fun!  So if anyone has any tips on getting stuff perfectly straight, I'm all ears!



And here are the final products!  I love them!!


2 comments:

  1. Charlotte, my dad owns a sign shop, so I've been working with vinyl since I was little. :) Get a spray bottle and fill with water and a little bit of dish soap. Spray the surface and then put the vinyl/transfer mask down. The soap will give you a little play, so you can move the images around. One you get them how you want them, squeegee the water/soap out and let it dry for a few minutes before you peel off the transfer mask. Voila! If you have any more questions, let me know! :)

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  2. Those look great, by the way! :)

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