Almost every couple has a song that is Their Song. Several weeks ago Stacey at Not Just A Housewife did a post on how she put lyrics from their song on the wall of her bedroom.
I have been meaning to do the same thing to mine. There is a blank space in between the headboard and a shelf above our bed. (With all of those items firmly secured and earthquake-ready).
Our song is Come What May from the Moulin Rouge soundtrack.
I did not have vinyl, so I used white contact paper and my Cricut. Contact paper is a great, inexpensive alternative to vinyl.
When you’re placing letters on the wall, sort of free-hand like this, the best place to start is the middle.
Count how many characters in your lyric/text/whatever. Be sure to include the spaces in between the words. (Pretend you’re texting or tweeting… spaces count.) In this case I had 13. The middle letter is the “H” in What. The seam on our headboard is smack in the middle. As you can see, I needed to move the “H” to the right just a little bit.
I next applied the “W” and the “A” on either side of the “H”, working my way from the middle out to the sides. The result should be a fairly centered line of text.
This is not to say that the letters will all be perfect right out of the gate. You may need to move them a round a little here and there, depending on the font you choose.
In this instance, the capital “C” was evenly spaced based on the entire line of letters, however it still looked a little off-balance to my eye. I added the ellipsis (“…”) and that created enough of a visual balance.
Cheap, easy and romantic. Like me.
(kidding. I’m not romantic.)
That is the same way I do it when I am painting. You can also make a very light horizontal level line with a piece of chalk that will wipe right off the wall when you are done.
Love this idea! It looks great!
That’s great! In the basement I put “Dream on, Dream away, dream until your dreams come true”. I thought it was great until I over heard my husband telling a friend, “If I come home and she’s got “Love in an Elevator” above the TV, I might have to say something”. LOL!
I am a sucker for a great lyric and this is a fantastic one! I love Moulin Rouge…when Ewan McGregor sings ” Your Song “…that’s it for me. It’s far too romantic.
Our quote is the title from Lee Greenwood’s song ” Love Me Like You’ve Never Been Hurt “. I have it above our bedroom door.
I keep thinking how fun it would be to have a cricut but then I wonder if I would be as creative and crafty if I owned one.. not sure… I see lots of great ideas people have.. do you think its worth it if you aren’t crafting all the time? maybe I could add it to my wish list..how often do you use yours?
love the wall!! 🙂
I love it, I have love lives here, welcome, family etc. here and there but I never would have thought to use “our” song. I love it!
Great job! I love that it looks so neat and has such meaning.
Have a great weekend!
Pam
That is our song too. I had Come What May engraved inside my husband’s wedding right!
Love this idea!
This summer we are redoing Morganne’s room and putting quotes from her fav books all on one wall. I never thought of doing it myself, I was going to order them…..
~Becca
Love this, such a sweet addition over the bed.
It looks wonderful! I’ve tried to use contact paper in my Cricut machine but have never had any luck with it cutting nice (even cheap vinyl is a pain in my machine). Any secrets to getting it work?
LOVE!!!
And totally LOLing at the “kidding, i’m not romantic” part! HAHAHAHA!!!!
Very nice!! And this is a nice song too 🙂