Months, or maybe even a year ago, I saw some of that vinyl lettering I LOVED. Loved so much, I had to have it! The funny part was when I bought it, I was asked, “Can’t you just paint that?” I’m sure I could, uh . .  but that would be copying! Here is the thing, the majority of the high {for me} comes from the actual thought when creating something original. And since this wasn’t my idea, I sure didn’t want to paint it!

Summed that up for ya’ – I still need to vlog about copying. And I will do . . . eventually!

Back to my vinyl story . . . My boys have this nook thing behind the door when you walk into their room. I’ve blogged about this space often. When we first moved in, it housed the gi-nomous fish tank. But, we grew tired of taking care of that monstrosity, and decided to put a better use to the space.

{current state of the corner – as of last night.}

Nothing fancy, just a good use of the space. I have more artwork that needs to be framed . . . I just haven’t worked that into my day yet. I have referred to this as the “Reading Corner” since its creation. So when I saw the vinyl lettering, it was a must!

But who said this crap was easy??? Oh.my.word! I’m pretty sure we made this much harder than it was suppose to be. It was easy to find the center from left to right on the glass, but then the center from top to bottom, with 2 different layers was a whole ‘nother story!!! I still have an “alphagator” to do and I’m skeerd!!! Does anyone want to come over and help me or maybe do it for me?! My husband and I started out laughing at how hard we were making it and then it turned to anger real quickly. We are just now talking to each other again.

Don’t get me wrong, the finished piece is awesome and completely perfect. I do wish it would have fit over the shelves or even suspended from the ceiling – but it didn’t or wouldn’t work either of those ways, so really I don’t know why I brought it up – it is perfect for what it is!

I know you can’t tell, but the “Reading” is in a fun spring-like green and the “corner” is in a sparkly blue – that’s right “sparkly blue!” It is so hard to tell in these pictures. Let’s get a closer view . . . .

Or maybe a closer view of that sparkly blue . . . .

{I love my camera and this lens. I just wanted to let you all know. What’s that? Yes, you should be jealous.}

My favorite part of this is the sparkly blue. It reminds me of a motorcycle helmet I had when I was a small babe. It was this exact color and sparkly and I swear it looked just like this. I also had a red one and a silver one and I vaguely remember a gold one. Because you know, every 4 or 5 year old needs choices when trying to match her motorcycle helmet to her attire for the day. And the fact that I could even change out my safety head gear during the day if I felt the need was an awesome feeling. And we also referred to the bike as a “motorbike” and not a “motorcycle” because we were just that cool. And from Tennessee. Again, another reason to be jealous of me.

Now, if I can only be that cool for my kids.