So last winter I printed out a bunch of decorative papers with the idea of covering my really ugly pattern storage boxes. Because they’re banker boxes. And really ugly. And I have access to a 60” color printer. Two, actually.
Unfortunately, in winter it was too cold to spray-glue. (It’s a verb. Yes, it is. No, really. Deal with it.) I decided to wait until spring.
Uh. Except, we didn’t actually have a spring and I forgot about it. I also might possibly have lost my spray glue. (That one is a noun…. also, I think “She has totally lost. her. spray glue.” is a fabulous idiom that we should all start using immediately. Yes. We should.)
Here’s an ugly banker box.
I downloaded some free vector files, changed the colors, tiled them into 60” strips, printed them out and wrapped the boxes.
Here are the finished boxes.
Here are the labels, which I printed on my printer at home and glued on to the box lids. Yes, “spray-glued”. They’ll probably fall off next week, at which time I’ll think of some other method for attaching them. Maybe.
All you need to complete this project:
- five banker boxes and lids
- free vector files in assorted patterns
- graphics editing software to tile the patterns and edit the colors
- a 60” color plotter
- spray glue
- a bazillion patterns in file-folders. Or 9”x12” envelopes. Or both.
It couldn’t be easier.
Brilliant. I did not know there was such a thing as a 60" printer. Something new to add to the "Lottery List"!
ReplyDeleteAs Tanit-Isis does, word verification is fritic, definition=frantic critic.
OK either yer really bored or you're procrastinating some other fabulous projects, what gives?
ReplyDeleteI'll get started tomorrow. I'm sure I have all that stuff around here somewhere.
ReplyDeleteOh wait.
I don't.
I've totally lost my spray glue.
They are lovely. Next time I have access to a 60" plotter for zilch, I will totally get right on this.
ReplyDeleteAlso, are you one of those creepy people who organizes their patterns by number?!? (backs away slowly)
Word verification:
gerridigm: a paradigm for the elderly. That wonderfully liberating life-change when you realize that blue really is a good colour for hair (despite giving your kids crap for it when they were teenagers) and that comfort beats style hands-down. Especially considering all the junk kids are wearing these days.
Now that you've covered your boxes, you need to find yourself a 60" fabric printer.
ReplyDeleteI totally lost my spray glue when you said the words: "I have access to a 60 inch printer. . ." because I would love a 60 inch printer and wow! The things I could print! Then I really lost my spray glue when I saw your cute boxes!
ReplyDeleteWow, that is a clever fix-up. Vector files, I've never heard of them. Quite smart to just wrap them instead of using spray-glue since you're already unsure if the labels will stick.
ReplyDelete(I almost used spray-glue as a verb here, thanks to your undermining influence.)