Lisa Murray has sent us a new craft project that we know you will love. You might remember her last craft project- a padded rug for the nursery. I saw this light box in her house and asked her to tell us how it was done. It requires some basic computer skills but once you have the photos you want to use you could probably find a friend in the know to do the layout for you.
How to make an ABC light box
You will need –
A digital camera
Indesign, Photoshop or Illustrator computer
software or any other computer program that allows you to import multiple
photos into an arrangement.
A baby or kid to appreciate the finished product!
Step 1:Take a trip to the city to photograph some typography.
Step 2: Create a grid within your computer program. After some
playing around, I found 5squares across and 6 down to be the best layout as it
keeps the letters in portrait format which means less cropping – much easier
for an amateur such as myself!
Step 3: Play around – import letters you like into the squares to
make up the alphabet. So many possibilities, it’s just a matter of choosing
which letters you think look best next to one another.
Step 4: I put a black background behind my alphabet so any mistakes
with alignment would be lost before printing. Save your file as a pdf &
send it to the printers to have made into a transparency, or film to fit your
light box.
Step 5: Open your light box and
position artwork, close light box and your done. Put it up in your child’s room
and find yourself getting excited over your ABC’s all over again!
how cool! i remember seeing a plug-in night light with a plexi-glass clear front on it - maybe this could work for that as well (but mini-size!). love your magazine!
-jo
Posted by: jo | 06/10/2010 at 06:51 AM
This is excellent!
Posted by: kickcan & conkers | 06/10/2010 at 09:58 AM
Yay! Love this. Can't wait to try it.
Posted by: Ellen | 06/10/2010 at 12:12 PM
cool! i love this.
Posted by: kristin | 06/11/2010 at 09:09 PM
Hi Lisa, love it, thanks for info and now I have found it I will enjoy more goodies from this site, love from Lois Wadelton xx. P.S,I will show Lucy tomorrow she will love it.
Posted by: Lois Wadelton | 06/17/2010 at 10:34 AM
I LOVE this idea, but what in the world is a light box and where can I get one?! How big are they??
Posted by: Michelle | 07/02/2010 at 01:05 AM
Great design , i love the creativity :D
Posted by: excel development | 03/25/2011 at 08:45 PM