Subway Art!!

First off.. my midterm went really well and i ACED it!!! that's right... 100% baby!!! Thanks for all of your prayers!!

Now.. i've had MANY people BEGGING for me to post the directions on how to make this- SUPER EASY, just extremely time consuming. I got this idea from the blog Tatertots & Jello- CUTEST blog ever, my new fave!! SO, these are her directions, re-iterated: "Here's what I did:

* I bought a 12 X 16 canvas @ Hobby Lobby using a 40% off coupon- you can get them @ Michaels too ( and if you sign up for emails, you can get coupons too)


*I researched what typeface the original subway signs used and found out it was Helvetica. I used Mircrosoft Word to make my lettering, and it did not have that font, so after a little more research I found out that Ariel is an offshoot of Helvitica. So that is what I used.

* i thought of words associated with Ryan and Stacey- marriage, etc

*I used three different types of Ariel -- Ariel narrow, Ariel bold and regular Ariel.

*I printed out the fonts and arranged them on top of the canvases to see how things would fit. Then I took a picture so I could remember where I was going to put all of the phrases. ( i actually just left all words on canvas - after it was dry and worked my way gluing from bottom to top)

*To make this project easier, I printed out the fonts using the highlight option - using black highlight so the font inside is white. Note: For best results, take this file to Kinko's and have them print it out on their color copy machine. It will cost a few dollars, but the black will be a true black.
* i went to FEDEX/Kinkos with a zip drive and had them print my words
* I painted the canvas all black, using black acrylic paint
* i cut out each word as best as i could, and mod podged the back and stuck it on canvas


* I started at the bottom and worked my way to the top- once they are all on there, i mod-podged over top of all the words- Note it will look MILKY when you do this, but DRIES CLEAR~

* you can buy mod podge at any craft store, as well as Walmart in the craft section

I think the total of my project was 8 dollars BECAUSE i already had the paint and the mod-podge! This was the FIRST gift she opened at the shower and i literaly had people asking if i took orders.

I LOVE the black and white...so clean, mod and BOLD!