Feb 23, 2012

Keyboard Vinyl Letter Stickers

A little post about Keyboard Vinyl Letter Stickers, but first some pretty pictures...

I pinned this beautiful keyboard from Her New Leaf:
  She got her inspiration from MiniFanFan - also super cute:


But in both those examples they used washi tape which was see-through enough to let the letters on the keys see through.  And let's look at why I would pin pretty keyboard pictures to begin with - my lame keyboard looks like this:

Now, don't get me wrong, I don't mind too much the missing letters - it boosts my ego and pride of my expert typing ability.   But then there's this little gal, who wanted to start a blog:
I opened a word document and now she can write stories and import pictures and enjoy the world of blogging in a pre-blogging way.  So she's all "where's A?" and I'm all, "just look on the keyboard, it's there" - until then I didn't even realize the letters were rubbing off.

But she kind of caught on to the missing letters, although I think it slows her down.  So I forgot about them again - until my parents spent time at our house to watch the kids while we were basking the Hawaiian Sun and my dad wondered "how can you type on that keyboard - it's missing letters!" - I told him he's supposed to just know where they're at.

But then a few days later, when I'd think of any excuse to do something besides what I should be doing (cleaning, laundry, painting cabinet doors....) I ran down and printed a quick alphabet out of vinyl using my Silhouette Cameo.  And bam, fixed.

You saw the before - - here's the big "AFTER" reveal - -

Super awesome, I know.  Not near as cute as those washi tape ones though - - if anyone makes one of those, I want to see pictures!



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6 Fabulous Comments:

Shannah @ Just Us Four said...

Oh, the washi tape ones are adorable but not super functional for someone learning to type well. Love your solution.

Tonia L said...

How cool! Can you feel the letters when you type? The washi tape ones are super cute but would probably wear off with all of the typing I do...LOL!

Lynette @ My Craft Discovery said...

oh that's a great idea. I like yours a tad better, because it's simple. I love the others because they are cute, but I wouldn't want to use them like that! :)

Kassi Mortensen said...

That's a cool idea! I could definitely use that at work where things are pretty much blah... Not sure I could get away with it... But I think it's work a try! haha. Changing things around I see.. I likes!

Snowmanlover said...

Oh I just love those!

Melanie @ bear rabbit bear said...

Hmmm...not sure I know what washi tape is, but I like yours and theirs!!