hello hello. i recently posted a few photos of a couple of photo banners i made for my store. i got tons of questions about the project, so i decided to write you a short & sweet little tutorial about how it's done.
here are my original two. i made them with two boxes of bad polaroid film (no worries, it happens, i was refunded... but i still couldn't bear to waste the photos even though they were unexposed).
i spent my weekend doing fun home projects and i decided to try making a welcome banner for my entry (at the top of my stairs) with fuji instax photos. you can try this with any instant photos (polaroids or fujis) or use of of the many free photo editing options like
picnik or
rollip to make your faux instant photos and then print them out at home.
for my welcome banner i used my fuji instax to take photos of random textures and pretty patterns around my home.
next, i wrote the word on the photos letter by letter. one little helpful tip i've learned is that curvy letters (S,O,G ect..) are a lot more difficult to cut out, so use a block style font if you want to avoid that.
last step: you just use a craft knife and a cutting surface to cut out the letters by hand & ta-da! you're done!
i used a piece of jute string and mini clothes pins to hang the banner. here's a full shot of the entry space...
and since wasting things isn't my sin of choice, i used scraps from the welcome banner to decorate this cute little handmade card... hope you enjoy creating some photo banners yourself!
XO. elsie
Soooooo coooool! You never cease to amaze me, Miss Elsie! Again, thank you for sharing your gift w/ us!
Posted by: Leslie | October 06, 2009 at 07:16 AM
What an awesome idea! Thanks for sharing the "how to" with us!
Posted by: Maggi | October 06, 2009 at 07:17 AM
love it! Awesome idea for this photography-loving household!
Posted by: Sarah M | October 06, 2009 at 08:00 AM
This is so lovely! Thank you so much!! Oh, I am certainly going to make such banners! They are so cute. Thank you so much!
Oh, and the card is gorgeous!
Posted by: Efrat Kashat | October 06, 2009 at 08:50 AM
this is super cute :)
love it!
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Very cute!
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Posted by: Laura DC | October 06, 2009 at 11:54 AM
cute cute cute
Posted by: Brandy Von Doeren | October 06, 2009 at 12:04 PM
LOVE this and have made my own version for my photog office area..thank you for continual crafty inspiration!
Posted by: hannah | October 06, 2009 at 02:24 PM
love this!! xoxo
Posted by: Jenn | October 06, 2009 at 05:23 PM
Oooh you keep making me want to buy a polaroid bad!!! But the good kind of bad!
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Posted by: Visible Voice | October 06, 2009 at 08:11 PM
Can I ask where you picked up your fuji instax camera at? I have recently discovered it and really want one. :)
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Wow.. I only discovered your blog ten minutes ago while procrastinating homework, and you have so many amazing, inspiring ideas, being an artist myself, I am so stoked about your blog, and congrats, because you're at the top of my 'amazing people' list (that really only exists in my head). :)
Posted by: Sophi | November 20, 2011 at 07:47 PM