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I started by cutting out one side of each of the cardboard letters with an X-Acto knife. \u00a0This was pretty easy to do and was a fairly neat process.<\/p>\n
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In the string lights packaging, the light bulbs were sitting in a cardboard tray, and I figured the holes in them would make the perfect tool to trace perfectly sized openings onto the cardboard letters. \u00a0So, I cut one of them out to use as a tracing guide.<\/p>\n
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I traced circles on the inside of the cardboard letters where I wanted the lightbulbs to go. Then, I used an X-Acto knife to cut a cross in the center of each circle, making sure the cuts went all the way to the edges of\u00a0each circle. \u00a0Flipping over the cardboard letters to the front side, I used a screwdriver to poke through and enlarge each hole. \u00a0Finally, I inserted the lightbulbs in each hole and screwed on the backings, shoving the wires in place within the cardboard edges.<\/p>\n
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I thought about painting them, but decided I was too lazy<\/del> liked the way the cardboard looked original and bare. \u00a0What do you think?<\/p>\n![\"DIY](\"http:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DIY-Hey-Marquee-Sign.jpg\")
I did think about just doing one letter, or the widely beloved ampersand, but neither of those excited me\u00a0more than this one. \u00a0I don’t exactly remember how I thought of using this word, but it is one I use often, and I liked the playfulness of it. \u00a0Seriously, it would work so well above a bar cart, right? \u00a0In that case, I’d also add a “girl” marquee beneath it\u00a0;). \u00a0That’s something I say a lot, too! \u00a0And not just a Ryan Gosling tribute.<\/p>\n
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Yo! \u00a0I’ve been itching to make a marquee sign for a long time now, and this summer season is\u00a0finally kicking me in the butt to do it since it makes a great summer decor piece. \u00a0 Now… there are a\u00a0million and one marquee projects out there, and this one isn’t anything new, but I still … Continue reading “DIY Marquee Sign”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[15,254,253],"class_list":["post-3482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diy","tag-diy","tag-lights","tag-marquee"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3482"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3510,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3482\/revisions\/3510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Yo! \u00a0I’ve been itching to make a marquee sign for a long time now, and this summer season is\u00a0finally kicking me in the butt to do it since it makes a great summer decor piece. \u00a0 Now… there are a\u00a0million and one marquee projects out there, and this one isn’t anything new, but I still had to do it, especially with how simple I knew it was going to be. \u00a0I imagined it going above a bar cart, which I still don’t have (boo!), but for now I like it just hanging on the wall, and for potentially using it as party decor. \u00a0Hey now!<\/p>\n