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Hi everyone, it’s Bonnie from expressionsvinyl.com. I am extremely new to vinyl and I wanted to try a project that I thought would be somewhat simple. It's a New Baby Name Sign. I thought this would be an easy project because I knew exactly what words I wanted on the sign, but I didn’t realize I would have such a hard time choosing fonts, colors, and actually designing the sign! That part was hard! What made it even harder is that if you ask others for advice everyone has their own opinion about …

Hello Friends! So excited to be teaming up with Expressions Vinyl again and today we want to share how to customize affordable mylar balloons with vinyl.I am actually a big fan of the Dollar Tree mylar balloons, because you not only get the balloon, but they also inflate it with helium, for a DOLLAR!! Specifically, I like to get the plain star balloons because they provide a great blank canvas for your vinyl and come in a variety of colors { white, black, red, blue, green, silver, gold}. I decid …

Happy Thursday everyone! Carrie with designed to be crafty again showing you how to make your own fun custom graphic printable vinyl signs. I don't know how the weather is where you live, but I'm in a suburb of Chicago and its FINALLY starting to warm up here and act like summer. No seriously, last week was 40 degrees and rainy every.single.day. I kinda have this thing for always having a fun seasonal sign hanging on my front door. Check out my instagram feed @designedtobecrafty so you see my fu …

Hi, I'm JoAnn with Expressionsvinyl.com and today we wanted to cover just the basics of adhesive vinyl. We have several different types available. Oracal 651 and Series 51 are permanent adhesive and have a glossy finish on them. Oracal 631 and Series 31 are removable with a matte finish. One quick and easy way to tell what you've got, whether it’s adhesive or heat-transfer, peel the corner back. If the adhesive is on the color side, that's what side sticks, then you' …

Mother's Day is quickly approaching! If you are a last minute planner and can't seem to find the perfect gift, you can never go wrong with something that's made by little hands with love. I enlisted the help of my toddler for this fun Mother's Day gift for Grandma!Supplies Needed:-Silhouette CAMEO-Menu Board from Michaels-Oracal 651This is used for the stencil, flowers and handwritten words. Pick your paint colors and then pick vinyl colors that coordinate. I used Lilac, Mint and Pink.-Grandma S …