Here's an up close of my copycat. I decided not to distress it all over- I think I was mostly afraid I would damage it too much. Look closely and you'll see the following dates:
7-14-90 Wedding date, 11-9-64 Mr. Rights Bday, 3-30-90 my baptism date, 9-11-89 my 20's bday, (Now it gets a little trickier) 9-3-69 my bday, 9-25-92 my 17's bday, 8-11-97 my 12's bday, 11-16-98 my 11's bday, 9-29-03 my 6's bday, 1-22-09 my babies bday, 4/91 the month Mr. Right and I were sealed in the Arizona Temple, the number 6 for all our six beautiful children, the number 2 because we bought our house 2-2-02, and finally the number 10 because I made this in 2010.
And here's how I did it... Here's the MDF (this scrap piece was 29 inches wide and 40 plus inches long so I taped it off to make a 29x29 square (a little smaller than the PB one) I then painted 2 coats of creamy white.
Five coats of Ralph Lauren Longjohn red on the border, over the vinyl. Then carefully peel off the vinyl.
I made a little hole using tweezers, then peeled off.
I'm participating in
Next I taped off my center square and penciled in my bingo grid. Then I cut out BINGO in vinyl on my circuit. This is blackoak font- I thought it matched the PB font perfectly. For the O, I just placed a star over the O (I have the sure cuts a lot (SCAL) software for my circuit- I HIGHLY recommend it- go to scrappingtable.com for more information
I made a little hole using tweezers, then peeled off.
Next I cut all of my numbers with my cricut using Headline A regular font. I saved the actual numbers for a future project and just used the negative as a stencil. If I had known from the beginning I wasn't going to use vinyl I would have cut my numbers out of stencil paper.
I painted the inside of the numbers black and carefully removed the vinyl after the paint was mostly dry. At this point I had to cut off the extra 12 or so inches of my MDF board. This should really have been done first, but I'm participating in Shanty2Chic "I did it without my hubby" post and I was a bit nervous about using the circular saw while he was at work. So, with Mr. Right standing close by I used a circular saw and cut off the excess board (Not as scary of an experience as I had anticipated- yea me!) I then painted the raw edge, sanded up the upper edges and applied a coat of Ralph Lauren Smoke glaze to antique it a bit. I really love how it turned out and my kids love finding their special day on the board. Tell me what you think. Oh, by the way, I finally found the PB Bingo board on ebay- Buy it now for $329.00- "How ridiculous," I thought. But when I checked it the next day, it had SOLD! Lucky for me I made mine with all materials I already owned. Hope you enjoyed, Love, Kelly
I seriously don't get how you make stuff like this. First, the patience and second the creativity. You better win that contest!
ReplyDeleteI continue to be in awe.
I will be featuring this! LOVE IT!
ReplyDeleteWow!
ReplyDeleteMy question to you is:
When do you sleep?
Beautiful!! TFS
ReplyDeleteI love this idea and I love that you added personal dates for your family. I think I have to make this. Thanks for sharing. FYI~ I think I will add magnetic paint and make magnets for the board. BDAYS & Anniversaries. Cool. Thanks again.
ReplyDeleteTurned out beautiful. If only I had a cricut! Love it!
ReplyDeleteI love how you personalized this project-- so much more meaningful than if you had bought the PB piece! Great job!
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous. So inspirational. Pottery Barn is my favourite shop but we don't have one in the UK. I filled a whole suitcase with stuff I bought at Pottery Barn last time I was stateside! I make a lot of stuff but not to your standard unfortunately .. yet!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tutorial.
LOVE IT! Good Job! Yet another reason to buy a Cricut!
ReplyDeleteIt looks great! What really struck me from your post was the fact that one of your daughters shares my daughter's birthday, but a different year. Then I read further, and saw that my other daughter was born on the exact day and year as yours. That is kind of neat!
ReplyDeleteI love that! You did a great job. I want to make something similar except a scrabble board for the family room!
ReplyDeleteIt looks great and I love that you personalized it to your family. I might just have to copy your copy cat. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteThat is seriously so adorable, I think I like it better than the PB version! Great job!
ReplyDeleteI love it!
ReplyDelete:o) Trish
great job! I love how you personalized it and made it your own with numbers that meant something to you. It looks great in your room hanging up there.
ReplyDeleteSUPER cute!! Love it!
ReplyDeleteYour board turned out great! So sorry I didn't around to giving you the instructions...doesn't look like you needed them! :)
ReplyDeleteLooks fabulous! You did a great job! Now I want one =)
ReplyDeleteOk, that is adorable. I might have to make me one too. :0)
ReplyDeleteFABULOUS!!!! I love it even more that you used numbers that are special to your family. I just love seeing knock offs. I'm sure Pottery Barn is not. But too bad. If they didn't charge such high prices, we wouldn't have to knock them off. Thanks for sharing this. I love it!!!!
ReplyDeletegreat idea! love it
ReplyDeleteI really like the sentimentality of it. Once Han Solo is born (and we have all the birth and christening dates), I may have to make one of these! Thanks for the tutorial!
ReplyDeleteWhy can't I see the pictures of the boards?
ReplyDeleteMarilyn,
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry- My online picture account was full and so all my photos were deleted, which deleted them from my blog!