Friday, February 18, 2011

I Knocked It Off

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The February Open House link party is still going strong here and you can link up and enter to win the giveaway through Sunday night.

I’ve seen lots of fun framed typography prints in various boutiques and on line and decided to try my hand at knocking one off because well, they “ain’t cheap”!
Here’s one from a great site I recently joined called Joss and Main.
Smith & Co
You can join Joss and Main for free and receive emails with their daily “events” which are limited time offers to buy home décor, kitchen items, accessories etc. Prices range, well they range! Something about the above print by Smith & Co just caught my eye but reg price is $186, on sale for $99.

So I downloaded a free parchment background ( googled parchment background) and then imported into my graphics program and went to work on letters. Ended up having to do them one by one in order to get the same effect but it wasn’t too bad.

I had a coupon burning a hole in my pocket for my favorite frame store, Aaron Brothers. Found a frame for $24.99, 40% off that and my additional 20% off that…$11.99. Had a mat in my stash and since I was making my own print, printed my image to fit my mat.
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I am really happy with the end result but I was not happy with the pics of the end result so I uploaded the file I created to Picnik and put a digital frame on it so I could zoom in on the lettering to show you better. I also added the word “JOY” to mine because I like that word and that way the copyright police won’t come after me!
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So what do you think? Did I knock it off? (Or should I knock off the knock offs?)
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13 comments:

Christine said...

I like it! I like your price tag better too--lol. It came out great--keep knocking it off!

Erin @ Crafts and Sutch said...

I would say you knocked it out of the park! Love this!

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LuLu Kellogg said...

FANTASTIC job my friend!

Wishing you a lovely Saturday!
LuLu~*xoxo

The Freckled Optimist said...

I think it looks great! I love all those words, that will look so great in your home! A nice daily reminder :-) Good work!

Michele {The Scrap Shoppe} said...

You definitely knocked it off! Love it!

Michelle L. said...

So cool - what a great way to feature mixed fonts! I love yours, you really knocked it off and out of the park!

Antonella said...

You should keep doing it!!! great job - and you can't beat the price!! hugs, antonella :-)

Lori said...

This is a beautiful "knock-off"! lol! Totally love it, you did a bang up job!

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Room to Inspire said...

I think yours is great - what a fun project! What a great "knock off"!

Chelsea

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