Marquee Love

[Keitha]

Has anyone else had a chance to play with the new Marquee letters by Heidi Swapp? Since before Christmas I've been seeing marquee signs/letters everywhere, and when Michaels got these in decided I wanted one. Rather than my initial I went for the "&" and this is the result. Let me just tell you if you decide to glitter one as I did, be prepared to sparkle all over! But as I read in an art journal yesterday, sometimes you gotta fling glitter everywhere.

[troublesmom]

That is very cool Keitha! Glitter has to go on something like that doesn't it.

[Debbie J]

How cool! Does it actually light up? It looks like it in the photo. I have a wooden ampersand that I need to do something with.

[paddlegal]

Very cool Keitha! I have a couple of marquee style word stamps that I've been meaning to use. This is a great reminder.

[mpizzazz]

How cool! Does it actually light up? It looks like it in the photo. I have a wooden ampersand that I need to do something with.

Yes, it actually lights up, Debbie. Heidi Swapp makes them and they are at Michaels, half price now. Just sayin'

[Keitha]

Yep, you're seeing the same piece unlit and lit up, side by side. (Proud of myself that I figured out how to do that in one image, LOL.) Each letter comes with a battery-operated string of lights that is exactly the right number of bulbs for whatever letter you've got. Hopefully they'll go on sale for half off again up here; yesterday when I was in Michaels they were buy one, get the 2nd half off. But I don't need 2 more.

I was making the bed today and found a few bits of gold glitter on the clean sheets I just put on the bed; still trying to figure out how they got there, LOL. I'm sure I'll be finding it on everything for months.

[katymjo]

And here I was, thinking a Marquee was a giant tent! you know, what they put up at the County Show!
Kathryn.

[mpizzazz]

And here I was, thinking a Marquee was a giant tent! you know, what they put up at the County Show!
Kathryn.

That's going to be her next project!

[nancine]

that's pretty cool!!

[jfugina]

Very cool! And yes, I think that a project like that is just the thing that needs to be completely coated with glitter. It works great, and I'm sure the effect in-person with the lights on is just stunning.