I've been loving the 'subway art' inspired projects that I have seen floating around the blogosphere lately. As far as I can tell, this item from Pottery Barn is one of the sparks that started the whole thing.

Here is a lovely Valentine's version from Tater Tots and Jello, she has a great tutorial on her site as well

A colorful rendition for the bathroom (cute) from I <3 Food For Thought

And a New Year's Resolution version from So You Think Your Crafty

I loved all of these and seeing as how I was snowed in today, I decided to see if I could make one myself, MacGyver style, using only thing I had in the house already.

I rummaged around in my craft room and found an old poster sized frame, black and white card stock, clear contact paper, a ruler and a glue stick. I covered the cardboard backing of the frame with black card stock. If I had been able to get out of the house, I may have opted for black spray paint, but this actually worked better than I thought it would. I tacked the sheets of paper in place with the glue stick and covered the whole thing with clear contact paper.

Next, I used my Cricut to cut out all of the letters I would need. I went with a 'Resolution' or 'House Rules' theme I guess. I used a ruler to align the letters and glued my little heart out with the glue stick. To secure the letters, once dry, I covered the whole thing again with clear contact paper.

Popped it in the frame, and ta-da! Subway art for the office.

Oh! and if you want to do something on a smaller scale, check out this FREE Valentine's printable from eighteen25--so cute!