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A personalised piece of homeware made for a friend - Take That edition
I was asked to make a gift for a friend who was Take That's No.1 Fan.
There was allsorts flying round ideas wise - but this summed up their recent tour and was as personalised as possible.
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Laura R. published their project Personalised Letter Bead Framed Artwork
28 Jul 07:41
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Step 1I had a drawn out plan on a piece of grid paper.
This song title was the centre piece.
I laid it out exactly in the middle - measuring from either side of the card. -
Step 2Laying out the next lyrics and words ready so I could work quicker than searching for letters in the bag they came in.
This also helped me search for the different colour letters - I wanted to be as colourful as I could and not to have two of the same colour together. -
Step 3Once I was sure, I applied a tiny amount of glue from a hot glue gun to the back of each bead - resting it on the ruler to keep a straight line as the glue set.
Then crossing the next word through the first - it started to take shape. -
Step 4My ruler was always to hand and really helped maintaining a straight line. It was quite easy to begin a curve - this card was also a bit tricky - once it was stuck - there was no going back.
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Step 5I kept checking the spellings, colourings and straight lines throughout so I didnt make any mistakes.
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Step 6I had the frame ready - I put double sided tape around the square mount.
Carefully placing the card down - I made it straight and pressed down.
It was in place! No going back! -
Step 7Ta-Da! Finished and mounted!
She loved it and so did all our friends :D
